>>> WELL, THIS IS NO LONGER A
LOCAL PROBLEM.
THE CITY EOF VALLEJO IS SEEKING
THE HELP OF FEDERAL OFULGSSS.
THEY HAVE THE THIRD HIGHEST
NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOT.
>> TONIGHT WE GO BEHIND THE
SCENESES FOR REAL ANSWERS.
STEVEN STOCK SPENT A MONTH WITH
COPS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ON
THE STREETS.
>> WE WANT TO CAUTION YOU THAT
THERE ARE SOME REAL THINGS
YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE AS IT
HAPPENS.
SOME OF IT DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
>> I’M ALREADY GOING.
WE MADE A PHONE CALL DURING THE
PURSUIT.
SAID HE WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF
BY COP.
>> Reporter: HE’S WORKED VALLEJO
STREETS FOR 23 YEARS NOW.
>> THEY THINK I WANT TO COME IN
AND KILL SOMEONE, THEY’RE NUTS.
>> OPEN THE DOOR.
>> Reporter: DEATH HERE REMAINS
A HAIR TRIGGER AWAY, BOTH FOR
THE MAN IN THE CAR AND FOR
POLICE.
WE’LL COME BACK TO THIS SCENE
BECAUSE IT’S SPLIT SECOND
DECISIONS IN STAND OFFS LIKE
THESE THAT DIVIDE VALLEJO TODAY.
THEY HAVE SHOT MORE THAN A DOZEN
PEOPLE HERE IN LESS THAN A
DECADE.
WILLY McCOY, RUNEL FOSTER IN
2018.
BAR BOWAU AND RAMOS.
JUST FOUR OF THE 16 PEOPLE
VALLEJO OFFICERS HAVE KILLED
SINCE 2011.
THE TWO MOST RECENT CASES ARE
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THEY CLEARED OF ANY WRONG DOING
IN THE OTHER CASES.
IN FEBRUARY POLICE SHOT
20-YEAR-OLD RAP ARTIST McCOY TO
DEATH AFTER HE FELL ASLEEP IN
HIS CAR AT A TACO OBELL DRIVE
THROUGH WITH A GUN IN HIS LAP.
>> ONE OF THE OFFICERS SAYING
YOU KNOW THERE’S NO CLIP IN THE
GUN.
>> Reporter: DAVID HARRISON,
WILL EA’S COUSIN, WATCHED POLICE
BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
>> THE OTHER OFFICER LOOKS AT
HIM AND SAYS, WELL, IF HE MOVES,
YOU CAN KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> RIGHT.
YEP.
>> WILLY REACHES UP AND
SCRATCHES HIS ARM.
HE’S SLEEP STILL.
>> HE’S NOT UP YET.
>> AND WHEN HE GOES DOWN -- IT’S
AUTHORITY FIGURES THAT HAVE CAN
DONE THIS.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> I’M TOURED OFFIALING ABOUT
BLACK BODIES IN THE STREETS.
>> Reporter: DR. DANTE QUICK
SERVES AS SENIOR PASTOR AT
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN
VULAY HO.
>> WE’RE NOT CHANGING CULTURESES
AND SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN WITHOUT REAL CONSEQUENCE.
>> WE DUG FURTHER AND FOUND
ACCORDING TO THE STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S DATA, WE’VE FOUND 13
PEOPLE SINCE 2011.
THAT’S A PER CAPITA RATE OF 13
POUT AUTH.
MORTHAN OAKLAND, L.A., SAN FRUSK
OO O, UNION CITY AND FAIR FIELD
AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES.
>> DOES IT CONCERN YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: POLICE CHIEF OVER
SEES 103 OFFICERS.
WE ASKED HIM ABOUT ALL THE
SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING SPECIFIC
TACTICS IN THE WILLY McCOY CASE.
>> SOYOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS
A GUN ON THEIR LAP.
BASED ON YOUR QUESTION, THE
ASSUMPTION IS THERE COULD HAVE
BEEN SOMETHING DONE DIFFERENTLY?
THAW WERE ACTUALLY IN THE
MUDDEST OFF A PLAN TO BLOCK THAT
CAR AND PROTECT THE SURROUNDING
PUBLIC. THAT PERSON AWOKE ON
THEIR OWN AND OFFICERS HAVE
LIMITED CHOUSS AT THAT TIME.
>>M I RR REAL A, REALLY SURE
THERE WASN’T ANOTHER WAY.
>> THEY’RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE
LOCAL NAACP.
>> WE SEE THE COST AND WE DON’T
SEE A PROTECTOR.
WE SEE AN ADVERSARY.
>> Reporter: THEY SEE THESE
KILLINGS AS THE RESULT OF DEEPLY
ROOTED PROBLEMS THAT CURRENTLY
EXIST IN VALLEJO.
A CITY FORCED INTO THE RECESSION
OF 2008 THAT PROMPTED CITY
LEADERS TO CUT ITS POLICE FORCE
UNHALF.
SOMETHING THE CITY HAS YET TO
FULL A RECOVER FROM.
MORE DIVERSITY, MORE TRAINING TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THESE
SHOOTINGS?
>> WE SUBSCRIBE TO DO BETTER
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT WE’RE OWN LAFOKSED ON THE
POLICE PROBLEM.
WE’RE NOT CONSIDERING IT A
COMMUNITY PROBLEM.
WHY ARE THESE SHOOTINGS OCCUR
SNG.
>> Reporter: CITIES WITH SIMILAR
POPULATIONS AND HIGH VIOLENT
CRIME RATES.
WHILE VALLEJO POLICE KILLED 16
PEOPLE AT A PER CAPITA RATE OF
13.8, RICHMOND OFFICERS KILLED
THREE OR A PER CAPITA OF 2.9.
>> BECAUSE OF DEDEPLETED
NUMBERS, THE OFFICERS DON’T HAVE
THE TIME TO SPEND WITH OUR
CITIZENS AND AS A RESULT WE LOOK
LIKE THIS FORCE OCUE PEWING OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> Reporter: 60% FEWER OFFICERS
THAN RICHMOND PD AND A BUDGET 15
TIMES SMALLER.
>> OUR APPLICANT POOL INCLUDES
INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE WE HAVE TO
PUT THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
IT TAKES YOU PROBABLY A GOOD
THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE HECK YOU’RE DOING.
>> Reporter: WE ALSO FOUND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT COME
DLEES REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY
IT SERVES.
THEY’RE EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN
WHITE, HISPANIC, ASIAN AND
BLACK.
AND ONLY 7% BLACK.
>> HARD TAKILL SOMEBODY IF YOU
KNOW THEIR NAME.
IT MOCKS IT MUCH EASIERER FOR
MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO HAPPEN.
>> WE’RE STUCK WITH HIRING FROM
POOL THAT APPLIED.
>> SOME WIWOULD SAY WE’RE AT WAR
WITH THE POLICE.
>> HONESTLY THAT’S CRAZY.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOMEWHERE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 60,000
POLICE CONTACTS A YEAR.
SOMEWHERE AROUND 3,000 ARRESTS
AND 150 OF THOSE SOME SORT OF
INJURY.
THE NUMBERS ARE VERY SMALL.
>> Reporter: IN THE TIME THAT WE
ROAD WITH SERGEANT DARDEN, HE
AND HIS OFFICERS SAVED A LITTLE
BOY FROM A PIT BULL ATTACK,
DEESCALATED A POTENTIAL
STABBING, RESTORED ORDER AT A
HOUSE PART EA AFTER A SHOOTING.
>> I’VE BEEN INVOLVED
UNSHOOTINGS MYSELF.
AND TRUST ME ETHNICITY HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
>> Reporter: AND THERE WAS THAT
MAN ON THE HIGHWAY WHO SAID HE
WANTED TO DIE FROM WHAT’S NOW
CALLED SUICIDE BY COP.
>> HAVE SOMEBODY GO UP AND CUFF.
>> I GOT IT.
>> WE GOT HIM.
TWO PEOPLE.
GOOD JOB.
>> Reporter: BUT ON THIS NIGHT,
DESPITE GUNS DRAWN, THE STAND
OFF ENDS WITHOUT ANY SHOTS
FIRED.
>> AS LONG AS YOU LISTEN TO US,
YOU WON’T GET SHOT.
IF YOU WERE TO START REACHING IN
HIS WAIST BAND, DIFFERENT STORY.
>> Reporter: CHIEF SAYS HE’S
COMMITTED TO HIRING MORE
MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS TO A
CUDET PROGRAM THAT EMPLOYS YOUTH
DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
MEANWHILE, MORE LEGISLATION
MAKES IT HARD TO USE DEADLY
FORCE AND ALLOW THEM TO USE
FORCE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY,
RATHER THAN WHEN REASONABLE AS
THE CURRENT LAW READS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT ON
THAT AS WELL AS POLICING IN
VALLEJO AND THROUGHOUT THE BAY
AREA.
AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.
>> A COMPLEX PROBLEM.
>> APPRECIATE THEY GAVE US
ACCESS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
>> THEY WERE TRYING TO BE OPEN
AND SAY THIS IS US.
THEY WERE TRANSPARENT.
>> THANK YOU, STEVEN.
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