>> COMING UP NEXT ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", NEW EUREKA POLICE CHIEF TODD JARVIS TALKS ABOUT HOLIDAY'S LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW HIS EXPERIENCE IN SAN DIEGO EQUIPS HIM TO LEAD.

THE YUROK TRIBE HAD AN EVENT THIS WEEK HIGHLIGHTING THE MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.

COMING UP NOW ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".

LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM >> FROM THE TOP OF HUM BOILT HILL.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

YOU SAY YOU CAN JUDGE A SOCIETY BY HOW IT TREATS ITS CHILDREN AND HOW IT TREATS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND WHETHER IT SEES MARGINALIZATION AS A PROBLEM.

LET'S BECLEAR, NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS ARE NOT CHILDREN, BUT DISADVANTAGED IN MANY WAYS.

DESPITE TRIBES LIKE THE YUROK WHO HAVE BECOME POWERFUL HANDLING ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY SOCIETY AS A WHOLE TREATS TRIBAL MEMBERS AS OUTSIDERS OR LESS THAN FULL CITIZENS.

ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IS MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN AND THE OUTRAGE WOULD BE GREATER IF THEY WERE FROM WHITE FAMILIES.

THE YUROK TRIBE HAS DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP BY CALLING ATTENTION TO THIS INKWAT AND REFUSING TO LET THIS STORY WITHER ON THE VINE.

THE LEADERS HELD AN EVENT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE VICTIMS AND THE CRIMES THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.

WE WILL HAVE A LATER FROM KEY CONTRIBUTOR RYAN HUTSON ABOUT THESE DISAPPEARANCES AND HOW THE YUROK TRIBE IS FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR NAMES AND STORIES IN THE NEWS AND HOPE ALIVE.

THEY HOSTED A SUMMIT WITH TRIBAL LEADERS, AS WELL AS SLOSHES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ACADEMICS AN OTHERS TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE.

FIRST WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE CHIEF TODD JARVIS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ONE THING I LIKE TO ASK POLICE OFFICERS, IT IS A UNIQUE CALLING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

IT IS A HIGH CALLING AND REQUIRES SOMEONE WHO HAS A HIGH CHARACTER.

>> YOU ARE ASKING ME TO REMEMBER A LONG TIME AGO.

I'M THIRD JEOPARDY RATION POLICE OFFICER.

MY FATHER IS A RETIRED SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER AND SHERIFF FROM IDAHO.

MY GRANDFATHER RETIRED FROM THE NAVY AS AN OFFICER, GOT BORED AND BECAME A HARBOR POLICE OFFICER IN SAN DIEGO.

IT IS SOMETHING I HAD IN MY LIFE, MY WHOLE UPBRINGING.

I WAS TOLD BY BOTH OF THEM, YOU WILL NOT DO DO.

WHEN YOU REACH THE AGE.

BUT ONCE I DID AND STARTED ATTENDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SAN DIEGO, I TOOK CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASSES.

THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT APPEALED TO ME.

I HAD THIS DESIRE TO SERVE AND WATCHING THOSE ROLE MODELS AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR CAREERS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT, HAVING INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE, IT HELPED OVER THE YEARS TO SEE THE IMPACT THEY MADE, MADE ME WANT TO PURSUE THE SAME PROFESSION.

NOT KNOWING I WOULD BE IN IT FOR THIS MANY YEARS >> YEAH.

>> OR I WOULD HAVE -- OR BE BLESSED WITH SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAD.

BEING HERE IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE.

>> NOW, YOUR BROADER CAREER, WERE YOU MOSTLY AN OFFICER, LIKE A BEAT COP, DETECTIVE?

HOW DID YOUR CAREER DEVELOP?

>> I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE TO WORK ON A PROGRESSIVE, PROFESSIONAL LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY >> YEAH.

>> SO I DID A LOT.

I WAS A PATROL COP.

I STARTED AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER TAKING COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS.

WENT TO THE ACADEMY, BECAME A PATROL OFFICER.

WORKED DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND LOGAN HEIGHTS, WHICH IS A VERY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WENT ON TO BE A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER FOR MANY, MANY YEAR.

DETECTIVE, LIEUTENANT, I WORKED NARCOTICS, NARCOTICS TASK FORCE.

A VERY DIVERSE INNER CITY COMMAND.

THE COMMAND WHERE I WAS A CAPTAIN THERE ARE MORE LANGUAGES SPOKEN THAT THAT HIGH SCHOOL THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN CALIFORNIA.

IT IS A VERY DIVERSE IMMIGRANT REFUGEE FUELED COMMUNITY THAT IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WORK IN.

FROM THERE, I WENT INTO THE CHIEF RANKS.

I WAS ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER PATROL OPERATIONS, NINE PATROL DIVISIONS IN THE CITY.

THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS I WAS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE CHIEF WHICH RAN A DEPARTMENT WITH 3,000 EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.

>> WOW.

>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING.

>> YEAH >> RETIRED NOVEMBER 2019.

WENT FROM 160 MILES AN HOUR TO ZOO.

BEING AWAKE MULTIPLE TIMES A NIGHT TO GETTING TO SLEEP IN.

AND RIGHT AFTER THAT COVID HIT.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> AND RIGHT AFTER THAT THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNESOTA WHICH CHANGED THIS PROFESSION IN EIGHT MINUTES.

ONE OFFICER CHANGED THIS PROFESSION.

MY PHONE STARTED BLOWING UP, CHIEF, YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO BE RETIRED.

GREAT TIMING.

I FELT EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.

I HAD 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, HOW TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING BEING FACED BY THE PROFESSION.

I WAS SITTING ON MY COUCH WATCHING IT GO DOWN.

SO WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, I DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK TOO HARD ABOUT IT.

I HAD BEEN HERE ONE TIME, IN HIGH SCHOOL, I DROVE A U-HAUL MOVING MY AUNT TO CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON.

I WAS CALLED TO BE HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I'M SO GLAD I HAVE.

I ROLLED INTO TOWN ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND HAVE BEEN HAPPILY HERE EVER SINCE.

>> YOU STARTED SOON AFTER?

>> I STARTED THE 3rd OF JANUARY.

I CAME UP WITH WHAT WAS IN MY TRUCK, RENTED A FURNISHED HOUSE.

IT IS ALL GOOD.

>> INSTANT HOME.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT IS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND YOU COME UP TO A DEPARTMENT THAT, I MEAN, HAS LESS THAN 100 EMPLOYEES.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, WHAT IS THE CURRENT COUNT -- >> MUCH LESS THAN A HUNDRED.

>> OKAY.

SO DESCRIBE THAT.

IS IT CHALLENGING TO COME INTO A DEPARTMENT THAT SMALL AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY OF RUNNING THINGS OR HAS THAT PREPARED YOU FULLY FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW?

>> BOTH.

BOTH.

AGAIN, I HAD A REALLY GREAT CAREER IN SAN DIEGO AND I LEARNED SO MUCH.

PARTICULARLY THOSE LAST FIVE YEARS AT THE CHIEF RANK AND DEALING WITH THE POLITICS OF THE JOB AND DEALING WITH THE UNIONS AND DEALING WITH THE EMPLOYEE ISSUES.

ALL OF THAT, THAT I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THERE, HAS COME INTO PLAY HERE ALREADY.

>> YEAH.

MM-HMM.

>> I ALSO AM VERY COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SMALL COMMUNITY AND YOU DON'T NEED BIG CITY POLICING HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> SO I CAME IN THIS WITH A MINDSET THERE ARE SOME THINGS I KNOW I'M NOT GOING BE ABLE TO USE HERE >> YEAH.

>> THERE ARE SOME THINGS I HAVE IDENTIFIED ALREADY THAT I THINK WILL BE A GOOD FIT HERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSITION IN.

THE BIGGEST THING I HAVE NOTICED IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG CITY POLICING AND A SMALLER DEPARTMENT, EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF UNFUNDED MANDATES NOW WE ARE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

I DON'T HAVE 3,000 PEOPLE TO TURN TO YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THAT.

NOW WE ARE SAYING YOU DO THESE FIVE THINGS TO MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES >> YEAH.

>> IT IS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE.

THEY ARE SO DEDICATED.

I REALLY DID, JAMES, COME UP WITH THE INTENTION OF THIS BEING AN INTERIM POSITION.

EVEN THOUGH I FELT LIKE I WAS AT A POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I WASN'T BEING AS BENEFICIAL AS I COULD TO THE PROFESSION, THERE WERE PARTS OF RETIREMENT I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS IS A WAY I COULD GIVE BACK FOR A WHILE AND GET BACK TO THAT.

QUITE FRANKLY, ONCE I GOT HERE, STARTING MEETING THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE IN EPD, THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH WITHIN THE CITY, I WASN'T READY TO WALK AWAY.

IT IS A REALLY COOL ENVIRONMENT.

I LIKE IT UP HERE.

IT IS TOUGH BEING AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.

>> IS ALL YOUR FAMILY IN SAN DIEGO?

>> THEY ARE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER.

THE GRANDKIDS ARE IN SAN DIEGO, WHICH I MISS SEEING THEM.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS SPREAD OUT WITH MILITARY AND OTHER LIFE ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> YEAH.

SO COMING IN, YOU'VE JUST RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED, I THINK YOU SAID THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

>> OFFICIAL FIRST DAY AS THE CHIEF WAS OCTOBER 1.

>> OKAY.

ARE YOU COMING IN REFORM MINDED?

ARE THERE THINGS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE NOW YOU HAVE THE REINS OR DO YOU LIKE THE STEADY AS SHE GOES APPROACH AT THIS POINT?

>> WELL, THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL INTENT AS I CAME IN AS INTERIM CHIEF.

BEFORE ANY CHANGE COULD BE MADE, YOU NEED TO BUILD TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS.

>> YEAH.

>> I REALLY CAME IN WITH THAT MIND SET I WAS GOING CONCENTRATE INTERNALLY FOR A WHILE AND BUILD THOSE INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS AND KIND OF PUSH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE MORE AND I FOUND THROUGH MY CAREER, AND I THINK IT IS SOUND LEADERSHIP, THAT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FIRST AND PEOPLE WANT TO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO IMMEDIATELY WHEN I CAME IN THE DOOR, I THINK EVERYONE REMEMBERED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE HISTORY OF THE EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHEN I WALK IN AND THE FIRST TASK I WAS GIVEN WAS WRAPPING UP THE TEXTING INVESTIGATION.

>> FOR FOLKS AT HOME THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, TWO OR THREE OFFICERS EXCHANGED TEXTS THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE ABUSIVE IN NATURE TOWARD SOME WOMEN, RIGHT?

>> THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT.

THERE WAS AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION DONE.

WHEN I GOT HERE I WAS HANDED THAT.

>> THAT IS A HECK OF A THING TO HAND THE NEW GUY.

>> I KNEW WHAT I WAS WALKING INTO AND I KNEW I HAD HUNDREDS OF EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT UNDER MY BELT ALREADY.

>> OKAY.

YEAH.

>> ONE OF THE 12 DIRECT REPORTS WAS THE CAPTAIN OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS SO I DEALT WITH THAT DAILY.

I KNEW I HAD EXPERIENCE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT IS NEVER FUN.

>> YEAH.

>> I NEVER, EVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THESE ARE HUMAN LIVES, THESE ARE PEOPLE, FAMILIES, AFFECTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THAT WAS THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF WRAPPING THAT UP.

CHIEF WATSON HAD STARTED THAT RECOMMENDED DISCIPLINE.

WE GOT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I SAW A FEW THINGS THAT WE COULD TUNE UP AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

IMMEDIATELY WE, WITHIN MONTHS OF MANY BEING HERE, WE INITIATED A MISCONDUCT REPORTING POLICY.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY NOW >> YEAH.

>> THAT TAKES THE HEAT OFF THE VINL OFFICER.

IF YOU SEE ME DOING SOMETHING THAT IS VIOLATION OF POLICY, LAW, JUST NOT RIGHT, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

INSTEAD OF SAYING, JAMES, I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

IT TAKES THE HEAT OFF THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT IT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.

SO WE PUT THAT IN PLACE.

>> OKAY.

>> PRETTY QUICKLY.

WE ARE GOING BE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO CREATE A DIFFERENT RANK STRUCTURE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

I WANT TO ADD A LAYER IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER MANAGEMENT THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH FIRST LEVEL SUPERVISORS, WATCH COMMANDERS.

>> MM-HMM.

>> HAVE ABILITY TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE SUPERVISOR, BUT TO COACH, MENTOR, TRAIN.

>> WHICH ARE PROBABLY -- THOSE ARE POSITIONS YOU FILLED IN YOUR CAREER, RIGHT?

>> I DID.

I WORKED EVERY RANK WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF SAN DIEGO OTHER BEING CHIEF OF POLICE.

>> YES, BUT THEY ALL WERE.

>> YEAH, THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE I SEE IN ADDING THIS EXTRA LAYER.

>> YEAH.

>> I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN REALLY PLEASANT TO WORK WITH.

>> OKAY.

GOOD.

>> I SAY THIS AT GREAT RISK BECAUSE KNOCK ON WOOD, HE HASN'T SAID NO TO ME YET.

WE ADJUSTED A FEW THINGS.

HE HAS BEEN OPEN TO IDEAS.

I HOPE HE HAS APPRECIATED THE DIFFERENT VIEW I BRING WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE >> YEAH.

>> I THINK WE ARE DOING SOME GOOD THINGS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE STAYED.

I WOULD HAVE SAID THANKS AND GONE BACK TO SAN DIEGO.

>> SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, THE TEXTING THING DEMONSTRATING A FLAW IN EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR AS A RESULT OF A FEW BAD APPLES.

WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT ON THAT?

>> WELL, I HAD SOME OF THE SAME FEARS AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING CALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE BAD APPLES.

I THINK THEY MADE BAD DECISIONS.

>> SURE.

>> I DON'T WANT THAT TO COLOR THEIR ENTIRE CAREER OR THINGS THEY DID ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF THE POSITIVE AS WELL.

I THINK THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN A FEW THINGS.

THE PROFESSION IS FULL OF HUMAN BEINGS.

WE MAKE MISTAGS.

SOME CAN BE WORKED THROUGH, SOME WE CAN'T.

# >> YEAH.

>> I HAVE FOUND AN INCREDIBLY DEDICATED HARD WORKING GROUP OF PEOPLE.

WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT CAN'T BE THE CULTURE AND WON'T BE TOLERATED AND WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT EVERY DAY.

>> YEAH.

>> REALLY.

THE FEEDBACK I HAVE HAD FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.

AND I DON'T GET THE FEELING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST PEOPLE WHO TALK TO ME FEEL THAT IS A CULTURE THEY FEEL THAT, IF IT WAS A PERIOD OF TIME, WE WORKED THROUGH THAT AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY SEE THESE DAYS.

>> I WAS VERY INTRIGUED BY WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HOW THE PROFESSION CHANGED AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD KILLING.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT AFFECTS HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB NOW?

>> SURE.

I THINK THAT TRANSPARENCY BECAME A MUCH BIGGER WORD, DE ESCALATION.

EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS BEING KICKED AROUND BEFORE THAT.

BECAME THE EXPECTATION.

IT SHOULD BE.

TAKING SOMEONE'S LIFE SHOULD BE THE ABOUT LUTE LAST RESORT TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE OR SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.

I THINK THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PUBLIC BECAME MUCH HIGHER.

WE SAW THE FRUSTRATION AND THE ANGER IN THE PUBLIC THROUGH A LOT OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS.

WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON OF A REASON TO TEAR THINGS UP AND -- >> SURE >> WHAT WASN'T LOST ON ME AND MAYBE IT WAS EVEN EASIER BEING A LITTLE ON THE OUTSIDE THEN.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EMOTION.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPECTATION BEING PLACED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT IS GOING BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT DAY FORWARD.

AND IT SHOULD BE.

>> YEAH.

>> IT SHOULD BE.

>> ONE OF THE REFORMS LOCALLY IS THERE HAS BEEN A POLICE REVIEW BOARD OR HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTER IT ESTABLISHED?

>> AN OVERSIGHT BOARD.

COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD ON POLICE PRACTICES.

>> OKAY.

HOW IS THAT GOING AT THIS POINT?

>> GOOD.

IT HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE VIA ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF EUREKA.

I WAS THANKFUL I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER, CITY GOVERNMENT, CITY ATTORNEY TO PUT THAT INTO PLACE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT IN SAN DIEGO.

I GOT BE A LIAISON FOR THE BOARD THE THREE AND A HALF YEARS I WAS EXECUTIVE CHIEF.

SO I HAD A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THEM.

I SAW REALLY WHAT WORKED AND WHAT MIGHT NOT WORK AS WELL.

I HAD SOME INPUT ON THAT SO I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE ARE NOT A LEGITIMATE PROFESSION WITHOUT OVERSIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> WE NEED THAT OVERSIGHT.

LET'S NOT FORGET FOR A MINUTE THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS PROFESSIONAL, HUMAN, TREATS PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND THERE ARE OLS RESPONSIBILITIES THAT OUR PUBLIC HAS IN INTERACTING.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.

THIS BOARD WITH THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR THE CITY MANAGER HIRED.

I THINK BETWEEN THE ENTITIES WE ARE GOING BE ABLE TO FINE TUNE A FEW MORE THINGS AND WE'RE GOING BE ABLE TO REALLY HEAR AND REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE BOARD MAYBE IN A WAY THEY WOULDN'T GET JUST TALKING TO A POLICE OFFICER.

AND IT IS ALL GOING BE DONE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF LAW AND POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE RIGHTS AND ARE INVOLVED IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S ALLEGATIONS OF MISDUCT.

IT IS A GOOD THING.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THESE MEETINGS WRAPPING UP.

I THINK THE BOARD IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS NEW CONFIGURATION >> HOW IT IS GOING WORK.

>> HOW IT IS GOING WORK, WHAT THEIR OBJECTIVES ARE AND HOW MUCH POWER THEY HAVE, QUITE FRANKLY.

IT IS GOING BE A GOOD THING.

I HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR AND THEY ARE GOING BE GOOD FOR THE CITY.

>> EXCELLENT.

TWO OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT FACE OUR COMMUNITY AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW ARE HOMELESSNESS AND OBLIQUELY IS ADDICTION, THEY REENFORCE EACH OTHER.

I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES FACED BY THE C-SET TEAM BECAUSE RESOURCES ARE AN ISSUE IN A SMALL DEPARTMENT AND SO I GUESS I'M ASKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PROGRAMS LIKE C-SET AND C-SET ITSELF TO TAKE A MORE SORT OF ACTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN HELPING PEOPLE MATRICULATE INTO PRAPLES AND DO THINGS -- >> SURE >> THAT HELP THEM REHABILITATE.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?

>> FAIR QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE VERY CLEAR, C-SAT, OUR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ENGAGEMENT TEAM.

THEY ARE A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY ARE NOT THE END ALL.

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE WE ARE GOOD AT PROBLEM SOLVING BECAME THE PROBLEM SOLVERS FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY'S ILLS.

IT CAN'T BE THAT WAY.

>> SURE.

>> I THINK THE CITY OF EUREKA, WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO THIS POSITION, THEY DO TAKE A VERY FORWARD-THINKING THOUGHT INTO THIS.

THEY LEAN INTO IT AND AS RECENTLY AS LAST MONTH HIRED A CLINICIAN, A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN TO BE PART OF THE TEAM WITH C-SET TO WORK WITH UPLIFT TO CREATE THAT EXTRA PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WE DIDN'T HAVE AND IT ALREADY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.

IDEALLY, LAW ENFORCEMENT STARTS TAKING A BIT OF A STEP BACK FROM DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND WE ARE THERE TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT NOT REALLY LEADING THE CHARGE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> WE DID HAVE TO, EARLY ON WHEN I GOT UP HERE, WE HAD TO PULL SOME SPECIALIZED UNITS BACK AND PUT THEM IN PATROL.

>> YEAH.

>> THE BACKBONE OF ANY POLICE FORCE IS THE PATROL THAT ANSWERS 9-1-1 CALLS.

WHEN YOU CALL 9-1-1, IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE AN OFFICER AT YOUR DOOR.

WE DIDN'T PULL C-SET OUT.

WE'LL KEEP THAT GOING.

WE HAVE OUR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER REASSIGNED.

AND MY NEXT GOAL AS OUR PATROL STAFFING GOES DOWN IS TO GET AN OLD TOWN OFFICER AND PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING TEAM THAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.

TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS, IT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

>> SURE.

>> IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

WE ARE NOT GOING FIX IT OVERNIGHT.

I SEE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING HERE.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

>> YEAH.

>> AND NOBODY HAS ENOUGH RESOURCES, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY, THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH, THE NONPROFITS, I THINK EVERYBODY IS COMING TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT UP HERE.

FOR WHATEVER REASON WE ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT -- THE LIFESTYLE.

>> THE WEATHER.

>> THE WEATHER.

I WAS TEACHING A MANAGEMENT CLASS FOR NEW POLICE LIEUTENANTS ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH DURING RETIREMENT TO STAY IN THE GAME.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND A LIEUTENANT FROM SAN MATEO COUNTY SAID ONE DAY, THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES OF HOMELESSNESS.

THERE'S THE CANNOTS, THE HAVE-NOTS AND THE WILL NOTES.

SO WE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING EVENTUALLY BE DEALING WITH THE WILL NOTES WHO TURN DOWN SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE SERVICES WILL BE FOR THE OTHER TWO.

THE CANNOTS AND THE HAVE-NOTS.

>> YEAH.

WELL THAT IS ALL OUR TIME FOR TODAY.

>> THANKS.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN.

I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK ON THE SHOW.

IT IS AN OPEN INVITATION.

>> THANKS, JAMES.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> NATIVE LEADERS AND OTHERS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY GATHERED AT THE AIR CADA COMMUNITY CENTER TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE HIGH NUMBER OF MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN.

RYAN HUTSON HAS THE STORY.

>> SEE SUMMIT ON MISSING AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HOSTED BY THE YUROK TRIBE THIS WEEK.

FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REPETITIVES MET WITH TRIBAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS POLICY ABOUT HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND INTERJURISDICTIONAL FUNCTIONS OR LACK THEREOF, IMPACTED THE MMIP PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY IN CALIFORNIA.

ACCORDING TO THE SOVEREIGN BODIES INSTITUTE, YUROK COUNTRY IN HUMBOLDT AND DELL NORTH COUNTIES HAVE 36% OF ALL MMIP CASES IN THE STATE RECENTLY.

MOST OF THE TIME INDIGENOUS FAMILIES ARE THE ONLY ONES CONDUCTING A SEARCH FOR THEIR MISSING LOVED ONE AND LACK RESOURCES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD, BUT DOES NOT SUPPLY OFTEN OR QUICKLY ENOUGH.

>> WE NEED OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS.

WE NEED OUR STATE PARTNERS.

WE NEED OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE ISSUES THAT PLAGUE OUR TRIBAL NATIONS.

MMIP DOESN'T HAPPEN OVER NIGHT.

THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE THAT SPRUNG UP IN THE LAST DECADE.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS GONE ON FOR 150 YEARS.

IN OUR TERRITORY.

WE ARE NOT NAIVE TO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING SOLVE IT TOMORROW.

BUT THE ACTION DOES NEED TO START TOMORROW.

I'M PROUD OF MY TRIBAL LEADERS WHO STOOD WITH US TODAY.

I'M PROUD OF OUR FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS WHO SHOWED UP, WHO SHOWED UP TODAY IN A TIME WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IN ADDRESSING TRIBAL ISSUES IS TO HAVE YOUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, YOUR STATE PARTNERS SHOW UP.

THEY SHOWED UP TODAY AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEM IS FELT.

>> BOTH CONGRESSMAN JARED HUFFMAN AND SENATOR MAJORITY LEADER MIKE McGWIRE ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUMMIT.

>> AS THE FEDERAL REPRESENTIVE IN THIS CONVERSATION, LET ME TELL YOU HOW HUMBLED AND HONORED I AM TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH SO MANY GREAT TRIBAL LEADERS AND PARTNERS WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM BETTER AND FRANKLY SO MANY TRIBAL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND IT TOO WELL.

BUT THEY WANT TO SHARE THEIR PAINFUL EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME SO THAT TOGETHER WE CANNOT ONLY SAY THIS IS ENOUGH, IT HAS TO STOP.

BUT WE CAN UNDERSTAND VERY SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE THE SMART STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO MAKE IT STOP?

THAT IS WHAT I AM, I THINK, BEGINNING TO TAKE AWAY FROM TODAY.

IT WILL NOT HAPPEN FROM ONE CONVERSATION.

THIS IS GOING NEED TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE.

I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE YUROK TRIBE FOR THEIR VISION AND LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING SO MANY TRIBAL LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM, TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT AND PHILANTHROPY THAT WILL LEAD TO JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND I'M PLEASED TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

>> I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE CONSEQUENTIAL CONVENINGS THAT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN IN DECADES.

TOGETHER, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING WORK AS A TEAM, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRIBAL LEADERS, TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS AND FOREVER END THIS INJUSTICE.

>> I SPOKE WITH THE HONORABLE JUDGE ABBY ABINANTI ABOUT TRIBAL POLICE NOT HAVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION WHEN IT IS NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY.

>> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE WERE NOT GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, I WANT TO ISSUE RESTAINING ORDERS AND FOOTE THEM INTO THE SYSTEM, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO WHAT NAY DO IS THEY CAN PULL UP AND CAN SEE, OH, YES, THERE IS A RESTRAINING ORDER, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THE INFORMATION -- >> NO PARAMETERS?

>> NO.

>> NO TIME FRAME.

>> ANY OF THAT.

>> IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE.

YOU ARE THE OFFICER ON THE BEAT TRYING TO PULL IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER AND IT IS NOT THERE.

THOSE KINDS OF MISSTEPS ARE RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.

MEANING THE AREA OF JURISDICTION, THAT KIND OF DROPPED BALL, OH, WE FORGOT TO THINK ABOUT THEM, WE DIDN'T MEAN TO BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.

ANY OF THAT.

>> FOR "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", THIS IS RYAN HUTSON.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHIEF AND RYAN FOR THAT GREAT REPORT.

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