are at work every day, unfortunately. we've been there since we've taken our acting roles, it's been probably, i don't want to know -- i don't know specifically, but probably about five weeks, two days and two hours, but i'll it tell you it's one day at a time. some of the things we're trying to do for our in men and women, it's not only important to be there but to listen to them and their concerns and what we can do for them. >> congratulations on the appointment. the chiefs will be with us on this show for the entire half hour. there's a lot to talk about and promote because there's good things happening at the police department. congratulations. second of all i should have started with the congratulations, the fact that you've reached this high rank in the department. i remember i did a controversial report a while back about how a former chief, his high command staff were all white males and didn't go over well with a lot of people but we needed to point it out. talk about diversity if you will. both of you are latinop. talk about diversity in the high

ranks and how vital or important that is for the force? >> i believe diversity is incredibly important. one of the things that we all especially in law enforcement need to grasp is that the diversity in our communities is ever changing and we have to match that with the diversity in our police department. we need to take a step back and see what areas can we improve on, what tool can be utilized to get the message out to different diverse groups to bring them in at the end of the day, our police department, your police department, needs to mirror the community that it represents and that ultimately is our overarching goal. >> fortunately, there have been a lot of bad stories about the police department we have been reporting on. there are a lot of good things that your department, a lot of programs, a lot of good things that you guys are doing. we have the whole half hour to share those. touch on a couple of those if you will and the good things they are doing. >> you want to start.

>> i'll start with the over -- the scene is that this department does an amazing job with the staffing limitations that it has. and it answers the officers in our department, the men and women answer the bell time and time again, regardless of the issues that are occurring. they -- when it's time to go to work and do the job that they do, they do an amazing job. just answering those calls and taking care of the critical incidents that occur and they understand their duty and they do that extremely well, given the situation that we're in. >> we'll talk about that situation throughout the half hour. also you guys are recruiting. i can't remember the last time we said that, but you guys are recruiting, an academy under way, another one also on the way. it's not going to help backfill everybody who has left, but some good people are coming in. tells us about the comfort of

knowing that people are applying and will be graduating with you. >> it's invigorating to actually see us have an academy for the first time in probably three years. as a matter of fact, eddie and i were down at the academy yesterday morning to talk to the recruits. i'll tell you, it's -- it really gives us a little bit of -- really just a push in our step to kind of move forward and really again, like i said, invigorating to see these officers that are sitting there, sitting up straight and ready to go and really a lot of them are -- they're very well educated, more than half have four-year degrees and i'll tell you, the level of dedication that we hear from our t.a.c. officers and their commitment and some of their scores in terms of their testing is really off the charts. it's incredible to see the caliber of people that are coming into our department, really to supplement and augment

what we already have. the caliber of people we have now is incredible. we've always had men and women, like eddie was saying, that step up to the plate, that day in and day out they provide quality professional service and that's what we want. we want our officers, the interaction to be respectful, professional and apathetic of our community members that we instill that. i think our recruits, you can tell in some of the training that they're getting at the academy is going to then progress into the field and in the program. it's encouraging for us to have these young men and women to be part of our force. it's really encouraging for us. >> if you think you have what it takes to be a part of san jose's finest, here's the web address for more information. logon to that website and find out more about the happenings. we'll be back with the chiefs. stay with us. so... [ gasps ]

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down of the high command staff of the san jose police department. you touched on morale in the last segment and the first thing you all said, you're not going to hide it. you know it's there. morale has been bad. how has it improved since you took over? i know the pin you both are wearing, the merge pin, which means san jose's version of the s.w.a.t. team, tells your rank and file that you guys are street cops, that you've been there not in the not too distant past and you've been the foot soldiers that they are right now. talk about morale if you will and how maybe you've been able to connect in a way with your command staff, with your rank and file? we'll start with you, chief. >> sure. i think that's important. they know we've worked assignments, that we've actually spent long hours in the office, out in the field, interviewing people and investigating crimes and furthering cases that it they understand that we sat in

their chairs and patrolled and answered calls for service. we've done some of the things they're doing. and i think they understand that and i think that's -- don't want to say it's appreciative of it but they respect that. they respect we've done that. we don't ask them to do things we haven't done. i think that's important as well. but also like i mentioned earlier, to be there to listen to some of their concerns, that we probably had as officers you know up and coming commanders at things we thought were issues but we understand some of the things, that's part of our job not only to listen but address those and help make their job and their day-to-day dealings with the public not only a positive one but something we can provide them tools to make their job better. >> what about making yourselves visible to them? i know that in the past, there have been complaints about the chiefs, we don't know where the chief is. talk about the fact that you all

sit in on briefings a lot and that you are there, visible with your rank and file and listening to what they have to say. >> i think it's very crucial that we're present and that we're there. i think our officers want leadership that feels that they're start part and connected. one of the easiest ways to show that connection is to be visible and be there and be in uniform and to go to the briefings and to go to staff meetings and to get amongst our staff, both sworn and nonsworn. one of the major things that we like to think is we can only control what we can control and as the leadership and it's us and the rest of the deputy chiefs and all the command staff need to improve and need to help the day-to-day working conditions of our officers, to make it enjoyable for them to come to work and to that vain, there's a lot of low hanging fruit that we feel that we can affect to make it a positive working environment. >> and you all mentioned this before, the morale given what it

is and may have been, that has the not kept them from doing their job. they're catching the robbers, the burglars, catching the murderers. they're still pounding the pavement. they're doing their job as sworn police officers. talk about that aspect of the integrity that they bring to the force? >> i'll tell you, just like we talked about earlier, the professionalism and competency of our officers, not only at the detective bureau but our officers that have worked there as units in special operations or the detective bureau, they -- their involvement and their professionalism and their willingness to further a case as far as they can to bring that person to justice, is always mind boggling. they do it day in and day out. i mean, i don't want to say the extra mile, because that's their job, they know that and once they finish briefing and get in their car and put the gear in the back of their car and go out to protect our citizens, i mean, their primary objective is not only to serve our community, but really when things happen and we

need an officer there to address a victim and then look and seek out and eventually apprehend a suspect, that's our job and they do a very good job. that's their priority. i'll tell you, it's rewarding for us and for them to see those type of cases and they do it day in and day out. and that's what makes us san jose police officers. that's why people come to san jose. the recruiting levels are still there. the retention piece, hopefully that works itself out. the people that still come to san jose, they come for a reason because the pride that we have in wearing this badge and this uniform, it's second to none. >> and we'll talk about the victims aspect of it and what you may be able to do with san jose residents to prevent yourself from being a victim of a crime, maybe some tips our commanders can share with us. here's the web address for more information. if you would like to be a san jose police officer log on or

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we're back with the high command staff of the san jose police department. we've been reporting on nbc bay area about the huge rise in crime, whether it's murders, robberies, burglaries. we can't deny the fact that it's happening. tell us what your officers are doing out there to maybe curtail this, prevent it from happening or the chief catching of the crooks doing it or preventing it. people can do something to protect themselves? absolutely. one of the things we're doing is focussing our efforts. the chief can speak more about more direction, but we're focusing our efforts to certain areas and one of the areas that we're focusing our efforts is, is gangs. we're being very proactive when it comes to the gangs in this city and we're out there and

that's one thing that -- that's one area that we're absolutely 100% committed to, is to stop the violence by using our three-prong approach that we always have had, prevention, intervention and suppression with the help of the mayor's intervention task force, with our metro officers, with our patrol officers, and having a focused impact in certain areas that we feel are vulnerable. >> is there something folks -- i mean we did a story on a teenager who, the dog scared off the burglar but he grabbed a family shotgun and was ready to defend himself from the burglars or robbers, whoever it may have been. aside from vigilanteism what can people do to protect themselves? surveillance cameras. you can dial 911 and that will get them there. what can we do at home to protect ourselves? >> surveillance cameras are one option. you know, a lot of our neighborhood associations that we have, our community

associations, are vital i think to educating our communities. i think with our crime prevention specialist, i think it's important for them to contact our police department to actually then have our community service -- actually our crime prevention specialist go out and provide neighborhood watch training, neighborhood association training. >> does that still work? does neighborhood watch still work? >> yes, it does. as part of our budget proposal we're trying it to actually bring three -- at least three more back that we can actually then supplement the three that we have now. actually the four that we have. it's important to actually utilize the resources that we currently have to actually, again, educate our citizens as to the various ways to not become victims. i mean that's part of our -- and eddie alluded to briefly and i'll touch on it, our department direction, in that we -- our core services, it's important for us to provide core service. that's our priority, provide core services for our community. resources are what they are. we're trying to supplement that

and find different ways and utilizing marketing, advertising, like the show, and social media. ways to get the information out to our citizens so they know when they get ahold of us, how to connect with us. whether self-reporting information, suspicious activity information, connecting with our captain specifically, that dialog, whether through twitter which our captains are looking into, it's more real time so the response time would be better, at least in that respect, so that information is then disseminated to the beat officers. we're looking at ways like that to improve or enhance our great customers service we have. we're looking at marketing, advertising and social media ways to enhance that. but the crime prevention specialist that's a big part of it as well, that education and informing our citizens so they don't become victims. quality of life is huge for them in terms of them being victims, to burglaries, car thefts, vapdslism, so we're trying to find ways to get them information like that so they

know how to report, where to report to, so they better lock their cars, windows, houses and keep their valuables from being stolen and being a victim of safe burglaries. >> one thing that i have noticed and chief moore had a lot to do with this, was your relationship with the community has changed. where it was ruptured before, three, four years ago, there were allegations of, you know, brutality and what not, you don't hear that ne anymore. that's changed. that's a credit to chief moore and what you all, the transition into your team. but talk about that relationship with that community and i mean, your -- you have your sleeves rolled up with them a lot. tell us what that's been like and what you promised them for the next few months? >> our relationship with the community is, you know, one of the most important things. it goes hand in hand with making communities feel safer. the goal of community policing really is to help each other, to -- for the community to ask for help and we can help them back to help themselves. and part of that is what the chief spoke about, part of that

is going outside, meeting your neighbors, getting information, contacting the police, no matter whatever it is that -- whatever it is you see so we can figure out ways to, you know, to respond. you know, going out to community groups, community meetings. we have the chiefs advisory board that we utilize community members to help us, you know, send a message out. and just we have to be honest. the community also needs to understand the limitations and let them know and we need to know their expectations but they have to be realistic expecttations and we need to have that honesty so that frustration is minimized and that we can work and stay focused with the community as well to pick a few things that we can do extremely well and stick on those topics. >> well done. the high command staff of the san jose police department. there's the web address for more information. when we continue we'll ask both chiefs if they would like the top job permanently. stay with us. so... [ gasps ]

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is now deliciously real. we are back here on "comunidad del valle" with today's exclusive, a sit down with the high command staff of the san jose police department. again, it's been no secret that a lot of good men and women have left. let me ask you, what's kept you here? you've been on the force for a long time. what's kept you here? what's kept you from leaving? >> you know, staying or leaving is a personal choice. for me, i take great pride in -- not to say other officers don't -- but i'm proud to be a police officer for the city of san jose. this is where i first came and learned how to speak english. it's important for me to work in the city. it's right now in the position that we're in, is an honor to lead the men and women of this department in these times.

and call it a college, but, you know, i know that things will get better and this is my city. quite frankly. i live in the city. i work in the city. i take very -- i take a lot of pride in working here. >> and you mentioned honesty, being honest with your troops, being honest with the public you serve. you can't -- you can't hide the fact that there are issues and you're doing that. so honesty has got to be a crucial part of your leadership. >> honesty has to be. it has to be. it has to be engrained in our leaders. the officers want, you know, they want honesty. they know that there's only things as i mentioned earlier that we can control and they understand that and so we have to do our best to improve the things that we can control and they understand that. you have been to honest with them and let them know here's the situation and, you know, go from there. >> all right. here's a drum roll, chief.

you know, you did not apply for this job permanently. i won't ask you why, because again that's a personal choice. but if the city manager were to come to you and say, larry, you've done a great job, we want you to stay on permanently and apply, what would be your response to her? >> well, again, it was a personal decision not to apply. i just piggyback on what eddie was saying. i was born and raised in san jose. there's no other department i had applied for or wanted to apply for. this is where i wanted to work and serve out my career, my entire career. i have 27 years on at this point. i'm getting closer to my 30 years. >> right. >> i'll tell you what, it's gone by so fast it's incredible. the things you can do with this department and be part of and be the innovative people, the leaders that have left here and commanded other departments or other organizations, it's, i mean, it's awesome sometimes some of the people who have sat in some of the chairs.

but right now, damian, i've accepted the interim position and i'll tell you what, eddie and i both are of the same philosophy, we're not going to let this ship just stay afloat. we're going to move it forward. however long that interim time is we're going to push it forward. question need the community's help for various projects we want. that's our job. we need their involvement, their participation, their partnership to further our efforts. and i think it's working and i think whatever direction that chief search happens and plays out, i haven't really given it much thought to be honest with you. i'm just worried right now, it's a day to day in terms of the things we do. we have a direction and this is where we're going and we're going to get there and some of the things we can get there quicker but some of the things are long term and whoever that person is, however that plays out, they continue what we're doing.

there are going to be things to benefit the department and our community. >> you know, that's safe and honest and i grab that from both of you, honesty. appreciate you coming down. tough questions. they aren'ts all easy. >> thank you for having us. >> i wish you the luck in your leadership roles and continued success. >> thank you very much. >> the san jose police department. there is the web address for more information. thank you for being here. here's what's happening in your community. ♪ ♪

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>> here's a look at what's making news as we are headed to a new week "on the money." the fed is rescuing the markets and investors. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke are saying interest rates will stay low. inflation is not an issue and he is not concerned about eventually raising those rates. the markets were thrilled by the news of having a best two-day streak in the year. dow and federal reserve president richard fisher told me the fed is very aware of what the stock market and the economy are doing. >> we have been the source of fuel for whatever recovery we've had. but i think there are limits and there's also a danger of our becoming defendant, i call it monetary ritalin. it served a purpose and it is a delivered effort to raise the markets so that we have a wealth effect the thing goes down to the people. but we haven't seen employment expand and that's part of our mandate given to us by congress. so i think it's time to really