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<v Speaker 1>First sort of shot to prominence while running for the

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<v Speaker 1>US Senate, but now is spending some time helping get

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<v Speaker 1>some balid initiatives over the finish line, the least of

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<v Speaker 1>which is Proposition one point thirty. I call it the

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<v Speaker 1>cop prop and it aims to direct lawmakers and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>reading this so it aims to direct lawmakers in Colorado

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<v Speaker 1>to allocate three hundred and fifty million in additional funding

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<v Speaker 1>to local law enforcement agencies.

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<v Speaker 2>This funding would be used to pay.

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<v Speaker 1>For increase pay for officers, hiring and retention bonuses, and

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<v Speaker 1>hiring additional officers to address specific geographic areas or types

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<v Speaker 1>of crime.

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<v Speaker 2>And joining me now to talk about it is Joe Oday.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi Joe, how you doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Mandy, great to be with you today, how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 1>Do I remember from your campaign that your dad was

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<v Speaker 1>a police officer?

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<v Speaker 2>Did I remember that correctly?

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<v Speaker 3>He did. He was a thirty year veteran of the

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<v Speaker 3>Denver Police Department.

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<v Speaker 4>And I distinctly remember as a kid, you know, wondering

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<v Speaker 4>whether or not that was too dangerous of a job

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<v Speaker 4>for my dad. It scared us as a family, And

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<v Speaker 4>then that's kind of why I've gotten behind Proposition one

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<v Speaker 4>thirty here with a bunch of great business leaders across

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<v Speaker 4>the state.

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<v Speaker 1>You were talking, we were talking briefly off the air

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<v Speaker 1>about the fact that this initiative is extremely important business.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me about that.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we've seen crime just spike across our state, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>number three, and violent crime second to second third to Louisiana.

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<v Speaker 3>Nevada.

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<v Speaker 4>We're still number one for carthfs. We've got a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of shoplifting going on, and so kind of how do

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<v Speaker 4>you fight that, Well, you need to have more cops

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<v Speaker 4>on the ground. You need to have better trained cops,

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<v Speaker 4>you need to have them motivated to do this job.

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<v Speaker 4>Cus I did a study and you know, we're on

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<v Speaker 4>the lower end of paying our cops.

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<v Speaker 3>The entry level was about sixty grand a year. That's

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<v Speaker 3>not near enough.

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<v Speaker 4>So business community got behind this ballot initiative one thirty.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to do a few things.

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<v Speaker 4>It's going to help provide resources so that we can

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<v Speaker 4>hire more police officers, more peace officers. It's going to

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<v Speaker 4>give them training that they so valuably need. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's gotten more dangerous here in Colorado. We've heard of

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<v Speaker 4>these mental issues that people have had. Given them training,

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<v Speaker 4>so they're prepared to handle some of that.

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<v Speaker 3>In addition, it.

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<v Speaker 4>Provides a million dollar policy to the family of any

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<v Speaker 4>first responder killed in the line of duty within thirty days.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's really important. As I remember as a kid

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<v Speaker 4>wondering whether or not my dad is going to return

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<v Speaker 4>from work every night.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a big deal and that hopefully.

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<v Speaker 4>Will incentivize a lot of good people to take on

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<v Speaker 4>this task that Colorado so deeply needs.

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<v Speaker 1>Now to the point of the insurance policy, the million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar insurance policy, that would give any officer who has

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<v Speaker 1>a family who's concerned about that, I mean, a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit peace of mind anyway. But I want to ask you,

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<v Speaker 1>do you have specific data on how understaffed like Denver Police,

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<v Speaker 1>Aurora Police.

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<v Speaker 2>I know they're understaffed. I mean I know that.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know exactly how many they're down percentage wise?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I do know that.

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<v Speaker 4>I've talked to Chief Payson, you know, he's the retired

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<v Speaker 4>chief of police from city County of Denver, and he's

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<v Speaker 4>told me that they've got about one hundred positions open

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<v Speaker 4>over there right.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that they could use.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, I think the cops kind of got

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<v Speaker 4>a black eye, if you will.

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<v Speaker 3>Through the.

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<v Speaker 4>Georgia Floyd there here in Minnesota, and so you know,

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<v Speaker 4>there was a period of time where there was a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of energy against them. And now that we've seen

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<v Speaker 4>the prime spike across our state because we don't have enough,

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<v Speaker 4>I think you're going to see that people are really

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<v Speaker 4>going to get behind this initiative. We're predicting that it's

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<v Speaker 4>going to win by seventy seventy five percent here in Colorado.

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<v Speaker 4>I haven't talked to you business owner that doesn't want

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<v Speaker 4>to see more police on the ground and have more

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<v Speaker 4>security around around the businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean, Joe, in all honesty, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>especially in Denver downtown. Denver has such a terrible reputation now.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I talk to people, and I'm not just

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<v Speaker 1>talking about conservative people. I'm talking about people of every

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<v Speaker 1>political swath that say, you know what, I used to

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<v Speaker 1>go down there all the time, but now it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>feel as safe, So maybe I'm going down once a

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<v Speaker 1>month instead of three or four times a month. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's had a really negative impact on allowing Denver's downtown

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<v Speaker 1>to come back after COVID. So you would think that

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<v Speaker 1>this would be the highest priority for pretty much everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are invested in the.

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<v Speaker 1>City and you want it to succeed, public safety has

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<v Speaker 1>to come as the first priority because I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>until we feel confident that we can go down to

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<v Speaker 1>downtown Denver and not have our car stolen or broken into,

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<v Speaker 1>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to struggle. So I hope you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope this this cross the party lines and people

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<v Speaker 1>just say this is going to be better for everyone.

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<v Speaker 4>But we've gotten support from not only the police unions,

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<v Speaker 4>all the chiefs of police across the state. We've gotten

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<v Speaker 4>support from all the sheriffs, all the DA's have gotten

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<v Speaker 4>behind this to you know, hopefully start the curb the

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<v Speaker 4>crime here in Colorado, and I think it's a step forward.

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<v Speaker 4>It might not be enough, but I think we'll be

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<v Speaker 4>able to measure these results here in the next couple

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<v Speaker 4>of years as we see this money go into the

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<v Speaker 4>pockets of those that are serving Colorado and hopefully motivate

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<v Speaker 4>more people to sign up for this job.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a question, and this might be too far

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<v Speaker 1>in the weeds for you to answer at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was wondering how this money will be distributed,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, I think about these rural cop shops.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, rural rural departments out there will only have

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<v Speaker 1>a few police officers. Are they going to have the

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to benefit from these funds as well?

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<v Speaker 4>Exactly, this is a statewide initiative, and our view is

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<v Speaker 4>that it needs to be managed by the legislature. They're

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<v Speaker 4>going to have to sit in here and figure out

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<v Speaker 4>how we fund it and how we allocate those funds.

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<v Speaker 4>But there needs to be a group of both union

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<v Speaker 4>representatives from some of the.

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<v Speaker 3>Either Denver or some of the other unions.

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<v Speaker 4>There need to be some police chiefs, and there needs

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<v Speaker 4>to be some rural sheriffs that are on this committee

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<v Speaker 4>that determine exactly how we're going to appropriate this money.

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<v Speaker 4>The one thing that's very clear in this ballat is

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<v Speaker 4>it is going to peace officers. It's going to policing.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's the one thing that our business community was

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<v Speaker 4>very advocate about is making sure that it got spent

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<v Speaker 4>on the guys that are putting their then gals that

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<v Speaker 4>are putting their lives at risk for our grid state.

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<v Speaker 1>And not necessarily about growing bureaucracy, not at all.

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<v Speaker 4>We want to see this go to the worker that

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<v Speaker 4>are out there that are protecting us.

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<v Speaker 1>This text message just came in. Now, the text messages

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<v Speaker 1>come in on a little bit of a delay. As

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<v Speaker 1>a county sheriff, my concern is that this funding will

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<v Speaker 1>all be concentrated on the I twenty five corridor and

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<v Speaker 1>never reach rural Colorado. So we kind of address that now.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean, you understand why a county sheriff in

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<v Speaker 1>a rural area would feel that way, because the rural

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<v Speaker 1>areas in this state really do get overlooked.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the business owners that I talked to that we

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<v Speaker 4>helped put this together, they're advocating that this gets statewide

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<v Speaker 4>and it needs to be.

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<v Speaker 3>By man and woman and not by bureaucracy.

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<v Speaker 4>We need to make sure that it's allocated statewide, and

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<v Speaker 4>that's one of the goals that will make sure happens

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<v Speaker 4>as we work with the legislators to get this thing

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<v Speaker 4>off the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Ode, I appreciate your support of Proposition one point thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a yes from me, a yes from Joe,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope yes from everybody in our audience.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you making time for me today.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks you giving for having me on Mandy vote yes

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<v Speaker 3>on Prop one thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Good to see you, Joe,