>> MAYOR: WELL, HELLO, EVERYBODY, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET
STARTED WITH BACK TO BASICS THIS MONDAY, AND I AM JOINED BY
COMMANDER MANLAPAZ AND GIVE THEM
A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND THE COMMANDER CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EVERYTHING
HE IS DOING TO DRIVE DOWN CRIME IN THE DISTRICT.
SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON HOW TO REDUCE THEFTS FROM AUTOS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WHILE WE ARE ALWAYS VIGILANT
ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME, WE KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO IN REDUCING PROPERTY CRIME IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
AND THEFT FROM AUTO IS ONE SUCH CRIME.
TODAY WE'RE HERE IN WARD 4 TO REMIND EVERYONE TO HOLD ON TO
THEIR VEHICLES.
TAKE THEM WITH YOU INSTEAD OF
LEAVING THEM IN A PARKED VEHICLE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOTICED AND WE CONTINUE TO NOTICE AROUND
THE DISTRICT THESE TYPES OF THEFT FROM AUTOS.
SO THAT SAID WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS
THAT WE CAN AVOID THIS TYPE OF THEFT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
LOCKING VEHICLES AND NOT LEAVING VALUABLES IN PLAIN SIGHT.
SO IN A FEW MOMENTS WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM COMMANDER MANLAPAZ
ABOUT WHAT HIS TEAM IS DOING IN WARD 4 AND WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND
THE CITY TO PREVENT THIS AND THE STRATEGY THAT WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY IS ONE SUCH THAT WE HAVE DEPLOYED AND WHEN I
WAS THE COUNCILMEMBER FOR THIS WARD WE CERTAINLY WOULD WORK
WITH MPD ON THIS TYPE OF EFFORT.
AND SO WHAT PEOPLE WILL SEE IS,
AND SOMETIMES WE'RE DOING THIS DURING THE DAY AND SOMETIMES MPD
DOES THIS OVERNIGHT.
IS THEY WILL JUST WALK DOWN THE
STREET.
THEY WILL PEEK IN VEHICLES LIKE
A WOULD-BE CRIMINAL MIGHT DO AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY VALUABLES IN
THAT CAR, DO WE WILL LEAVE JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER.
IT LOOKS LIKE A TICKET BUT IT IS NOT AND IT WILL SAY TO THE
RESIDENT, LISTEN, THIS WAS THE POLICE THIS TIME AND WE NOTICED
SOME VALUABLES IN YOUR CAR.
IT COULD BE SOMEBODY, A WOULD-BE
THIEF THE NEXT TIME SO JUST AS A REMINDER DON'T LEAVE VALUABLES
IN YOUR VEHICLES.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE
COMMANDER AND HE WILL TELL US A LITTLE MORE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THE MAYOR IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW IN THE 4TH DISTRICT OUR VIOLENT CRIME IS WAY DOWN BY
OVER 25%.
LAST YEAR, WE WON THE CRIME
REDUCTION AWARD THROUGH THE ENTIRE POLICE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT TREND BUT THE ONE THING THAT IS
DRIVING OUR CRIME NOW IS GOING TO BE THOSE THEFTS AND THEFTS
FROM AUTOS AND WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE TRY TO REMIND EVERYBODY AT
EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE GO TO, DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN
YOUR CAR EVEN IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT IS
VALUABLE.
IF IT IS A BAG, MOST OF THOSE
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THAT BAG AND THEY ARE STILL
GOING TO TRY TO STEAL IT SO THE FIRST THING IS LEAVE THINGS OUT
OF SIGHT.
TAKE IT IN THE HOUSE IF YOU CAN,
PUT IT IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR IF YOU CAN AND MAKE SURE YOU
LOCK YOUR DOORS, TOO, AND ROLL UP THE WINDOWS AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT PATROL ON BICYCLE, ON SEGUE, ON FOOT EVEN
SOME OF THE PATROL CARS WILL RIDE THROUGH AREAS AND WALK ON
FOOT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE CARS AND IN SOME INSTANCES WE'VE
FOUND WHAT -- WALK UP TO THE DOOR AND ASK SOMEBODY YOU KNOW
YOU LEFT SOMETHING IN YOUR CAR AND GIVE THEM PREVENTATIVE TIPS
TO REITERATE DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR CAR SO FOR US
TO CONTINUE OUR TREND WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO DO THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE AROUND SHOPPING
AREAS LIKE AT WAL-MART OR AT THE GAS STATION, EVEN IF YOU RUN IN
REAL QUICK IT ONLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO REALLY GRAB THAT
WHATEVER IS IN YOUR CAR AND TAKE IT OUT SO THE BEST THING WE CAN
DO IS JUST KEEP IT OUT OF SIGHT AND THE SECOND THING WE CAN DO
IS AS A COMMUNITY YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL 911 WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY
ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY IF THEY ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND THEY
ARE LOOKING INTO CARS PULLING ON DOOR HANDLES CALL 911.
DON'T E-MAIL ANYBODY ELSE YOU CAN E-MAIL US AFTER YOU CALL 911
AND GIVE THE BEST DESCRIPTION THAT YOU CAN OF THAT PERSON
WHERE THEY ARE AT THAT POINT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET HERE IN
TIME AND EVEN IF WE DON'T CATCH THIS PERSON IN THE PROGRESS OF A
CRIME WE'RE MAKING A STOP AND WE'RE IDENTIFYING THAT PERSON
AND THAT PERSON MAY REALIZE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING ME
EVERY TIME I GO DOWN THIS STREET AND LOOK IN CARS THE POLICE ARE
COMING BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS WATCHING ME AND I THINK THAT'S A
VERY POWERFUL THING FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS
AWARE.
CALL 911.
DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE TOO BUSY.
CERTAINLY WE ARE BUT THAT'S OUR
PURPOSE SO CALL 911.
THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
SO WE CAN TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS
AND THEN WE WILL GET TO LOOKING INTO SOME CARS.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WE CAUGHT
TWO PEOPLE, FOUR PEOPLE BREAKING INTO VEHICLES, YOU'RE AWARE OF
THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY GET A
CITATION AND THEY ARE BACK OUT ON THE STREET WITHIN HOURS.
RESIDENTS THINK THAT'S NOT TOUGH ENOUGH.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT?
>> MAYOR: WELL, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF THE CHARGES BUT
I CAN HAVE THE COMMANDER LET YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE CHARGED.
I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT A THEFT, LOW LEVEL THEFT THAT IS
NONVIOLENT IS -- WILL GET THE CHARGES THAT GO WITH THAT TYPE
OF CRIME AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DO SEE REPEAT OFFENDERS IN THIS
AREA.
SO I'M GOING TO LET THE
COMMANDER TELL YOU WHAT THOSE CHARGES ARE.
>> IN REFERENCE TO THOSE, THOSE ARE TECHNICALLY MISDEMEANOR
CHARGES, THE THEFT TWO FROM AUTO BUT THERE IS A LAW ON THE BOOKS
THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVICTED PRIOR WITH TWO PRIOR
CONVICTIONS OF A MISDEMEANOR THEFT THEN WE CAN CHARGE YOU
WITH A FELONY THEFT WHICH MAY CARRY A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT
WHEN WE GO TO COURT.
ALSO WHEN WE DO ARREST THESE
PEOPLE FOR THE THEFT AND THEY GET RELEASED WE ALWAYS ASK FOR
STAY AWAYS BECAUSE GENERALLY THEY ARE NOT FROM THE SAME AREA.
WHERE THEY ARE DOING THAT SO THE OFFICERS KNOW THIS AND WHEN THEY
SEE THAT PERSON THEY SEE THEM VIOLATE THAT STAY AWAY AND THEN
THE OFFICERS CAN IMMEDIATELY ARREST THEM SO I THINK THAT'S
PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS EFFECTIVE HERE AND I KNOW OUR
THEFT MODELS ARE STARTING TO GO DOWN SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT
TREND AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING FOR.
>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
YES, MA'AM?
>> IS IT POSSIBLE AROUND HERE THAT WE CAN GET BETTER LIGHTING
SYSTEM?
BECAUSE IT IS DARK.
PEOPLE LEAVE THE BUS STOP DOWN THERE WHERE THE GIRL WAS KILLED.
IT IS DARK WHEN YOU COME UP THIS STREET AND THERE ARE ELDERLY
PEOPLE AROUND HERE AND AT NIGHT THIS AREA IS DARK.
>> MAYOR: SO I'M NOTICING THE GLOBE LIGHTS HERE, THOUGH YOU
HAVE VERY TALL POLES WHICH CAN ALSO CARRY SOME LIGHT.
SO LET'S LOOK AT AND DO AN EVALUATION TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
BECAUSE THIS STREET ALSO HAS VERY FEW TREES OR YOUNG TREES.
YOU JUST GOT THEM.
OKAY.
SO THE GLOBE LIGHTS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN ON THE STREET SO WE
WILL EVALUATE IT.
YOU GOT IT.
YES, MARK?
>> HAVE YOU ALREADY STARTED
GIVING OUT THESE WARNINGS DISTRICT-WIDE OR IS TODAY THE
FIRST DAY?
>> MAYOR: THIS IS NOT NEW IN
THAT I THINK MPD SOMETIMES DECIDES TO DO IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN USING THESE TYPES OF WARNINGS,
BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THEFTS FROM
AUTOS AT LEVELS THAT ARE WAY TOO HIGH.
>> YES, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE USE IT INTERMITTENTLY ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE THERE
IS AN INCREASE IN THEFT FROM AUTOS AND THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS WE DO.
THE OTHER THING WE ALSO DO IS WE
TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE RATHER THAN
PUT THE TICKET ON THERE WE MIGHT SEE THEM LEAVING THE VEHICLE AND
WE WILL SAY, HEY, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SECURE EVERYTHING.
AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CAMERA
REBATE PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THAT PERSON DOING IT RIGHT AWAY BUT
MOST OF MY OFFICERS HERE THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE COMMITTING THE
CRIME AND WE HAVE TO HAVE EVIDENCE AND VIDEO EVIDENCE IS
THE BEST EVIDENCE WE CAN HAVE.
WE SEE THEM AND WE'VE MADE
SEVERAL CASES WITH VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT HELPED US GREATLY.
>> MAYOR: YES, SIR?
>> IS THIS THE ONLY THING YOU
ARE DOING NEW TO HELP GET SMASH AND GRAB PEOPLE OFF OF THE
STREETS OR IS THERE MORE?
IS THIS PART OF A BROADER PLAN?
>> IT IS PART OF A BROADER PLAN.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE THEFT FROM
AUTO BUT ALSO THE THEFT ESPECIALLY THE PACKAGE THEFTS
BECAUSE WE KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS ARE THE PERSON WHO STEALS
FROM THE PACKAGE ON THE PORCH IS THE SAME PERSON WHO IS DOING THE
THEFT.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC CRIME SO
WHEN WE CAN ARREST THAT PERSON WE MAY NOT GET THEM FROM THE
THEFT FROM AUTO BUT MAYBE FOR A PACKAGE THEFT OR STEALING A BIKE
OUT OF THE BACK OF SOMEBODY'S YARD AND THAT MAY BE ONE AND THE
SAME PERSON AND WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.
>> MAYOR: OKAY.
KIM?
YOU HAVE THE LAST QUESTION.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE].
>> MAYOR: OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET STARTED.
LET'S GET TO WORK.
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