eddie garcía: es bien importante, el poder de un policía, el poder de un departamento de policía, nos que sacar al elemento criminal de las calles de san josé, es bien fácil, pero a la misma vez, tenemos que construir bien fuerte, relaciones con nuestra comunidad, y esas dos cosas son bien importantes. damián trujillo: para los que no saben muy bien, platíquenos de lo difícil que es ser un oficial del departamento de la policía, porque usted sale, sus oficiales, los hombres y mujeres, salen de sus casas cada mañana, para ponerse el uniforme, y no saben si van a regresar ese día a su casa, porque no saben qué van a enfrentar en la calle ese día; ¿es algo muy difícil? eddie garcía: es algo bien difícil, cada día, había de mio a mi esposa, a mis hijos, y a la misma vez, no voy a hablar de mí, voy a hablar de mis oficiales; pero yo sé que hay oficiales que están, le dan dos besos a su esposa o a sus hijos, y que a la misma vez, esa noche, van a parar a un criminal que tiene una pistola, que tiene un arma-- tengo, tengo tanta fe, y veo el trabajo que hacen nuestros oficiales, el trabajo q

eddie garcia: this is i'm starting my fifth year.ian: you started with a lot of downs when you took over the helm because the staffing was--it's still low, damian: you started with a lot of dbut it was still low. talk about your assessment of where you were back then and where you think you're headed now. eddie: well, obviously, you know, there were some dark times back then. we had officers leaving the police department. and you know, we finally as a city, quite frankly, realized the reasons why they were leaving. weren't trying to blame it on the other issues, and the reality of it is the benefits and the pay just weren't comparable to what other cities were giving their officers. and once that was fixed, nothing beats the police work in san jose. and so, you know, going through those dark times of having meetings about how do we reduce this unit and how do we reduce that unit while still answering that 911 call for service, which is the most important thing, has now changed to having other, better problems. how do we build in havi

. >> reporter: the chief is talking about this man, eddie garcia. he was arrested this week and charged with being a felon in possession of these illegal guns. >> a short barrelled rifle, a silencer, ammunition, an assault weapon, an extended magazine with a half a kilo of cocaine and child endangerment. >> reporter: a jail magistrate released garcia on supervised o.r. soon after his arrest. it was a second similar release by a santa clara county judge in less than a month. >> there's a progressive movement across the united states. >> reporter: former prosecutor steven clark says because of the bail reform movement, judges are now releasing more suspects soon after their arrest with no bail. >> there's a supreme court case that says the courts are required to impose the least restrictive means for a pretrial release. >> reporter: the chief understands that, but he argues that garcia shouldn't qualify because of the illegal fire power he allegedly had, and the chief was still furious even after removing the microphone. >> this doesn't get any worse.