And the court system moving at a snail s pace because of covid. it was not operating quickly. so with bail reform, people locked up with a gun were able to get out under least restrictive bail. it didn t matter if they were dangerous or not, if they had a dangerous past, a judge could not use that to determine whether or not to hold this individual in. i think we re the only state in the union that does not give a judge discretion on dangerousness to keep an individual in. and the court system is already overwhelmed because it wasn t operating during covid. how do you balance the two, just to give people some perspective? we had some reporting tonight on san francisco. they re dealing with a similar dynamic, but their judges still have discretion. they ve emptied the jails also. there has been a problem with people who can t make bail, they
Three tentpoles, the noise about policing, the noise about the pandemic, and how it s slowed down the courts and getting rid of cases, and the law, which would you change? i d change the law. i d give a judge discretion. let him keep some dangerous individuals behind bars. we know it s a small percentage of people who do the violence. you keep the bad guy in, it sends a message to everybody, hey, there s a consequence for my actions. i m trying to get the current mayor of new york city on to discuss this and why he is or is not in favor of this change. i agree with the men and women on the job, and those in the prosecutors offices who are telling me the same thing. c chief, thanks very much. thanks, chris. be well. our next guest was arrested
Confiscated but people are not being kept in jail. how big a reason for this reality is the law? 100%. this is what s behind it. it s a combination. it s the law and it s the court system moving at a snail s pace right now because of covid. it was not operating quickly. so, with bail reform, people locked up with a gun were able to get out under the least restrictive bail. it didn t matter if that individual was dangerous or not, if they had a dangerous past, a judge could not use that in determining whether or not to hold this individual in. i think we re the only state in the union that does not give a judge discretion on dangerousness to keep an individual in. right. so, anyone out of jail, that is not a priority in the court system that is already overwhelmed because it really wasn t operating during covid. so, how do you how do you balance the two, chief? just so it gives people some perspective. we just had some reporting
Because it s more dangerous for me not to have a game, but going to jail isn t going to do anything. assuming he even stays in there. quickly, if you could change one of these three tent poles in this dynamic, the noise about policing, and noise about the pandemic, and how it slowed down the courts and getting rid of cases, and the law, which one of them would you change? i d change the law. i would give a judge discretion. let him have some discretion and keep some dangerous individuals behind bars. we know it s a small percentage of people that do the violence. you keep that bad guy in, it sends a message to anyone else who may be willing to pick up a gun that, hey, there is a consequence for my actions. i m trying get the current mayor of new york city on to discuss this and why he is or is not in favor of this change. we will stay on it, because i think it matters. i agree with the men and women on the job and those in the