Transcripts For WTXF Chasing News 20160709

As seedy, rampant with drug abuse, violence and sexual assault. Guys, we woke up this morning to the horrific news of the murders of Police Officers in dallas. 11 Police Officers shot. Five have lost their lives in an ambush sniperstyle attack. Weve got team chaser coverage how this impacts our local Law Enforcement. Ashley, you have been chasing the Camden County Police Department which has turned around, a very, very dangerous city of camden, and i want to check in with you, but first start with sibile who is in essex county, you tracked down the sheriff and how the Essex County Sheriffs Department is dealing with the horrific news and how they are taking steps to prevent Something Like this from happening here, what do you got, sibile . Reporter outside the office of emergency management. Sheriff armando gathered about 300 officers in light of the assassination of five Police Officers in dallas, texas. Tragic events in dallas, shouldnt have any impact on what we do. We still have to get out there and make sure we keep our community safe, including the protests. We know we have a great relationship with the people who protest here in essex county. I want all of you to go back out there, do your job, keep the community safe, and above all, keep yourself safe. Reporter when i walked into the Emergency Operation center, the mood was somber, the dispatch officer was coordinating with officers in the field. I spoke to the sheriff about the situation nationally and how its been impacting here. This is the worst tragic event for Law Enforcement since 9 11. You know, two cops were executed in new york a year and a half ago, whenever that was. That was traumatic. This brings the trauma back. Reporter he believes the protests are necessary, looking at the video in louisiana he agrees and understands why people are outraged. People can continue to protest. Its not going to stop it. Our job is to make sure youre there, protest peacefully, escort them, bring them back and make sure no one is hurt. Reporter at the same time, he wants his Police Officers to be safe. We get complacent, again, the human factor, all get complacent. We do this two or three times a month. These are nice folks, its fine. But understand that there could be one or two like in dallas who have a different motivation and want to take advantage of that situation to do harm to you, or to members of that protest. Reporter so theyre obviously going to keep going out, keep working with the community. But its a very challenging time for them. Bill i think the sheriff should have taken a little more time to prepare for his conversation with you. Sounds to me a little bit out of touch, to say the word complacent. This is not a riot that got out of control from all the reports that weve heard. This was an assassination with snipers who were triangulating fire and cornering the cops and took out 11 Police Officers killing 5. I dont know that it had anything to do with the protests at all. I think hes jumping to a bit of a conclusion. Reporter they can deal with the situation like what we saw in dallas, if they are prepared. So what the sheriff was saying is for future protests, not to clamp down on them but for Police Officers to be on guard, to watch their back. Bill i dont think anybody anticipated a sniperstyle attack on officers during a black lives matter protest. Ashley . Reporter Scott Thompson wasnt around today but released a statement saying Dallas Police chief david brown is a friend and colleague and his heart goes out to the victims families. He went out to say the sacrifice and heroism was extremely remarkable as they rushed towards hellbent sociopaths that were firing assault rifles on downtown city streets. [ gunshots ] [sirens] reporter though this is the deadliest incident in american policing since 9 11, theyre encouraging to save many, many lives both civilians and sworn officers. Ive spent time with Camden County police going on ride alongs, they are getting it right. Chief Thompson Says since the county police took over patrolling camden in 2013, they decreased the murder rate by 52 and Violent Crimes by more than a quarter. I said, how do you maintain law and order, and one of the nations murder capitals without killing people . He says he takes pride in the Good Relationship that Police Officers have established with the community. The things that count most cant always be counted is the ability weve been able to establish such a strong and better relationship with our community, and we did this by having officers walking the beat, by riding bicycles, really Community Policing at its heart. Theres no way youre going to build trust and relationship without human contact. And i asked him, if you could nail it down, whats one of the things youre most proud of . Seeing little kids ride bicycles in front of their homes. There were points in time where some areas in the city that parents would not let their children out in front of their homes, parents would not let them walk to the corner store to get a gallon of milk. Should not be that way. Bill chief thompson gets it. His Police Department doesnt look the other way. They are in the neighborhood. They know whats going on in every block. In trenton, there was a meeting when i was a newspaper reporter. I saw a police car sitting on the block doing nothing for 30 minutes. Police director says ill look into it. I talked to a friend, hes on the police force, they were eating lunch, those communications arent happening. You need to have the interaction because the streets and the police often speak different languages and you need the translation. Something that struck me about what sibile says is the officers werent prepared in dallas, and i think what was meant by that is they didnt look like they were prepared for war. You look at what happened in baltimore and the pictures, and almost as if were fighting isis. Thats what the reality setting in, you have to wonder what is happening . The rest of it in the bedroom. Our Senior Citizens in paterson getting the boot from a new developer . Some residents at colt arms just may be. Right now theyre saying that with the money we make, youre not qualified to live in this apartment. Reporter that was 70yearold wade garris lives off of his Social Security check as well as small income from his wife, which puts him over the limit for government assistance. Why all the sudden this change . Last year a new Company Bought the senior complex under a federal housing and urban development program, that includes tax credits for the developer if they agree to rehabilitate the property. That sets income limits for the people who live in the building. According to hud, if a tenant lived in the building, they can stay after the buildings ownership changes, but the residents i spoke to are completely confused. I sat with wade and two other residents, al and sarah who said they received this letter. Last month from the owners of colt arms preservation urban renewal, collaboration with Hudson Valley Property Group. Look on there, you can see they agreed to move out, which they have not. Al told me when the new owners took over, rent went up and they thought, hey, we can barely afford it but well pay it and they would be able to stay. That doesnt seem to be the case with the letter. We pay the 1,272. We can stay in. Not changing this year. Reporter now this letter also offered 3,000 cash bonus if they agreed to sign it, and that they would not disclose to others the existence or terms of the agreement. Sarah and als letter says they need to be out by june 15th. Now management is calling every morning asking when shes going to move out. Do you feel like youre being harassed . I do, i do. Every time the phone ring. Reporter they took me to their apartment and showed meet improvements made by the developers, new kitchen and floors. She has everything tacked on the side of the room just in case they tell them to get out. I spoke with an attorney, an expert in landlordtenant law. Its unusual that this letter indicates that the individual involved makes too much money to be a tenant in a tax credit apartment. Reporter he said generally speaking someone who doesnt qualify for federal assistance has to pay market rent. Dont know of any provision in any hud program that allows the removal of tenants who are already residents. Reporter but everyone they spoke to at the building believed they had to move out. Put us on the street. Reporter this is not an individual case, i spoke with councilman Michael Jackson who told me he has met with 25 residents. My initial meeting, was over 25 residents. Those are just the residents not including the spouses. I know about one family that has been displaced already, and you are talking about a population thats over 65. Reporter i contacted hud, hud explained there are rather stringent tenant protections that the building is under, including the right to remain or return, and because in most cases, the buildings are rehabilitated, that if tenants need to move out for a certain period of time, theyre absolutely allowed to return, and heres the other part, the owner cannot employ tactics into relinquishing their right to return or accept permanent Relocation Assistance and payment. Hud told me theyre looking into this now. Hudson valley Property Group returned with a statement and said several residents voluntarily left and provided relocation expenses and reimbursement. No one is being forced out of the residence, if they want to stay, they can stay. But for now looks like our seniors can stay. The financing of election says noble idea. Its not happening yet. Take the money back. The Farmland Preservation deal to not pay wealthy land owner property taxes. We get this, we give this. Right. Creepy. A pulls a creepy or okay, flipped . Behold over the shoulder do it e stuff a bunch of times. Doesnt make sense. Who does these books . If i ran my show this way, i wouldnt have a show. So what can we do . I see a lot of places can you save, but i cant make those choices. Im not the governor. I mean, im not the one pretending to be the governor. All right, let me try. You . Yeah. You want to try . Yeah. I want to give it a try. Okay. All right. Here. Something right here. You probably looked at your tax form before and you can see you can donate a dollar to the Gubernatorial Election fund. Right. Do you know the state gets 6. 2 million from that fund and it goes back to election Law Enforcement, Public Financing of election says a noble idea but not happening yet. Lets take that money back. We talked before about 150 million in Property Rentals that the state has. Theyve got the wonderful Office Buildings in trenton and move people out. Doing paying space that goes into thevery st som w dould but the state they do a good business, i agriculture budgetga f, redunda control fund dedicates part of casino revenue to the state budget as part of a deal struck in 1977 when casino gaming was legalized. They take 8 of casino revenue. If we up that percentage by two points to 10 , we could add 76 million to the budget. And we get 1,3 wait, i cant do math. Shouldnt cut that tuition to rutgers. Actually im a dropout. Its 1 billion. How many of the numbers are powerful people helping powerful friends . The Farmland Preservation program. Part of the reason people elected chris christie, they believed he would stand up to the powerful interests. They need the courage to stand up to friends on behalf the people they represent, which is the taxpayers. Forget the revenue, you cut every one of these things, you get to the point where you can fund the Transportation Trust fund and not raise taxes. Awesome point, so true, and never going to happen. Im using them to do handy things, so why not tell people thats what im doing. I can be honest, why not . Ive done many stories in dating in new york city and tind ser a necessity to get the dating work done. I had no way it was a way to get your household work done. Im here on the Lower East Side to meet fiona bloom who figured out that precious gem and hear all about her technique. If i use tinder to meet guys to do other things, promote shows or help me with something handy around the house, why not . Reporter to be fair, fiona says she does it for the men as well. They want to meet them, there is no actual connection there initially, maybe they will do these things for you and eventually youre like, i really like him. Reporter why have i not thought of this before . And i had. I did a story and part of that site is lady use the men to do dishes to running daily errands. Ive been missing out. I would say listen, you know, you seem really sweet. What are you doing this weekend . I actually need some things taken care of. Primarily my door needs fixing, what do you think . You want to come over . Reporter how do you know because there is no exchange . Guys should never, ever assume or think theyre going to get some. Reporter amen to that. Amen. All right. Reporter thank you very much. Thank you. Reporter we showed you a video a few weeks ago of gotham, about people just missing the subway. They put out another video about the new yorkers struggle with the metro swipe card. People run into issues, some of them dont bother trying to swipe at all, they just jump it. The struggle is real. Its a plantation. We are in slavery days, literally, and not just the prisons that are slaves. Reporter a world she describes as seedy, rampant with drug abuse, violence and sexual assault. I tell the truth, its a survival guide. Bill coming up next Secondhand Smoke can suck, but never fear, the unfortunate University Student has come up with a solution to combat smoking roommate. What. Secondhand smoke can suck if youre not a smoker, never fear, this unfortunate University Student from Southern China came up with a solution to combat his smoking roommate. He built a breathing device out of cardboard, garbage bags and a clippon pen. Device is connected to a window bringing fresh air to the young man, as long as he wears the box over his head. There you have it. Smoking kills, unless youre this guy. Theres one thing this prison guard wants you to know about her time working at rykers, its this. Its a plantation, we are in slavery days, literally. Not just the prisoners that are slaves, the officers are slaves, too. They dont understand. Reporter miller says she was assaulted by a guard in 1984, she submitted to this report, but says nothing happened. Miller continued to work at reichers and at brooklyn and manhattan until 2005 when she retired and left in good spirits, but then she saw her own family come under fire. She got her sister a job as an officer, and now blames that job for her death. When i retired, she died, the next day. She had hiv. She was on crack. She went to jail. She was just, it was like her life was living hell. Reporter millers book is available on amazon. I tell the truth, and its basically a survival guide. To me its for everyone because anybody can go to jail. You dont have to do anything. I reached out to the corrections department, and they said since shes left, theres huge reforms for the things she described in her book. They cant confirm everything she said happened happened but issues did occur when she was there. Bill she stayed 20 years. Right. Bill and recommended her sister for a job . Im having a hard time believing it was add bad as she says. Youre going to hit speed bumps in any job you do. Physical assault is bigger than a speed bump. Think of it, shes retired, pension coming, health care is taken care of. These jobs are rarer and rarer in American Society and no stranger she stayed on or recommended a family member, she wants the same safety and security for the family member. Bill sounds a bit of a stretch to blame the hiv and crack on the system. I dont know. Thanks to you, congratulations are in order for us todays july 8th and it is our third anniversary here at chasing news. You know we thought about doing a special anniversary show, showing old clips, talking about it, then we thought, you know what . Enjoy your weekend. Well see you monday. It was the day that donald trump cheated death. Five People Killed in a helicopter crash. A simple twist of fate may have saved his life. 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