TODAY MARKED THE 12th DAY OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

FLOYD, A BLACK MAN WAS PINNED DOWN AN KILLED BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER, DEREK CHAUVIN.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST WEEK IN SYRACUSE.

THIS IS A RALLY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION THAT ARE FIGHTING ON DIFFERENT FRONTS OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHILE WE ARE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE REST OF THE NATION AS WE PROTEST THE DEATHS OF GEORGE EMPLOYED AND BREONNA TAYLOR, WE ARE AWARE THAT THE SYRACUSE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ITS FAIR SHARE OF INJUSTICES AGAINST SYRACUSE.

>> BEING A PLAQUE MAN IN SYRACUSE NEW YORK, IT IS NOT EASY TO DRIVE DOWN YOUR STREET BECAUSE YOUR MUSIC MAY BE TOO LOUD.

IT IS NOT EASY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU AND EYE TO BE ABLE TO WALK THE STREETS AT A CERTAIN TIME OF NIGHT THIS IS NOT OKAY.

NOT PARTIALLY NOT KIND OF NOT HALFWAY.

STAND FIRMLY FOR JUSTICE THIS IS THE ONLY TIME IN SYRACUSE THAT BECAUSE OF YOU NOT BECAUSE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DETERMINED I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THIS COMMUNITY YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE!

>> POLICE REFORM IS NOT A MOMENT IN TIME.

STAND FIRMLY FOR JUSTICE!

BLACK LIVES MATTER!

>> OUR WORST DAY, THIS IS A NOBLE PROFESSION.

>> ONE HOMICIDE IS TOO MANY IN THIS CITY.

>> PEOPLE ARE RUNNING WHEN THEY HEAR GUNSHOTS.

>> IT IS A NEW DAY COMING IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE.

WE START WITH OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE CONTROVERSY.

RYAN McMAHON CONFIRMING THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS CASE HERE IN ONONDAGA COUNTY.

>> WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE OTHER COMMUNITY WILL BE TESTED AND I HAVE A CHALLENGE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS AND MEASURES WITHOUT HAVING A VIRUS IN PLACE SO THAT WE ARE READY FOR THIS MOMENT AND WE ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE NEED EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> COVID IMPACTED OUR NATION IN MANY WAYS.

PUBLIC SAFETY WAS NOT AN EXCEPTION TO THAT BUT IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS A 30 PERT POVERTY RATE THAT HAS CHALLENGES WITH CRIME UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THEN YOU PLACE A PANDEMIC ON TOP OF THAT, YOU CERTAINLY CAN EXPECT THINGS TO BE EXAGGERATED THAT YOU WILL ALREADY HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME DEALING WITH.

COVID HIT EVERY LEVEL OF EVERY OF THE WAY WE WORK.

I MEAN SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHEN PEOPLE ARE ERRATIC OR THEY GET UPSET OR, YOU KNOW, BEE DO HAVE A LOT OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND THE MASK GETS IN THE WAY.

AND THAT'S JUST THE MASK.

>> WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES YOU ARE NOT ABLE IN CERTAIN SPACES LIKE HOMES OR APARTMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT DUE TO PEOPLE HAVING COVID OR BEING EXPOSED TO HAVING COVID.

>> COVID HAS SLOWED DOWN THE CRIME RATE THOUGH AS FAR AS CERTAIN STREET CRIMES BUT THERE IS A SPIKE IN DOMESTIC BECAUSE EVERYONE IS ENCLOSED IT HAS BEEN A BIT OF A STRUGGLE BUT I THINK WE ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB RIGHT NOW AND YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ADAPT WE KNOW THE CITY OF SCUT IS FACING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

COUNCIL MADE A FEW CHANGES TO MAYOR WALSH'S SPENDING PLAN, REDUCING THE AMOUNT BUDGETED TORE POLICE OVERTIME.

>> WE HAD TO CUT A LOT OF POSITIONS.

WE DIDN'T LIR AN ACADEMY AT THE END OF THE YEAR LIKE THEY WANTED TO CIVILIANS WERE LAID OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY LIKE WE WANTED TO.

THE BUDGET WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM IT TO THIS DAY.

WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO RUN AS AILEENER POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BETTER.

BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA MONEY IN THE BUDGET WHEN IT CAMES TO COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS EXTRA POLICING EFFORTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY NEEDED MORE POLICE OFFICERS WORKING EXTRA HOURS, THOSE THINGS TEND TO SUFFER AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WHETHER IT BE SHOT SPOTTER OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, POLICING THINGS THAT WE WOULD USE YOU KNOW, TEND TO SUFFER.

>> SHOTS SPOTTER IS A TOOL, A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION IT IS IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU INFORMATION FROM AN CUSE TICK STANDPOINT ABOUT SHOTS FIRED AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY'RE LOCATED.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY IN A COMMUNITY TO ADVISE POLICE THAT SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TELL ME THAT MANY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE NUMB TO THE SOUNDS OF SHOTS FIRED.

>> IT'S NO SECRET THAT TAX REVENUE IS A MAJOR PART OF OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS.

WE PROJECTED A 10 MILLION-DOLLAR REVENUE LOSS.

I'M THANKFUL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINALLY GOT IT TOGETHER AND LISTENED TO MUNICIPALITIES, PARTICULARLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE STIMULUS DOLLARS TO GET BACK ON TRACK.

THE COVID PANDEMIC AFFECTED US.

I'M NOT SAYING HERE IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE BUT DEATH FROM COVID-19 INFECTION WAS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER AMONGST POLICE OFFICERS.

>> AND THEN WHEN WE HAD THE GEORGE FLOYD THING, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE, THAT WAS REALLY REAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD APRIL ISSUE WITH POLICE AND IT REALLY CRUSHED US BECAUSE ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS WE TOOK TIME TO BUILD.

WE COULDN'T FIX THEM EVEN IF WE WANTED TO BECAUSE WE COULDN'T BE AROUND THEM.

>> HANDS UP.

DON'T SHOOT!

>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I THIS I ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WALKING ON THE STEPS AND TALKING ON THE STEPS OF CITY HALL THIS SUMMER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COME TO MIND.

FIRST THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A NEW ISSUE; THAT, IN FACT, WHAT TRANSPIRED OVER THE SUMMER WAS A BLIP, WAS CERTAINLY DEEPLY CONCERNING BECAUSE IF YOU CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENED WITH AUBRY EFFECTIVELY A PUBLIC LYNCH MOB, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO BREONNA TAYLOR WHICH WAS A WOMAN SLEEPING IN HER BED AND WAS KILLED.

SFU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND THE IMAGES WE SAW GEORGE FLOYD, THIS IS A CONSTANT REALITY IN BLACK PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN A MOMENT WHEN WE HAD A PRESIDENT WHO HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT QUOTE AND QUOTE LAW AND ORDER TO HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE SCREEN OF EVERYONE'S HOME.

EVERYBODY HAVING TO WATCH THESE IMAGES FUNDAMENTALLY BECAUSE WE WERE ALL AT HOME DUE TO THE FACT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, A PANDEMIC THAT AGAIN, DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BLACK, BROWN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHERE THE CONSTANTS QUESTIONS OF DO OUR LIVES MATTER HAD TO BE RAISED AND CONTINUOUSLY RAISED.

>> WHEN YOU SEE A CITY ERUPT, RARELY IS THE INCIDENT THAT COMES TO THE SURFACE DURING THAT MOMENT THE SOLE REASON FOR THAT ERUPTION.

IT'S THE GAS BEFORE THEY REPTION THAT ACTUALLY-- THE ERUPTION THAT DETERMINES HOW THE CITY RESPONDS.

THE PREEXISTING RELATIONSHIP OR LACK THEREOF THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY BEFORE A CRITICAL INCIDENT DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF EXPLOSION IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

THE SAME COMMUNITY I HAD BEEN GIVING HUGS TO AND GOING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS NOW I'M LOOKING OUT A WINDOW AND LOOKING AT A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE GOOD AND NOW I SEE STANDING IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE POLICE.

DEFUND THE POLICE, MIDDLE FINGERS AND IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO SEE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HERE LOCALLY AND CAN I ONLY SPEAK WITH MY TIME WITH THE CHIEF, WE WERE PUSHING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGE MANY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

IT PUT A DENT IN THOSE EFFORTS.

>> WE WANT TO RESPECT PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO GATHER, TO PROTEST AND LAWFULLY DO THE THINGS THAT WE ALL FOAL ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS MOMENT.

>> WE HAD A CHIEF IN KENTON BUCKNER WHO WANTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ORGANIZERS.

THEY COORDINATED WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BE, WHAT ROUTES THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE HOW WE WERE GOING TO ASSIST AND ENSURING THERE I MARCHES WERE SAFE AND SO COORDINATING THAT EFFORT WAS A COLLABORATIVE ONE THAT I HAVE TO SAY I'M REALLY PROUD OF.

>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL URIA.

THE TIME IN QUESTION LAST SUMMER I WAS THE PATROL SERVICES COMMANDER.

THE LAST COUPLE DAYS OF MAY 2020, WE WERE AWARE THERE WERE PROTESTS PLANNED IN OUR CITY.

>> I WOULD MEET EVERY DAY WITH THE LEADERS OF THAT GROUP SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR OF THEM, SOMETIMES TWO OF THEM.

THE DAY BEFORE THEY WOULD GIVE US THE GENERAL SECTOR OF THE CITY THEY PLANNED ON MARCHING AND THE DATE OF THE MARCH THEY WOULD GIVE US A ROUTE.

WE WOULD NEGOTIATE THE ROUTE, IF IT WAS A HAZARD OR A PROBLEM.

AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS THEY REALIZED I WASN'T THERE TO CAUSE THEM A PROBLEM.

I WAS ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING THE SAFE PASSAGE OF THEM.

>> ON THIS NIGHT, WE HAD GATHERED FOR THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST AND AFTER THE PROTESTS ENDED, WE ENDED UP BACK IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILD LITTLE AND THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THE ACTIVITY BEGAN TO GET OUT OF CONTROL.

>> WE HAD ONE NIGHT TO WHERE WE KIND OF, AT SOME POINTS LOST IT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT THE WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE COMMITTING THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE.

THE LEADERSHIP IN THAT COMMAND POST, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FIRST FROM LIFE AND SAFETY STANDPOINT AND THEN SECONDLY, EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS PROPERTY.

>> WHAT YOU SAW ME DOING WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING.

TO GO WAS TO-- THE GOAL WAS TO PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE HAD FACED DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST.

>> FOR THE 40 DAYS OF THAT, IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BEGIN TO BE IF THE FIRST PHASE WHAT HAVE WE LOOKED LIKE POST-THE PROTEST PERIOD BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT WAS CONSTRUCTIVE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC EVEN DURING THE PROTEST.

>> IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THE WAY THAT IT HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES WITH PEOPLE GETTING BEAT BY THE POLICE AND MACED BY THE POLICE AND ARRESTED.

AND WE KNEW SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.

IT WAS JUST THE POINT OF TRYING TO KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM.

>> AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> A YOUNG MOTHER WALKED UP TO ME AND ASKED TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HER SON.

GLADLY.

WHO WOULDN'T DO THAT.

AND AS I GOT DOWN ON HIS LEVEL TO TAKE A PICTURE, ANOTHER YOUNG BOY CAME OVER AND I PUT MY ARMS AROUND HIM AND TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE INITIAL ICE BREAKER THAT SEPARATED ANY TENSIONS FOR ME AND MY UNIFORM FROM WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT GROUP.

THEY KNEW THEY COULD TRUST ME FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, IT WAS VERY EASY TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING BACK AND FORTH.

WE HAD A GOOD OPEN DIALOGUE.

IN IN REGARDS TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, I'M A BLACK MAN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND I AM A BLACK MALE OFFICER, SO I SEE ALL THE SIDES.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE HEARD AND WE NEED TO FIND SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US ALL AND THAT'S FAIR.

>> I WAS NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THE MARCHING.

I'M AN OBSERVER, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE'S CIVIL LIBERTIES FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED AND FROM MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THAT I UNDERSTOOD, YES, THERE WERE PLENTY OF POLICE ESCORTS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ASSISTANCE IN THAT RESPECT.

I THINK THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR CONCERN ARE IN THE POSTUREING 2,000 PEOPLE WERE AT THE PROTEST, PEACEFUL, NOT AN INCIDENT.

500 POLICE OFFICERS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, HELICOPTERS, DRONES, ARMORED VEHICLES, ET CETERA.

THAT TYPE OF MILITARISTIC APPROACH IS NOT THE KIND OF THINGS THAT RESULT IN PEACEFUL MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND COMMUNITY.

>> MOVE BACK!

MOVE BACK?

>> WE HAVE A DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT EVEN IF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID ARE AT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PROVIDING THE PROTECTION.

THAT'S NOT NEW TERRITORY FOR POLICE WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND WE HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE ABLE TO MARCH WITHOUT INCIDENT.

HAVING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CREATE A CURFEW THAT WAS IN THE NECESSARY.

IT WAS NOT ESSENTIAL.

AND MAINTAINING SUCH A CURFEW, MAINTAINING THE TYPES OF PRESENCE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM FERGUSON, ACTUALLY RESULT IN EXACERBATION OF PEOPLE WANTING TO ENGAGE IN RIOTING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM IN SYRACUSE AND I THINK WAS WE OUGHT TO LEARN IS THAT IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS PRESERVED BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T DO THAT ACTUALLY YOU FIND PEOPLE GOING TO ALTERNATIVE METHODS.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN SAYING THAT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE FIND IN SYRACUSE.

WE FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED AND WHO JOINED IN PROTESTING, WHO GET IN THEIR CARS AND RALLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF.

THAT IS A LESSON IN DEMOCRACY THAT WE ARE TELLING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT YOUR VOICE MATTERS AND THAT IN FACT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR CONCERNS AS ELECTED AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO POLICIES.

>> PROTESTORS ARE CONTINUING TO DEMAND THAT SYRACUSE MAYOR BEN WALSH MAKE CHANGES TO THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH SINCE PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY STARTED ACROSS THE REGION AS TOM MAGNARELLI REPORTS, STAKEHOLDERS AND PROTESTORS HAVE A LIST OF NINE DEMANDS CALLED THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA THEY WANT THE CITY TO ACCEPT.

>> THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA CALLS FOR MORE ACTION ON REDIRECTING FUNDING AWAY FROM THE SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RENEGOTIATING THE POLICE UNION CONTRACT.

SOME OF THE DEMANDS INCLUDING THE USE OF FORCE POLICY, BODY CAMERAS AND DEMILITARIZATION OF POLICE MAYOR WALSH HAS ALREADY EITHER ADDRESSED OR ARE STILL ONGOING LIKE THE CALL TO REMOVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

I CLIP FROM A MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH FEATURING USE OF YUSUF ABDUL-QADIR ABOUT HOW POLICE OFFICERS DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY WENT VIRAL WITH MILLIONS OF VIEWS ONLINE.

>> YOU ARE SENDING MONEY OUT OF SYRACUSE AND NOT JUST FOR 30 YEARS, FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEIR PENSIONS, THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, THEIR FAMILIES.

WE ARE FUNDING FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THE PROMISE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM WHILE WE ARE DENYING IT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S THE CONTEMPT AS YOU AS THE MAYOR HAVE TO LOOK UNDER.

>> CIVILES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR RESPONSES TO PROTESTORS DEMAND FOR POLICE REFORM.

>> DID YOU NOT MEET THE DEMAND.

THAT WAS SOMETHING SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN AFTER PROTESTORS SAY THEY FOUND THE RESPONSE TO THEIR NINE DEMANDS TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COMPLETELY INADEQUATE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RELEASING RESPONSE TO NINE DIFFERENT POINTS SAYING IT AGREED WITH FOUR DEMANDS, AGREED WITH CLARIFICATION ON THREE AND DEFERRING RESPONSIBILITY ON TWO OF THE DEMANDS.

WE WERE ASKING FOR RADICAL AND BOLD TRANSFORMATION.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERS WITH COURAGE.

BEE NEED A LEADER AT THE TABLE HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR TO TAKE THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF THEM, MERGE IT INTO ONE AND GIVE YOU A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANSWER THAN WHAT YOU REQUESTED.

WHAT TYPE OF DEMOCRACY IS THAT?

>> IMPROVING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENHANCING POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS HAS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY SINCE MY FIRST DAYS IN OFFICE.

EVEN BEFORE THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT THIS SUMMER, WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED MORE ON POLICE REFORM THAN ANY PRIOR ADMINISTRATION IN RECENT MEMORY.

BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH SO WE LEANED INTO THE PRESSURE FOR MORE CHANGE.

ON JUNE 19 I ISSUED MY FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER AS MAYOR.

LAYING OUT MY SYRACUSE POLICE REFORM AGENDA.

IT MANDATES 16 ACTIONS RAGING FROM ENACTING THE RIGHT TO NO LAW TO UPDATING THE USE OF FORCE AND BODY WORN CAMERA POLICIES TO INIMPROVING THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD YOU CALL THAT CHANGE?

THAT AIN'T CHANGE, A FORCE THAT PEOPLE CAN VISIT AND SEE EACH OTHER AND KNOW THERE IS SOLIDARITY LIBBED THE MOVEMENT.

I KNOW THERE ARE CONCRETE THINGS WE ARE ASKING OF OUR CITY REGARDING POLICING, REGARDING POLICY REGARDING TRANSPARENCY AND POLICE UNIONS, REGARDING THE FOE YOUR RIGHTS ACT.

SEVERAL CONCRETE THINGS WE ARE ASKING OF OUR CITY IN REGARDS TO HOW THE POLICE FUNCTION AND ASKING THEM TO ROLL BACK THIS HISTORY IN OUR CITY AND NATIONWIDE OF POLICE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE.

>> THOSE NINE DEMANDS HAVE HAD AN EFFECT AND IMPACT, BUT THERE IS MORE PROGRESS TO BE DONE.

>> THIS IS SYSTEMIC REFORM OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

>> THE CALL FROM THE STATE WAS TO REINVENT THE WAY WE DO POLICING.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD SAY THIS IS CHANGING ANYTHING GOING ON IN SYRACUSE.

IT'S LARGELY A MARKETING PLAN FOR AN ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN OUT IN FRONT OF POLICE REFORM.

>> THE SUPPORT OF THE ITEMS HERE, WHAT IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE TORE ME IS HOW TO DO IT HOW LONG IT IS GOING TO TAKE HOW TO GET IT DONE BUT AM I GOING TO WORK HARD TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ITEMS?

TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM, YES, I AM AM I GO FOR EXAMPLE TO FULLY MEET WHAT YOU ALL EXPECT AS A REQUIREMENT?

PROBABLY NOT I JUST GOT TO SAY THAT TO YOU BUT I'M GOING TO WORK JUST LIKE I DO EVERY DAY.

>> MY RESPONSE TO IT IS THAT IT'S A LOT OF SUMMARY OF THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY DONE OR ALREADY IN PLACE.

IF YOU ARE CHIEF BUCKNER, YOU HAVE BEEN A COP YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.

IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU KNOW AND YOU ARE NOT MOTIVATED TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF I DON'T ARE WORKPLACE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE LAW AND UNDERSTANDS POLICING BUT IS WILLING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

>> POLICE REFORM IS NOT A MOMENT IN TIME.

IT IS NOT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER COMPLETED A PLAN AND WE WORKED HARD ON AND THEN OKAY, YOU DID IT.

NOT EVEN CLOSE, THERE ARE MEASURES THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW THROUGH KENTON BUCKNER THAT I IN THE HISTORY OF BEING IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.

THE COMMITMENT WHEN WE CAME ON THE WALSH ADMINISTRATION THERE, WERE 17 BODY CAMERAS IN A PILOT.

WE HAVE OVER 200 OFFICERS WITH BODY CAMS NOW.

>> UNWITH OF THE THINGS THAT IS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU BRING IN AN OUTSIDE CHIEF OF POLICE IS THAT THINGS ARE PROBABLY ABOUT TO CHANGE.

YOU DON'T CONTINUE STATUS QUO IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION THAT THE AGENCY IS GOING OR THE OUTPUTS WE ARE SEEING.

MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED DURING THAT MEETING WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE THINGS OR EITHER MAKING ADJUST MANIES TO BEGIN HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> THE POLICY THAT WE REFORM IN JULY OF 2019 POLICE REFORM POLICY HAD NOT BEEN REFORMED FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS: WE REVISED THE POLICY.

WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE SUMMER OF 2019 WHICH I WILL NEVER FORGET AND THEN WE, DURING THE COURSE OF 2020 POLICE REFORM, REVISED IT AGAIN AND THAT IS WHAT IS IN DRAFT FORM RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A DOCUMENT NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT: WHEN HAS THAT BEEN DONE IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE AND ANY TIME ANYONE CAN REMEMBER AND I HAVE LIVED HERE OVER 30 YEARS.

>> OVERALL CRIME WAS DOWN 7% LAST YEAR AND DOWN 6% SINCE I TOOK OFFICE.

BUT AS IN CITIES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE AND THE NATION, SYRACUSE SAW AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME.

TRAGICALLY HOMICIDES CLIMBED 31 LIVES LAST YEAR.

THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING EVERY DAY TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE.

>> POLICE RESPONDED TO SIX SEPARATE SHOOTINGS LEAVING 12 PEOPLE INJURED.

THE MAP WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW ON THE SCREEN OUTLINES WHERE EACH OF THE SHOOTINGS WERE.

ONE OF THEM SENT NINE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

THIS IS THE CHAOTIC SCENE IN THE AREA OF WYOMING AND MARCELLUS STREETS THAT UNFOLDED JUST BEFORE 9:00 LAST NIGHT.

POLICE SAY THERE WAS A CROWD OF SEVERAL HUNDRED POOM FRANTICALLY RUNNING SAYING SOMEONE WAS FIRING A GUN.

>> OUR CITY IS VERY RESILIENT CITY.

WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF LICKS OVER OUR HISTORY AND THIS WILL AT THE TIMERLY BE ONE THAT WE WILL REMEMBER.

>> HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE.

>> IT APPEARS THERE ARE TWO.

THE POLICE ARE WITH ONE AT WYOMING AND MARCELLUS AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WEST WITH A HEAD INJURY, POSSIBLY TRAUMATIC... >> WITHY HAVE A IFFY MAIL SHOT IN FRONT OF 222 WYOMING.

>> LISTEN.

WE ARE GOING TO NEED CHANNEL 1 AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO SET UP COMMAND POST.

MULTIPLE VICTIMS HERE.

>> I HAD THE REARVIEW MIRROR OF EXPERIENCE OF LITTLE ROCK IN MY BRAIN, WHERE WE HAD A MASS SHOOTING WHERE 28 INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED, 25 OF WHICH I BELIEVE WERE SHOT AND ALL SURVIVED SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

IT TAKES SOMETHING OUT OF YOU.

YOU DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

>> AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY OR KIDS OR SOMEONE HAS RELATION TO GANG VIOLENCE, IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE CRAZY BECAUSE WE CAN SEE HERE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE PART OF THAT ONE VIOLENT INCIDENT AND ALL STEMMING FROM A GANG DISPUTE.

IT SEEMS THAT THAT GANG DISPUTE TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER PEOPLE'S SAFETY.

THINK OF THE MENTALITY.

IF YOU BANTED TO TRY TO KILL THAT PERSON OR NOT WHICH IS JUST CRAZY BUT YOU DIDN'T CARE WHO ELSE WAS STANDING THERE AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN TO.

>> TIME STARTED TO WRAP UP AND I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER PROBABLY 9:00, 10:00, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH TIME IT WAS OVER AND I WALKED TO GET A SMOOTHY.

AS I'M WALKING TO GET A SMOOTHY, I'M NOW IN THE CENTER OF THE PARTY AND THE D.J.

STATED WE ARE GOING TO PLAY THE LAST SONG.

>> THIS IS THE LAST SONG!

AGREE GOT MY SMOOTHY IN MY HAND.

I'M PROCEEDING TO WALK BACK TO THE TABLE THAT I WAS AT AND THE MUSIC SOP STOPPED.

AND WHEN THE MUSIC STOPPED, I'M LIKE, HEY, THE SONG WASN'T OVER.

THEN I SEEN PEOPLE RUNNING FROM BEHIND ME, PEOPLE ARE RUNNING.

AND THEN YOU JUST HEAR GUNSHOTS EVERYWHERE.

JUST GUNSHOTS EVERYWHERE.

SO NOW HERE I AM.

I'M IN A PANIC MODE BUT I'M ALSO IN A FROZEN MODE.

I HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN MY HEAD.

ARE THEY BEHIND ME?

WHERE'S MY SISTERS, WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS, MY COUSINS.

ARE THEY TRYING TO SHOOT SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME?

SO NOW I'M THINKING RUN!