1 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:24,840 Check 1-2, check 1-2. 2 00:01:44,950 --> 00:01:45,830 Check 1-2. 3 00:01:46,190 --> 00:01:46,350 Good 4 00:04:22,890 --> 00:04:24,490 afternoon and welcome to Vallejo. 5 00:04:26,070 --> 00:04:30,770 It is truly an honor to have so many VIP guests joining us today. 6 00:04:31,770 --> 00:04:36,510 Every person in this room plays a critical role to making Vallejo safer. 7 00:04:37,830 --> 00:04:44,930 We are all in agreement that we cannot accept the violence that has taken so many lives 8 00:04:44,930 --> 00:04:52,650 while robbing others of their sense of safety and security, but it is encouraging to see 9 00:04:52,650 --> 00:04:58,130 that this level of cooperation and teamwork here today from our federal law enforcement 10 00:04:58,130 --> 00:05:04,150 partners to our many community leaders who are vital to our success. 11 00:05:05,370 --> 00:05:11,250 Now I'd like to introduce the person with the vision to make this crime reduction 12 00:05:11,250 --> 00:05:14,110 happen. That's our police chief chief talk. 13 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,940 I just want to say thank you again for all the folks 14 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:30,840 that showed up today. I know it was a last-minute invitation. Part of the reason for it was logistics 15 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:37,860 with some of these cases that we're going to be talking about today. So we're very happy to 16 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:44,380 bring this news to the community. I believe that when we have success, we need to celebrate 17 00:05:44,380 --> 00:05:51,020 those successes and this one is is a huge success today. So as we go through some of the introductions 18 00:05:51,020 --> 00:05:58,140 I'll speak a little bit more in depth about what is happening here in our city and and what we're 19 00:05:58,140 --> 00:06:03,020 doing to address it but thank you again so much for everybody in the community that showed up 20 00:06:03,020 --> 00:06:09,680 all of our partners here at the the federal partners and state local officials that are 21 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,620 here and the media. Thank you. 22 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,200 I want to thank our mayor Andrea Source and our 23 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,500 council members JR Matulik and Mary Gordon for being here today. 24 00:06:29,770 --> 00:06:30,390 I also want 25 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,950 to welcome city manager Andrew Murray 26 00:06:35,570 --> 00:06:39,790 along with our chaplains Mike Brown and 27 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:40,690 Brian Harris. 28 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,360 We can't do our job without your supporting guidance so we 29 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:55,840 Thank you. It is inspiring to see so many community organizations here today with this event, 30 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:02,360 including our Chiefs Advisory Board. I also want to warmly welcome the members of our 31 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:08,660 Police Oversight and Accountability Commission. I'm also glad to have the members of Project 32 00:07:08,660 --> 00:07:10,620 Hope and Home here. 33 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:13,380 Thank you 34 00:07:16,550 --> 00:07:21,490 NAACP for being here today. 35 00:07:21,490 --> 00:07:22,530 You 36 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,620 do so much important work in our city. 37 00:07:30,530 --> 00:07:35,450 It's important to say that we cannot arrest our way out of the violence that has plagued our city. 38 00:07:36,230 --> 00:07:44,810 We rely on community organizations to provide the services and support that so many community members need. 39 00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:47,550 Thank you for everything that you do. 40 00:07:48,860 --> 00:07:50,260 Well, 41 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:58,980 I'm going to also have the privilege of introducing and thanking our federal partners. 42 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:05,140 I want to start with acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, Michelle Beckwith, 43 00:08:09,830 --> 00:08:10,290 FBI, 44 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:13,030 Special Agent in Charge, Sid Patel, 45 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:21,400 and ATF Special Agent in Charge, Jennifer Ciccolani. 46 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,360 so 47 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:31,820 again I just want to welcome you guys here today the the positive energy in 48 00:08:31,820 --> 00:08:38,640 this room is to me it's it's infectious we have so much collaboration in this room 49 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:45,040 all at the same time that's amazing to me again with the local partners that we 50 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:50,440 have here all of our community partners here as well as our elected 51 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,540 officials and our city manager so 52 00:08:56,990 --> 00:08:58,530 the purpose of our conference here today 53 00:08:58,530 --> 00:09:00,210 It really is to talk about these cases 54 00:09:00,210 --> 00:09:02,350 that we'll talk about in a moment. 55 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:05,090 But what I wanted to do was I wanted to give you guys 56 00:09:05,090 --> 00:09:07,770 some background information so you have some context 57 00:09:08,170 --> 00:09:09,430 on how we got here today. 58 00:09:10,310 --> 00:09:13,130 So you may not realize this, but just over a year ago, 59 00:09:13,670 --> 00:09:16,590 the Department of Justice selected the City of Vallejo 60 00:09:17,050 --> 00:09:19,470 to participate in the National Public Safety 61 00:09:19,470 --> 00:09:22,050 Partnership Program, we call it PSP. 62 00:09:22,830 --> 00:09:27,230 And what PSP has done for us is it has provided us 63 00:09:27,230 --> 00:09:35,770 is cutting edge training and technical assistance in addressing violent crimes specifically related 64 00:09:35,770 --> 00:09:39,250 to gun crimes, gang crimes, and drugs. 65 00:09:40,650 --> 00:09:47,030 This is in direct alignment with our mayor's vision on creating a task force to address 66 00:09:47,030 --> 00:09:48,030 these same problems. 67 00:09:48,490 --> 00:09:56,070 So as we build out this program, it is right into her vision of how we can form this 68 00:09:56,070 --> 00:09:59,890 multi-agency team to address these issues. 69 00:10:00,930 --> 00:10:05,650 So these are some of the partners in the PSP program that you see here today. 70 00:10:06,150 --> 00:10:09,890 But some of the other partners that are not here that I think is worth mentioning is 71 00:10:09,890 --> 00:10:14,310 the California Highway Patrol, which has been very helpful, as you guys know, in the 72 00:10:14,310 --> 00:10:16,610 past couple of years to help us out. 73 00:10:17,330 --> 00:10:19,810 The Sheriff's Office has been very instrumental. 74 00:10:19,810 --> 00:10:31,030 Even though we have a few staff, we've really leveraged our partnership with the sheriff during mutual aid situations and our district attorney's office as well. 75 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:43,310 From a local perspective, I want to be just very clear. As your police chief, my number one priority is to reduce violent crime and gun violence. 76 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:49,590 I'm going to do this in three ways, in three different areas of approach, and PSP and the 77 00:10:49,590 --> 00:10:51,410 community will help me along the way. 78 00:10:52,210 --> 00:10:57,090 So the first area is earning and maintaining community trust and intervention. 79 00:10:58,430 --> 00:11:04,410 The second area is strategic and surgical, crime suppression and enforcement. 80 00:11:05,470 --> 00:11:11,330 And the third category is using technology and innovation to our benefit. 81 00:11:11,330 --> 00:11:18,850 it. So starting with the first area, earning and maintaining community trust, we know that 82 00:11:18,850 --> 00:11:26,590 as a policing agency and every law enforcement entity, you have to have community trust to 83 00:11:26,590 --> 00:11:27,190 be successful. 84 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:33,250 That means that we have to work side by side with our community day 85 00:11:33,250 --> 00:11:38,950 in and day out. One of the programs that I wanted to talk about just really briefly 86 00:11:38,950 --> 00:11:42,810 was the PSP program that we are developing, and we're calling this program 87 00:11:44,630 --> 00:11:50,470 Vallejo Vision. And Vision is an acronym that stands for violence, intervention, 88 00:11:51,050 --> 00:11:54,950 support, improving our neighborhood's vision. 89 00:11:58,530 --> 00:12:00,450 So with PSP we have received 90 00:12:00,450 --> 00:12:06,450 extensive guidance building out this program. It really focuses on providing 91 00:12:06,450 --> 00:12:11,290 services and support to the people who need it the most. This program will 92 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:17,950 help us identify candidates that are considered high risk of being involved as a victim of 93 00:12:17,950 --> 00:12:23,210 violent crime and gun violence or potentially as somebody that could be involved in committing 94 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:29,270 these offenses. Our goal is to get them back on track, provide them the resources they 95 00:12:29,270 --> 00:12:33,190 need to be successful and a productive member of our community. 96 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:39,150 Another vital part of our community partnership is our iHeart program. 97 00:12:39,930 --> 00:12:46,550 iHeart started about, I want to say coming up on a year, I think April of summertime, we rolled out the iHeart program. 98 00:12:46,830 --> 00:12:50,950 iHeart stands for Integrated Health and Resource Team. 99 00:12:52,210 --> 00:13:02,610 So these are individuals, I'm sorry, correction, the iHeart team deals with individuals experiencing mental and behavioral health crises. 100 00:13:02,610 --> 00:13:10,510 This program aims to replace the traditional police response to some of these instances. 101 00:13:12,370 --> 00:13:17,410 Our team consists of crises worker and a medical professional. 102 00:13:18,290 --> 00:13:23,890 They are trained in evidence-based practices and they are trauma-informed. 103 00:13:24,530 --> 00:13:29,730 So they are the right people to get help to some of these individuals where enforcement 104 00:13:29,730 --> 00:13:32,990 or suppression is really not the right course of action. 105 00:13:33,890 --> 00:13:36,930 Eidhart is part of a larger concept that we have. 106 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:39,210 We call this concept the Neighborhood Impact Team. 107 00:13:40,050 --> 00:13:45,750 We used this team this week and last week with the conclusion of some of these operations. 108 00:13:46,530 --> 00:13:51,390 What the Neighborhood Impact Team does is essentially they knock on doors. 109 00:13:52,110 --> 00:13:54,650 So if there is some sort of police action in the neighborhood, 110 00:13:54,650 --> 00:13:57,570 Often times when the officers leave, 111 00:13:59,070 --> 00:14:00,690 the neighborhood doesn't know what's happening. 112 00:14:01,530 --> 00:14:06,050 And so we feel that it's vitally important to keep people informed. 113 00:14:06,770 --> 00:14:07,990 This reduces fear. 114 00:14:08,710 --> 00:14:13,710 And it is essential to our work as we build a team approach to combat and crime. 115 00:14:14,230 --> 00:14:16,010 So we used iHeart for this fashion. 116 00:14:16,170 --> 00:14:19,410 We also use other community volunteers for this. 117 00:14:21,510 --> 00:14:23,270 I want to talk about our community partners again. 118 00:14:23,270 --> 00:14:29,590 And I am very happy to see at the last minute how many partners have shown up today. 119 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:31,430 You guys care? 120 00:14:31,930 --> 00:14:32,690 I know you do. 121 00:14:33,130 --> 00:14:34,290 Now the public knows you do. 122 00:14:34,690 --> 00:14:39,250 Everybody watching this conference knows you do. 123 00:14:40,790 --> 00:14:50,130 So what you do, I want to just recognize that you help reduce crime and you make this progress 124 00:14:51,930 --> 00:14:56,150 constitutionally in a manner that treats everybody with dignity and respect. 125 00:14:56,590 --> 00:14:57,890 And that's important as well. 126 00:14:58,850 --> 00:14:59,970 So at this moment I- 127 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,420 I'd like for our community partners to stand, if you could, to stand up. 128 00:15:17,070 --> 00:15:17,750 Thank you all. Thank 129 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:23,170 you for what you do on a daily basis. Sometimes it doesn't get recognized in a big press conference, 130 00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:29,410 but we recognize it, we appreciate it, and we cannot do it without your help. Our second 131 00:15:29,410 --> 00:15:37,170 focus area is conducting strategic and surgical enforcement. And this is why we are going 132 00:15:37,170 --> 00:15:43,950 to be piloting a POP team. So POP stands for Problem Oriented Policing. This group 133 00:15:43,950 --> 00:15:50,430 of officers will identify problems and resolve these issues, connecting residents to services 134 00:15:50,430 --> 00:15:53,490 and also conduct suppression techniques. 135 00:15:56,030 --> 00:15:59,330 Their areas could be different areas of concern. 136 00:15:59,530 --> 00:16:04,770 It could be a crime problem. It could be anything from violent crime to drug crime 137 00:16:04,770 --> 00:16:06,810 to quality of life issues. 138 00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:09,050 So it's concerns that are 139 00:16:09,050 --> 00:16:11,190 contemporarily affecting our community. 140 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:15,600 We know we can't arrest our way out of these problems 141 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,440 and challenges that we face, 142 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,500 but we need a surgical and very strategic approach 143 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,760 in dealing with suppression and enforcement. 144 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,840 This is vital in holding criminal offenders accountable. 145 00:16:30,140 --> 00:16:32,160 And then lastly, I just wanna talk briefly 146 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,120 about technology and innovation. 147 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,880 We need to use technology. We need to work smarter. 148 00:16:38,220 --> 00:16:39,640 We need to do more with less. 149 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,680 This is occurring not only in our agency but other agencies. 150 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,580 In Vallejo, we were early adopters of technology. 151 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,800 One example that I will give is our license plate reader program. 152 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,840 That has been extremely successful. 153 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,840 It has helped us identify and apprehend countless violent offenders. 154 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:12,280 We're building upon this program with our vendor Flock Safety, and we have recently piloted an auditory detection program, sometimes known as a gunshot detection program. 155 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:25,020 So this program allows our officers to receive real-time alerts to their cars so they can respond quicker to give victims aid and to increase apprehension possibilities. 156 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:33,480 To achieve all these areas of focus and success, we must rely on all of our partners. 157 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:40,720 Our community partners, our local state and federal law enforcement partners, and today's 158 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,360 event really underscores that partnership. 159 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:48,160 So again, I wanted to say just very much from the bottom of my heart, thank you all 160 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:53,900 for being here today and then we will talk more about these cases. 161 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,500 Next I would like to invite Mayor Sorsch to the podium. 162 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:08,980 Thank you very much and I want to thank everyone again, the folks up here and in the audience 163 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:14,020 for coming here and for your partnership in these critical issues and I want to thank 164 00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:18,840 those that were involved specifically in this operation for undertaking important work and 165 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:23,860 often dangerous work and on behalf of the community in Vallejo we truly do appreciate it. 166 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:30,960 As the chief said this effort speaks to the value of collaboration and interagency partnership 167 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,920 and collaboration particularly when we are dealing with issues of trafficking and gang 168 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,360 activity that plague not just Vallejo but communities throughout the region. 169 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:46,200 On behalf of the entire Vallejo City Council I want to thank everyone for that partnership. 170 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:52,700 We are unanimously aligned in our vision to prioritize public safety in our community. 171 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,540 We held a public safety workshop earlier this month. 172 00:18:55,980 --> 00:19:01,840 We have multiple council members who are actively working to identify resources and funding 173 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,520 for gun violence, intervention programming and interruption programming. 174 00:19:06,140 --> 00:19:11,200 And we're going to have City Council meeting special meetings next week to address our 175 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:23,460 We are taking this very seriously and we have sent a clear message that we are prioritizing 176 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:24,020 public safety. 177 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:29,220 And I want to thank my colleagues, J. R. Matulik and Helen Marie Gordon who are here. 178 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,400 They represent North and South Filet, respectively. 179 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,300 And also our colleagues that weren't able to make it because we truly are united in 180 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:36,760 this effort. 181 00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:41,100 So we have our vice mayor, Peter Bergenzer, and our council members, Tanya Lettingeau, 182 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:44,040 Charles Palmares and Alex Matias. 183 00:19:50,610 --> 00:19:53,030 We have a duty to keep our community safe 184 00:19:53,030 --> 00:19:56,910 and to build up law enforcement capacity in Vallejo. 185 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,990 And also to do that in a way that aligns 186 00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:01,970 with our community's needs 187 00:20:01,970 --> 00:20:05,130 and the need to provide culturally responsive services, 188 00:20:05,450 --> 00:20:08,430 acknowledge the very real trauma and history in our city. 189 00:20:09,010 --> 00:20:11,590 And we are committed to building up our ability 190 00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:14,230 to enforce our laws while also staying true 191 00:20:14,230 --> 00:20:16,970 to our need to implement reform work 192 00:20:16,970 --> 00:20:19,770 and rebuild trust in law enforcement in this city. 193 00:20:19,910 --> 00:20:21,950 And again, that is going to come through partnership. 194 00:20:22,670 --> 00:20:25,870 I want to highlight not only the interagency collaboration 195 00:20:25,870 --> 00:20:29,150 here at levels of local, state and federal government, 196 00:20:29,470 --> 00:20:31,870 but also the partnerships of our elected officials 197 00:20:31,870 --> 00:20:34,350 at the county, state and federal levels. 198 00:20:34,570 --> 00:20:36,230 And we have representatives in the room 199 00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:38,650 from Supervisor Cassandra James's office, 200 00:20:39,410 --> 00:20:41,350 State Senator Christopher Cobaldon, 201 00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:46,670 I believe our state assembly member Lori Wilson and Congressman John Garamendi. 202 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:51,270 So in addition to our law enforcement agencies working together, our elected officials are 203 00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:56,130 also working together to identify these priorities and identify funding so that we can bring 204 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:58,030 resources to our community. 205 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:04,450 We are committed to building up our ability to enforce our laws, keep everyone safe because 206 00:21:04,450 --> 00:21:08,710 that is our responsibility and again to do it in a way that is going to include everyone. 207 00:21:09,510 --> 00:21:14,230 I want to send a message to the criminal element that the days of thinking that you can come 208 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:17,250 to Vallejo and do your business with impunity are over. 209 00:21:17,950 --> 00:21:18,630 This is the beginning. 210 00:21:19,210 --> 00:21:23,410 We are committed to increasing our resources and building on these efforts and we are 211 00:21:23,410 --> 00:21:27,530 ready to hold ourselves accountable just as we are going to be holding offenders accountable. 212 00:21:28,110 --> 00:21:28,950 We have a responsibility. 213 00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:30,130 Thank you. 214 00:21:30,930 --> 00:21:31,830 It is true. 215 00:21:32,170 --> 00:21:33,450 We are all accountable together. 216 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:41,420 we have a responsibility to ensure that everyone in our community feels safe 217 00:21:41,420 --> 00:21:45,240 regardless of their background and any demographic characteristic and we take 218 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,140 that incredibly seriously. So thank you again to everyone who was part of this 219 00:21:49,140 --> 00:21:50,980 and our community partners. Thank you so much. 220 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,440 Next I'd like to invite our city manager Andrew Murray. 221 00:22:05,610 --> 00:22:09,150 Good afternoon and thank you for coming. My name is Andrew Murray 222 00:22:09,150 --> 00:22:11,790 and I have the privilege of serving as the Vallejo City Manager. 223 00:22:12,490 --> 00:22:17,150 As you all know, Vallejo is one of the most diverse cities in the entire state, if not 224 00:22:17,150 --> 00:22:18,050 the entire nation. 225 00:22:18,690 --> 00:22:24,170 And one of the reasons that Vallejo is such a diverse community is we have welcomed people 226 00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:30,270 from all over the country, in fact all over the world, of all sorts of ethnicities, orientations 227 00:22:30,270 --> 00:22:35,870 and economic conditions to come to our community to make a better life for themselves and 228 00:22:35,870 --> 00:22:36,830 pursue their dreams. 229 00:22:36,830 --> 00:22:42,390 But, unfortunately, in recent years, a very strong criminal element has been preying on 230 00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:43,070 the leowens. 231 00:22:43,610 --> 00:22:50,610 I want to express my appreciation to our partners for working with us and inviting us into the 232 00:22:50,610 --> 00:22:53,030 Federal Public Safety Partnerships Program. 233 00:22:53,870 --> 00:22:58,450 Through this program, we are going to be collaborating on three main areas. 234 00:22:59,090 --> 00:23:04,390 We receive enhanced public safety and law enforcement assistance from our federal 235 00:23:04,390 --> 00:23:04,830 partners. 236 00:23:04,830 --> 00:23:08,950 And we're going to hear a little bit more about the significant cases and arrests that 237 00:23:08,950 --> 00:23:13,090 concluded today as a result of our partnership in that program. 238 00:23:13,570 --> 00:23:18,810 We also, as Chief Taw mentioned, receive pretty significant technical assistance and training 239 00:23:18,810 --> 00:23:25,370 to help build up our capacity to provide the safe, equitable law enforcement services 240 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:26,210 that you all deserve. 241 00:23:26,650 --> 00:23:32,070 So I'm also, as Chief Taw mentioned, very, very grateful to our many community partners 242 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:35,630 that provide violence prevention services day in and day out. 243 00:23:36,030 --> 00:23:40,170 As you know, there are many steps in orienting all of our community members 244 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:42,130 towards productive contributions. 245 00:23:42,810 --> 00:23:45,570 And that includes starting with prevention services. 246 00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:50,170 Policing and suppression of crime is the last resort really. 247 00:23:50,410 --> 00:23:53,850 We want to be providing services further and advance upstream 248 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:57,190 so that we're providing people with the resources that they need to succeed. 249 00:23:57,750 --> 00:24:00,870 And our community-based organizations and partners 250 00:24:00,870 --> 00:24:05,750 partners are really the experts in that. So our federal partners bring extra resources 251 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:09,850 and expertise to the police department in the city. Our community-based organizations 252 00:24:09,850 --> 00:24:16,510 bring their expertise, and I'm really looking forward to continuing to move forward per 253 00:24:16,510 --> 00:24:22,090 the program that Chief Todd described today, Vallejo Visions, to intercede and stop crime 254 00:24:22,090 --> 00:24:27,950 before it happens, but also deal very, very seriously with the serious criminals 255 00:24:27,950 --> 00:24:31,730 that are in our community so just want to say those words I also want to share 256 00:24:31,730 --> 00:24:36,130 some appreciation to the governor and the CHP as Chief Tom mentioned for their 257 00:24:36,130 --> 00:24:42,870 short-term support on various quality of life and criminal activities and let you 258 00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:48,010 know that we're all very invested between the city staff team and our elected 259 00:24:48,010 --> 00:24:54,170 officials in helping Vallejo again return to being the spirit of the 260 00:24:54,170 --> 00:24:55,630 base. So thank you very much. 261 00:25:00,620 --> 00:25:04,440 Next, I'd like to invite the acting U.S. Attorney for the 262 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,220 Eastern District of California, Michelle Beckwith. 263 00:25:12,570 --> 00:25:15,750 Thank you. Again, I'm Michelle Beckwith. I'm 264 00:25:15,750 --> 00:25:23,590 the acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California. Solano County is one of 265 00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:29,650 the 34 counties that my office covers, and Vallejo is one of the major population centers 266 00:25:29,650 --> 00:25:33,930 and is also just a very special city and community, 267 00:25:34,070 --> 00:25:36,750 which I think is evidenced by the amazing turnout today. 268 00:25:36,970 --> 00:25:38,230 So thank you for being here. 269 00:25:39,950 --> 00:25:42,950 So I'm really proud that our office is part 270 00:25:42,950 --> 00:25:45,490 of the Public Safety Partnership Program. 271 00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:46,810 We call it PSP. 272 00:25:47,490 --> 00:25:50,090 It's a competitive application process. 273 00:25:50,690 --> 00:25:53,410 Lots of cities apply and not everybody gets in. 274 00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:56,170 So we are really thrilled to hear 275 00:25:56,170 --> 00:26:02,190 that Vallejo PD was accepted into the program. It's a three-year program and we're in our 276 00:26:02,190 --> 00:26:06,350 first year. And I think you can see by the turnout today in the cases that we're going 277 00:26:06,350 --> 00:26:10,950 to talk about that it is a worthy investment and one we're very excited to be a part of 278 00:26:10,950 --> 00:26:13,650 and continue on with them in the next couple of years. 279 00:26:15,610 --> 00:26:20,630 Our partnership with Vallejo, as other folks have mentioned, allows us to leverage 280 00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:26,570 federal resources to help fight the violent crime problem in the lejo and 281 00:26:26,570 --> 00:26:31,290 that's a multi-pronged multidisciplinary approach which uses evidence 282 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:37,370 and evidence-based techniques and tries to do like Chief Tom mentioned surgical 283 00:26:37,370 --> 00:26:43,670 precision targeting as well as supporting the community efforts that 284 00:26:43,670 --> 00:26:47,530 are already really robust as you can see here but providing additional 285 00:26:47,530 --> 00:26:53,250 resources to bolster that community engagement which is a really important part of the program. 286 00:26:54,430 --> 00:26:58,610 And I think as you mentioned that's already evidenced that these two operations we're 287 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:02,690 going to talk about today with the neighborhood impact team was already out in the community 288 00:27:02,690 --> 00:27:05,770 trying to answer questions and explain the law enforcement activity. 289 00:27:06,130 --> 00:27:09,270 So I'm really proud to see that already in place. 290 00:27:10,610 --> 00:27:15,310 So there's all that part and of course the enforcement part which is the cases 291 00:27:15,310 --> 00:27:17,350 that we're gonna talk a little bit about today 292 00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:19,990 and hopefully answer some questions about. 293 00:27:20,410 --> 00:27:22,970 And that's holding people accountable for their violent crime 294 00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:25,370 and trying to go after people 295 00:27:25,370 --> 00:27:27,110 who are really driving violent crime 296 00:27:27,110 --> 00:27:30,210 or making the community more unsafe through their actions. 297 00:27:31,630 --> 00:27:33,930 And we have two federal investigations 298 00:27:33,930 --> 00:27:36,870 that led to a arrest last week and more today. 299 00:27:37,670 --> 00:27:42,750 The first one, you'll hear more about from the ATF SAC, 300 00:27:42,750 --> 00:27:50,570 But that targeted a lot of criminal activity going on at the Super 8 Motel in Solano Avenue. 301 00:27:51,990 --> 00:27:57,310 And there are four federal arrests last week of people who are trafficking firearms, selling 302 00:27:57,310 --> 00:28:00,590 them to people who should not, who aren't allowed to have firearms. 303 00:28:00,890 --> 00:28:02,070 And these are all kinds of firearms. 304 00:28:02,490 --> 00:28:08,330 Obviously firearms are deadly, but these include machine guns and we call them PMFs, 305 00:28:08,330 --> 00:28:10,590 personally manufactured firearms or ghost guns. 306 00:28:11,410 --> 00:28:14,130 And, you know, those are hard guns to trace 307 00:28:14,130 --> 00:28:16,610 and that's why criminal actors seek those out. 308 00:28:17,450 --> 00:28:20,230 So that was a long-term investigation by our ATF partners 309 00:28:20,910 --> 00:28:22,970 and they should be commended for putting a stop 310 00:28:22,970 --> 00:28:25,490 to that kind of hub of violent and gang activity 311 00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:27,530 happening at the super eight. 312 00:28:28,190 --> 00:28:29,890 The second case, well, actually I think, 313 00:28:30,010 --> 00:28:31,810 I don't know if it's accurate to say gang 314 00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:34,230 but a group of loosely affiliated people acting 315 00:28:34,850 --> 00:28:35,910 together to sell firearms. 316 00:28:35,910 --> 00:28:41,650 The second case does involve a gang that's been based in Balejo since at least the 90s. 317 00:28:42,150 --> 00:28:45,310 The Brown Brotherhood Gang, that's a Serrano-affiliated gang. 318 00:28:46,150 --> 00:28:52,050 And that, we call it a takedown, the arrests and search warrants happened today in partnership 319 00:28:52,050 --> 00:28:59,730 with the FBI through the Solano County Violent Crimes Task Force with a huge role played 320 00:28:59,730 --> 00:29:01,950 by the Solano County Sheriff's Office. 321 00:29:01,950 --> 00:29:10,070 That case involved five federal warrants that were executed to state search warrants that were executed. 322 00:29:11,050 --> 00:29:15,350 And the investigation was about firearms trafficking and drug trafficking. 323 00:29:16,910 --> 00:29:22,370 And they covered locations in Vallejo, of course, Dixon, Feerfield, and Sassoon City. 324 00:29:22,850 --> 00:29:29,910 And I just want to point out one surprise that came up in the search warrants that were executed today. 325 00:29:29,910 --> 00:29:33,470 one of the locations where they found 12 firearms, 326 00:29:34,050 --> 00:29:38,450 a silencer, M80 explosives, 11,000 fentanyl 327 00:29:38,450 --> 00:29:40,050 or suspected fentanyl pills, 328 00:29:40,410 --> 00:29:44,430 and $100,000 in suspected drug cash 329 00:29:44,430 --> 00:29:46,550 was actually at a daycare location, 330 00:29:47,990 --> 00:29:50,830 a home that was used for daycare. 331 00:29:51,050 --> 00:29:53,050 And I understand that a parent 332 00:29:53,050 --> 00:29:54,750 was trying to drop a child off 333 00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:56,070 right around the search mark. 334 00:29:56,250 --> 00:29:58,070 So I just offer that to show you 335 00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:59,650 that these really are public safety. 336 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:05,640 Operations were focused on really bad actors in the community and one of the 337 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:11,140 arrestees, I believe, was involved in a shootout. The LAHO PD was responding to 338 00:30:11,140 --> 00:30:16,120 and the police officers, their car was shot at into the front cab. You can see 339 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:21,240 the screen and in the steering wheel column. So our information is that person 340 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,740 who was arrested today was involved in that as well. So just a number of pills 341 00:30:25,740 --> 00:30:32,300 which I think our FBI SAC will talk about a little bit more total. And the other gang activity I'd 342 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:37,900 mentioned just shows the true danger that these folks were causing in the community. 343 00:30:38,780 --> 00:30:43,800 And we're committed to keep doing cases like this. And I just want to thank the partners, 344 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:51,520 federal partners, and Chief Ta and just reiterate that my office is very, very proud to be part 345 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,380 of this partnership, and thank you for having us here today. 346 00:31:00,690 --> 00:31:07,350 Our next speaker is the FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Sacramento Field Office, Sid 347 00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:07,770 Patel. 348 00:31:11,220 --> 00:31:12,180 Thank you very much. 349 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:13,280 My name's Sid Patel. 350 00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:15,760 I'm the Special Agent in Charge for the Sacramento Field Office. 351 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,880 Before I begin, I want to say thank you. 352 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,320 I'm privileged to be with these men and women and the agencies that they represent, 353 00:31:23,780 --> 00:31:27,680 and I'm in awe to see all the community partners stand up and the energy that 354 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,140 and a positive vibe that I've seen here. 355 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,540 So I just want to start with that. 356 00:31:30,660 --> 00:31:31,240 Thank you very much. 357 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:32,700 It's a great community out here. 358 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:33,920 It's a privilege to be here. 359 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,080 Today's a great day for the Vallejo community 360 00:31:39,580 --> 00:31:41,540 and the members of the FBI, Solano County 361 00:31:41,540 --> 00:31:42,800 Violent Crime Task Force. 362 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,000 I'd like to thank the following SWAT teams. 363 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,760 We had various agencies and SWAT teams 364 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:49,920 are a part of this for their efforts 365 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,980 to ensure the safe and swift apprehension 366 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,640 of the individuals arrested today 367 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,300 as part of this multi-location, organized crime, drug enforcement task force. 368 00:32:00,020 --> 00:32:02,440 We call it OSDEF, OSDEF operations. 369 00:32:03,660 --> 00:32:08,000 The FBI Sacramento team, we also have the FBI San Francisco team, 370 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,580 we have the Fairfield Police Department, we have Vacaville Police Department, 371 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,120 and Vallejo Police Department, all of their SWAT teams. 372 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,000 So thank you for your support and help on this. 373 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,400 It's a team effort as you can see. 374 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,420 We work together, we work hand in hand. 375 00:32:22,420 --> 00:32:24,260 and we have a very close partnership here. 376 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,660 Thank everyone on stage, the chief, 377 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,000 and the community here for allowing that. 378 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,400 We also thank the ATF for their continued partnership 379 00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:33,960 and the Dixon Police Department 380 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,580 for their assistance with search force today. 381 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,760 In addition to the FBI, 382 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,500 the Solana County Violent Crime Task Force 383 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,920 includes personnel from Mallejo PD, 384 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:46,580 Vacaville PD, Fairfield PD, 385 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:48,880 Solana County Sheriff's Department, 386 00:32:49,420 --> 00:32:51,640 and Solana County District Attorney's Office. 387 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,340 All have had an active role in this investigation. 388 00:32:56,900 --> 00:33:03,400 So OSEDF cases, they identify, disrupt and dismantle the highest level drug traffickers, 389 00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:09,240 money launderers, gangs and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United 390 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:09,640 States. 391 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:11,640 It's a major priority for us. 392 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:17,740 Task forces unite agencies and leverage the unique scales and talents each has 393 00:33:17,740 --> 00:33:20,800 to offer to effectively target and disrupt criminal networks. 394 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,780 As I mentioned, we have to do this collaboratively as a team. 395 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,740 The FBI leverages relationships domestically and abroad to combat the influence and reach 396 00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:36,340 of criminal organizations and groups, ensuring a criminal organization is investigated as 397 00:33:36,340 --> 00:33:39,300 a whole, not just solely as a local group. 398 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,620 When combined with local law enforcement, that understands its community, 399 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:48,860 like this 400 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:52,780 support the community, other community, as we saw earlier today with everyone standing 401 00:33:52,780 --> 00:33:59,180 up in the big crowd here. We can be sure to save from brighter future. Today's arrests 402 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:04,600 are a result of hundreds of hours of collaborative investigative effort focused on disrupting 403 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:09,460 and disbanding violent criminal networks that exploit and erode our communities that 404 00:34:09,460 --> 00:34:09,780 we serve. 405 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:17,300 The threat the Brown Brotherhood, a serenio-affiliated criminal street gang 406 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:23,800 poses is significant. It is a large and very active criminal gang here in 407 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,900 Vallejo. The gang is known to be involved in various criminal activities 408 00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:34,900 including murder, robbery, extortion, drug trafficking, fire and trafficking, 409 00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:42,200 burglary, stolen vehicles, victim witness intimidation. I can I can go 410 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:48,900 Over the course of the investigation, task force members collected evidence of alleged 411 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:54,220 large-scale cocaine, meth amphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms trafficking. 412 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,220 Neighborhood gangs posed the most significant threat to communities across the United States. 413 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:05,280 Every family deserves to live, work, and thrive in a community free of violence, 414 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,480 illegal drugs, and other criminal activity. 415 00:35:11,730 --> 00:35:13,810 Today's arrests are not the end of our efforts. 416 00:35:13,810 --> 00:35:19,050 We will continue to identify, disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations that threaten 417 00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:21,090 the safety and security of our communities. 418 00:35:22,130 --> 00:35:27,210 The FBI is dedicated to working with all law enforcement partners to most effectively 419 00:35:27,210 --> 00:35:28,850 target all gang violence. 420 00:35:30,370 --> 00:35:36,670 We will continue to seek for tips from you, the public, all of you, to identify those 421 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:37,630 who prey upon your community. 422 00:35:39,890 --> 00:35:42,070 We urge you, if you see something, say something. 423 00:35:42,070 --> 00:35:53,110 call 1-800-CALL-FBI or provide information online at tips.fbi.gov to help make 424 00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:58,290 your community safer and if you're in immediate danger of course not call 9-1-1 425 00:35:58,290 --> 00:36:01,610 you've got a great police department here they'll come to your attention 426 00:36:01,610 --> 00:36:06,190 immediately. We all want to hear from you and we'll protect you and your 427 00:36:06,190 --> 00:36:10,690 anonymity if you come to us. Your call can help us ensure a brighter 428 00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:16,010 future for the entire community. Never suffer in silence and do not ignore criminal activity. 429 00:36:16,770 --> 00:36:22,730 If you call us, we will do something. Now I know it was mentioned earlier about what 430 00:36:22,730 --> 00:36:26,950 we had captured today and some of the activities today. I will tell you with the drugs that 431 00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:32,490 we had captured, a portion of it was 16 pounds of methamphetamine, a half pound of cocaine 432 00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:38,870 and 100,000 fentanyl pills. And we're continuing to search these matters in our evidence 433 00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:39,610 and so that could grow. 434 00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:46,930 21 firearms, one silencer, six long guns, 15 pistols. 435 00:36:48,810 --> 00:36:50,770 And of course, we'll answer your question at the end as well. 436 00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:52,390 But thank you all. 437 00:36:52,630 --> 00:36:53,530 Thank you for your partnerships. 438 00:36:54,550 --> 00:36:54,810 My pleasure. 439 00:37:00,380 --> 00:37:03,240 And next, I'd like to invite the ATF Special Agent 440 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:06,620 in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division, Jennifer 441 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:07,820 Chikolani. 442 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:10,540 Good afternoon. 443 00:37:10,820 --> 00:37:12,560 I'm Jennifer Chikolani, the Special Agent in Charge 444 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,580 for San Francisco Field Division with ATF. 445 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:22,180 I did want to echo a little bit of Sak Patel's sentiment in that he and I have been in and 446 00:37:22,180 --> 00:37:27,900 out of this division for 20-plus years, and this is across the country the most community 447 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:32,100 engagement I've ever seen, and it's really, it's amazing to see, so thank you all for 448 00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:32,600 being here. 449 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:39,260 So last week, Operation 8 Investigation was a part of a large-scale collaborative 450 00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:45,040 effort to address violent crime in the city of Vallejo. Started in 2024, this 451 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:49,700 multifaceted violence reduction strategy relies on innovative data-driven 452 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:54,060 strategies to promote public and community safety. Utilizing crime gun 453 00:37:54,060 --> 00:37:58,020 intelligence, ATF and the Vallejo Police Department identified a high crime 454 00:37:58,020 --> 00:38:02,480 location saturated with illicit activity involving firearms, narcotics, 455 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:08,920 and other crimes. As a result of our investigative efforts, ATF seized 24 456 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:13,920 firearms, including four machine gun conversion devices. These are illegal 457 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:18,580 devices that convert a semi-automatic handgun or rifle into a fully 458 00:38:18,580 --> 00:38:23,500 automatic weapon capable of firing an average of 10 to 20 rounds per second. 459 00:38:25,740 --> 00:38:30,640 CHIFTA, PSP, and our FBI partners are faithfully promoting interagency 460 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:34,740 coordination by leveraging our unique federal expertise with dedicated 461 00:38:34,740 --> 00:38:39,460 prosecutorial resources. ATF is proud to be a part of this effort to 462 00:38:39,460 --> 00:38:45,180 prevent and reduce violent crime and we will stay focused on the commitment we made to the community of LA home. So thank you. 463 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:55,460 That concludes our comments and now we will answer questions. 464 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,660 Please raise your hand. 465 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,360 And I will call on you one at a time. 466 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,660 Please state your name and your news organization before asking your question. 467 00:39:06,540 --> 00:39:15,480 Today's news conference focuses on combating violent crime through our partnerships with federal state and local law enforcement 468 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,340 along with our community leaders. 469 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,880 Please keep your questions focused on today's topic. 470 00:39:22,540 --> 00:39:24,720 If you have any off-topic questions, 471 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,440 I'm happy to work with you after the news conference 472 00:39:28,940 --> 00:39:29,740 to get your answers. 473 00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:33,560 First question, ma'am. 474 00:39:35,450 --> 00:39:36,470 First but keep my next. 475 00:39:36,630 --> 00:39:38,650 I just had a couple of questions about specifics 476 00:39:38,650 --> 00:39:42,350 when it comes to how many people were arrested. 477 00:39:42,530 --> 00:39:45,850 I know you guys said about the number of drugs and guns, 478 00:39:45,970 --> 00:39:47,610 but could you also say how many people 479 00:39:47,610 --> 00:39:50,990 and how many locations you went to? 480 00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:56,660 That's a good question. 481 00:39:57,140 --> 00:40:00,940 We had four federal warrants, so four individuals there, 482 00:40:01,260 --> 00:40:02,880 and we also had four other state warrants. 483 00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:06,790 So, yeah, total of eight. 484 00:40:08,450 --> 00:40:09,250 Yeah, please do. 485 00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:09,970 Come on in. 486 00:40:10,090 --> 00:40:11,250 We'll just answer questions together. 487 00:40:11,510 --> 00:40:14,270 So we had a total of four federal arrest warrants 488 00:40:14,270 --> 00:40:15,530 and a few search warrants as well. 489 00:40:15,970 --> 00:40:17,930 And that was from last week's takedown. 490 00:40:18,770 --> 00:40:22,150 Which one is the hotel and which one is the other four? 491 00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:24,970 So we were the ones ATF with the hotel. 492 00:40:25,290 --> 00:40:25,730 So 493 00:40:28,670 --> 00:40:31,370 much that happened in the U.S. which is throwing out there, which is great, right? 494 00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:33,930 But can you maybe summarize what really went down here? 495 00:40:34,010 --> 00:40:35,850 There are several operations, several people arrested. 496 00:40:36,050 --> 00:40:38,790 Can you maybe give us the bullet points of what actually happened here? 497 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:45,670 Yes, so for the Operation 8, that was about a year investigation into an area that we 498 00:40:45,670 --> 00:40:47,170 identified through Crime Gun Intelligence. 499 00:40:48,070 --> 00:40:50,670 That's things like firearms trafficking indicators. 500 00:40:51,390 --> 00:40:56,510 We're talking about NIBIN, which, very simply put, is like a fingerprint of a gun, so when 501 00:40:56,950 --> 00:41:01,090 you shoot a gun, it leaves a mark on the back of the cartridge casing, and we can match 502 00:41:01,090 --> 00:41:06,110 that to other crime scenes, and we talk about calls for service, and again, this was in 503 00:41:06,110 --> 00:41:11,330 coordination with Balejo PD, so we did an investigation into people that were in and 504 00:41:11,330 --> 00:41:16,130 around that area, and that's where we came to seize those firearms. 505 00:41:20,980 --> 00:41:27,660 Summarize that operation really quick. The arrests were when you arrested how many people and what did you get? 506 00:41:27,980 --> 00:41:36,040 So that arrest was last week, last Thursday morning, the 20th. So we did, it was four federal arrests. 507 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:43,980 And that was for firearms trafficking and possession of firearms by prohibited person and then also possession of machine gun conversion devices. 508 00:41:47,690 --> 00:41:53,110 The second operation was today, and that's where we had various locations out here in 509 00:41:54,210 --> 00:41:59,530 Vallejo, Dixon, Fairfield, Tucson City, where we had the four federal arrests and the four 510 00:41:59,530 --> 00:42:00,050 state warrants. 511 00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:05,770 Please raise your hand, and we'll get you in order. 512 00:42:06,250 --> 00:42:06,490 Mr. Lee. 513 00:42:06,670 --> 00:42:08,310 A quick question on the daycare rate. 514 00:42:09,230 --> 00:42:10,290 What day was that raid? 515 00:42:10,670 --> 00:42:14,390 Can you confirm a mother and son were arrested, and what can you quantify amount 516 00:42:14,390 --> 00:42:16,130 and types of drugs and guns that were found? 517 00:42:17,070 --> 00:42:17,270 Sure. 518 00:42:17,270 --> 00:42:24,070 it was um that was today and to my understanding it was 11 pistols one rifle approximately $100,000 in cash 519 00:42:24,070 --> 00:42:26,630 and 11,000 suspected fentanyl pills. 520 00:42:31,090 --> 00:42:34,510 I don't have I've got the names of the individuals but I don't 521 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:37,910 have that specific with the mother and son. The 522 00:42:40,310 --> 00:42:44,430 mother was arrested on state charges for 523 00:42:44,430 --> 00:42:50,210 child endangerment and the son was arrested on federal charges in connection with the 524 00:42:50,210 --> 00:42:52,690 to invest the drug trafficking and firearms trafficking 525 00:42:52,690 --> 00:42:53,190 investigation. 526 00:42:53,730 --> 00:42:54,250 Who 527 00:42:57,870 --> 00:42:59,690 was running this operation within the daycare? 528 00:43:00,010 --> 00:43:01,010 That's my understanding. 529 00:43:01,190 --> 00:43:08,070 It was her daycare or home in-home care of her, 530 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:09,630 where she had child care. 531 00:43:09,910 --> 00:43:11,990 I think someone was dropping a child off. 532 00:43:12,090 --> 00:43:14,170 It's my understanding right this morning 533 00:43:14,170 --> 00:43:15,830 when the operation was happening. 534 00:43:16,910 --> 00:43:21,310 And it was her son who was one of the targets 535 00:43:21,310 --> 00:43:22,090 of the investigation. 536 00:43:22,090 --> 00:43:28,530 go ahead her adult son King open Vallejo Jeff King open Vallejo this for the 537 00:43:28,530 --> 00:43:32,290 federal partners I imagine that there are a number of concerned parents 538 00:43:32,290 --> 00:43:37,450 regarding this daycare there are two daycares at that location of which I'm 539 00:43:37,450 --> 00:43:44,170 aware are you able to identify the daycare I am not I am aware that the 540 00:43:44,170 --> 00:43:50,270 state authorities were notified the licensing Bureau for daycares so I think 541 00:43:50,270 --> 00:43:57,170 appropriate state action is underway would be my guess. Go ahead sir. Day care 542 00:43:57,170 --> 00:44:02,110 was at Lady C's child care 301 Avian Drive is that the correct location? That's 543 00:44:02,110 --> 00:44:03,690 the correct address. I 544 00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:14,110 wasn't going to refer you the affidavits are publicly 545 00:44:14,110 --> 00:44:20,230 filed on the docket. We can give you the case numbers for you to look that up 546 00:44:20,230 --> 00:44:24,110 on Pacer. I don't want to misspeak but there are details of the 547 00:44:24,110 --> 00:44:28,970 investigation laid out about why that address was on the radar. 548 00:44:33,790 --> 00:44:36,650 So there were four locations today, right? 549 00:44:37,670 --> 00:44:39,910 Just so I'm clear, there are four locations today, 550 00:44:40,430 --> 00:44:42,310 and the previous one was a week ago, 551 00:44:42,410 --> 00:44:45,130 and that was the street gang at the hotel. 552 00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:46,250 Or do I have it backwards? 553 00:44:58,150 --> 00:44:59,770 Combined together in terms of. 554 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,580 Taking a bite out of Vallejo crime, if you will. 555 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:13,120 Just to be clear, there are two separate operations to clarify again. The gang operation, the one 556 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:20,540 folk targeting the Serrano-affiliated BVH gang was today. But they are, I think they are impactful, 557 00:45:20,820 --> 00:45:26,120 we'll see, but these are people who were injecting illegal and deadly firearms into 558 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:34,380 the community with respect to the ATF investigation. Clearly, I mean, it's dangerous having that 559 00:45:34,380 --> 00:45:39,580 amount of fentanyl pills, suspected fentanyl pills and firearms at a daycare location. The 560 00:45:39,580 --> 00:45:43,920 danger of that is obvious, but if you go ahead and read the affidavits connected with 561 00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:50,940 the complaint in that case, you'll see the level of trafficking of firearms and 562 00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:55,720 drugs that are, you know, clearly a threat to the community, 100,000 fentanyl pills, 563 00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:59,760 we all know how deadly that is. And, you know, we can arrest our way out of the problem, 564 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:05,540 but what we do is targeted operations to focus on the most serious crime in a community. 565 00:46:05,900 --> 00:46:10,460 Sometimes it's not the most serious offenders necessarily, but they're having an impact. 566 00:46:10,660 --> 00:46:16,260 So we are combining our resources to make as big of an impact as we can and send 567 00:46:16,260 --> 00:46:19,800 a deterrent message to those who are doing similar things that we're going to continue 568 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,240 to keep doing these kinds of cases. 569 00:46:28,030 --> 00:46:28,810 How about the impact? 570 00:46:29,730 --> 00:46:32,670 Could you talk just about the impact that this, 571 00:46:32,890 --> 00:46:35,130 you believe these two operations have had on the city, 572 00:46:35,230 --> 00:46:36,910 how big of a dent you think it's making, 573 00:46:37,050 --> 00:46:40,450 and if you think it is going to continue over these next two years 574 00:46:40,450 --> 00:46:41,510 that you have this partnership? 575 00:46:42,530 --> 00:46:44,750 Yeah, I think it's going to make a huge impact. 576 00:46:45,530 --> 00:46:48,190 We track crime data monthly, 577 00:46:48,490 --> 00:46:51,050 and we push that out to the community, 578 00:46:51,230 --> 00:46:55,250 so it's a little bit too soon to understand 579 00:46:55,250 --> 00:47:03,570 what the ripple effect is or will be. But with one gun, we look at it as every gun we take off the 580 00:47:03,570 --> 00:47:11,190 street could be one less shooting, could be one less homicide. And so there are a bunch of guns 581 00:47:11,190 --> 00:47:20,510 that were collected. And from my experience, they're dealing in stolen or guns or ghost guns 582 00:47:21,070 --> 00:47:27,210 buying and selling. So this stopped that operation. So we're talking about other guns that this 583 00:47:27,210 --> 00:47:32,310 has disrupted, that they cannot, future guns that they cannot distribute. So we'll know 584 00:47:32,310 --> 00:47:38,130 more next month. I guess is what I'm telling you, but I do suspect that we'll see a significant 585 00:47:38,130 --> 00:47:42,270 decrease in drug related crimes and also violent crime. 586 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:48,240 We have any other questions? 587 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,100 All right. Well, that concludes. Oh, go ahead, Mr. 588 00:47:53,220 --> 00:47:53,300 King. 589 00:48:14,670 --> 00:48:19,610 Yeah, so the question is whether or not we're getting help with tracing the firearms, we're 590 00:48:19,610 --> 00:48:21,110 getting a significant amount of help. 591 00:48:21,590 --> 00:48:29,570 After we were added to the PSP program, all of the technical assistance that we were getting, 592 00:48:29,710 --> 00:48:30,710 they were fast-tracked. 593 00:48:30,730 --> 00:48:36,450 We had a few cases, very notable cases recently, where there were, I want to say, almost 594 00:48:36,450 --> 00:48:42,170 100 pieces of evidence that we needed to be analyzed through ballistics as well as 595 00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:47,930 through DNA analysis so that that takes time and we are put to the front of the 596 00:48:47,930 --> 00:48:52,930 line so that has been very fruitful and we're going to continue that at least 597 00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:58,790 for two more years so very good well that concludes our press conference I 598 00:48:58,790 --> 00:49:03,730 want to thank everybody for being a part of this and coming and helping us make 599 00:49:03,730 --> 00:49:05,290 Vallejo safer thank you