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<v Speaker 1>Danielle Drinsky time to come on and talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that all of a sudden, we've got mayors finally admitting, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, we may have Venezuelan gangs and they

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<v Speaker 1>may be taking over some apartment complexes, which is what

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<v Speaker 1>she's been sounding the alarm about. Did you know that

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor was finally going to have your back on this?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't, Manby, so I was I was happy to

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<v Speaker 2>see that he came out. He has not reached out

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<v Speaker 2>to me. Nobody has reached out to me. So I

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<v Speaker 2>was happy to see that that Mayor Coffman, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>finally made a statement about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and he did say here's my issue. Mayor Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Kaufman and Mayor Mike Johnson sat down with Kyle Clark.

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle who never misses an opportunity to take a shot

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<v Speaker 1>at a conservative woman as he sort of tried to

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<v Speaker 1>say that it was all in your head earlier this

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<v Speaker 1>week via ex But they sat down and said, look,

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<v Speaker 1>this is causing hysteria, and now we have all these

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<v Speaker 1>people calling nine one one and three one one. What

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<v Speaker 1>would you have preferred them to do in this situation

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<v Speaker 1>in order to not have to make it a massive,

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<v Speaker 1>huge issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this could have been addressed when I first started

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<v Speaker 2>talking about it, you know, but I get ignored, I

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<v Speaker 2>get dismissed. I don't know, Mandy, if this is something

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<v Speaker 2>they'd like to have conversations and just exclude me. But

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<v Speaker 2>I am the chair of the Public Safety Committee for

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<v Speaker 2>the City of Aurora. I have not been told what

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<v Speaker 2>the plan is to address this. I have Aurora police

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<v Speaker 2>officers coming to me asking me what the plan is.

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<v Speaker 2>They're told that no less than four of them can

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<v Speaker 2>respond to any of the department complexes at a time,

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<v Speaker 2>and quite frankly, they try to avoid them because they're

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<v Speaker 2>concerned about their own wellbeing. So what is the plan?

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<v Speaker 2>If they didn't want it to come out like this,

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<v Speaker 2>they had the platform, they had the voices to come

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<v Speaker 2>forward or behind the scenes to put together. They knew

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<v Speaker 2>that this was starting to burst at the seams because

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting louder and louder. So about two weeks

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<v Speaker 2>ago cup two three weeks ago, APD did come out

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<v Speaker 2>and announce that they were forming a gang task Force

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<v Speaker 2>to try and deal with it. So they saw this

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of me, Mandy. You know, I don't change

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<v Speaker 2>my strength when I start getting loud about something and

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<v Speaker 2>no one listens, I get louder and I get louder,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess what I have found in local government?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe in government across the board some folks that think

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<v Speaker 2>that they can just ignore others. But I refuse to

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<v Speaker 2>be ignored.

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<v Speaker 1>I said yesterday on the show Danielle that I think,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe I was trying to give Mayor Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Kaufman a little grace on this issue.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said, maybe there is a.

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<v Speaker 1>Massive law enforcement organization working on this and they don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to tip their hand, or maybe you just don't

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<v Speaker 1>want a rora to continue to look like get a

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<v Speaker 1>black eye, right so, And I think it's the latter

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<v Speaker 1>in this case.

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<v Speaker 3>He just does not want Aurora painted with this brush.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Aurora has had a reputation of having trouble with

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<v Speaker 1>crime for a very very long time. Does that concern

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<v Speaker 1>you at all or is it so important that you

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<v Speaker 1>just want it taken care of?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? I think it concerns me that any elected official

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<v Speaker 2>would allow something like this to be downplayed in order

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<v Speaker 2>to save our image. And again, as far as our

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<v Speaker 2>image goes, Mandy, I have been talking about this for weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I have been saying, what is going on in these

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<v Speaker 2>department complexes. Police officers are coming to me, Residents are

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<v Speaker 2>making their way out, They're reaching out. What are we doing?

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<v Speaker 2>What is the plan? If there'd have been a plan,

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<v Speaker 2>if somebody were to move in on these complexes, if

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<v Speaker 2>arrests would have been made. But you know what they did, Mandy. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>they closed in on the Nome Street apartments, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the guys of code enforcement violations and did nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>address this gang problem. So this gang they just picked

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<v Speaker 2>up and spread out even further into other apartment complexes,

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<v Speaker 2>terrorizing more Aurora residents. And you know, just like the

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<v Speaker 2>Romeros which you saw.

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't believe they were still living there. I said

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<v Speaker 4>to her, I said, I'm going to get you out,

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<v Speaker 4>pack your stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>You're leaving.

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<v Speaker 4>I will take care of all the logistics you are leaving.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, this is un real that in the United

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<v Speaker 4>States of America that in a major we're what the

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<v Speaker 4>forty ninth largest city in the country. This is how

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<v Speaker 4>Americans are living.

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<v Speaker 2>But Mandy, let me tell you something. The nonprofits and

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<v Speaker 2>the city lined up ruled out the red carpets for

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<v Speaker 2>all of the folks that came out of the Nome

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<v Speaker 2>Street Department. Well, let me tell you the actual leaseholders,

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<v Speaker 2>the citizens, the residents that had been there before. They'd

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<v Speaker 2>all either been chased out, scared out, fled for their lives,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever the case may be. So all of these resources

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<v Speaker 2>went to Venezuelan migrants, all of them. Who is lining up?

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<v Speaker 2>Where are the nonprofits? Where is anybody to go in

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<v Speaker 2>and help folks like the Romeros who I'm moved out,

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<v Speaker 2>both with bullet holes in their cars. Who's helping them?

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<v Speaker 1>Danielle Drinsky is my guest Auora City councilwoman. You know, Danielle,

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<v Speaker 1>I am, first of all, I'm really glad you're sounding

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<v Speaker 1>the alarm. Second of all, I hope that we can

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<v Speaker 1>get this under control. And I want to ask you

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<v Speaker 1>a quick question. This is a little bit of a sidewinder,

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<v Speaker 1>but really not you guys just hired a new police chief,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am not one of those people who thinks

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<v Speaker 1>you needed more comput you know, community engagement, because obviously

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<v Speaker 1>that's been an abject disaster based.

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<v Speaker 3>On how things have gone so far in that role.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you expecting out of this new chief when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to addressing this issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Person foremost many, I would like to be heard for once.

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to be heard. I ran my race

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<v Speaker 2>and I won, and I got elected just like anybody else,

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<v Speaker 2>and I deserve a voice at the table. I deserve

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<v Speaker 2>to be heard. So many of these maybe in the

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<v Speaker 2>past that I've found to the alarm about that I've

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<v Speaker 2>been very vocal about. It's been proven over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wait, there really is something to what she's saying. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>just listen to me. But if I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 2>be dismissed as oh this crazy loud woman, listen. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want to spend all of my time fighting with

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<v Speaker 2>other people to make sure that the right things are

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<v Speaker 2>happening in Aurora. It should just be happening. And I

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<v Speaker 2>am optimistic. I am optimistic about Todd Chamberlain's arrival. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I interview obviously, as many of us did, but I

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<v Speaker 2>interviewed the man personally, and he has a calm demeanor

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<v Speaker 2>that he has a stern presence. I can tell he's

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<v Speaker 2>a leader. I think he is going to get this

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<v Speaker 2>apartment on the on the right track, you know. And

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<v Speaker 2>and if and when he gets here, and he's doing

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<v Speaker 2>the great job that I believe he's going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to be his biggest, biggest supporter. I

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<v Speaker 2>will be out in front of him because I know

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<v Speaker 2>that since I have taken office, I have largely been

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest police chief critic that we've had. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>a reason for that, manby So let me.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask this, Danielle, and this is from one of our

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<v Speaker 1>texters on the Common Spirit Health techt line, Mandy, Can

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<v Speaker 1>Danielle paint a picture of what these gangs are doing

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<v Speaker 1>at the apartments? Can you tell us what you know

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<v Speaker 1>from the Romeros who you just moved out of one

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<v Speaker 1>of these What is it.

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<v Speaker 2>Like there that it's a nightmare? And anybody who just missed.

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<v Speaker 2>Cindew Romerol for the first time did an interview on

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<v Speaker 2>Fox National at noon. You can go back and hear

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<v Speaker 2>it in her own words.

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<v Speaker 4>But I mean they would actively they actively patrol the

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<v Speaker 4>properties with guns. You know, they stop vehicles that are

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<v Speaker 4>pulling up to the property. They go up to vehicles

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<v Speaker 4>of the cinta Arinus released more video footage yesterday. They'll

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<v Speaker 4>just stop vehicles at gunpoint. They are at they're controlling

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<v Speaker 4>the properties. They go in, they'll just kick the door

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<v Speaker 4>in well.

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<v Speaker 2>You saw the video footage.

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<v Speaker 4>They'll take axes and just chop your door handle off.

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<v Speaker 4>That's why the Romeros lived with four dead bulls and

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<v Speaker 4>a door bresh got extortion, assaults, sex trafficking, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I have heard it all from these residents.

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazing, Danielle.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder how many of the folks in the news

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<v Speaker 1>media have been to these housing complexes or even the mayor.

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<v Speaker 2>Well outside of Vicente. I'm not sure. I know that

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor was at the Nome Street apartments over a

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<v Speaker 2>year ago, but it was it was not this, It

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<v Speaker 2>was not this a year ago when the mayor, So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure that anybody has And of course you

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<v Speaker 2>know now, I'm sure they're all going to go for

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<v Speaker 2>the photo ops and get over to some of these

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<v Speaker 2>apartment complexes and you know, have.

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<v Speaker 4>Their photos taken.

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<v Speaker 2>But but they're also now put on notice. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>certain that police are now and hopefully federal partners are

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<v Speaker 2>going in and going after some of these flooks that

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<v Speaker 2>maybe let me tell you, maybe six eight months ago,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a man kidnapped from the Nome Street departments.

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<v Speaker 2>The man was kidnapped and he was jumped off clear

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side of Aurora, out by the Southlands area,

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<v Speaker 2>and when police interviewed him, that man gave a statement

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<v Speaker 2>that they had a kill room, a kill room in

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<v Speaker 2>one of these apartment complexes. So you know the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that the federal agencies, he has to think that one

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<v Speaker 2>local law enforcement by agency by themselves, the Oral Police Department,

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<v Speaker 2>can take on something like this is ridiculous. The men

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<v Speaker 2>and the.

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<v Speaker 4>Women of the Royal Police Department works so hard. They

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<v Speaker 4>are working tirelessly, so many hours, and you know.

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<v Speaker 2>What, they want to make sure they're going home at

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<v Speaker 2>night too. Where are federal partners?

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<v Speaker 4>And Jared Police said he has offered support.

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<v Speaker 3>Show up.

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<v Speaker 4>Jared, you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Have to ask if we want them to come.

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<v Speaker 3>Send them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, he says, it's all in your imagination. Danielle,

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<v Speaker 1>So you know you got that going for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I have such a vivid imagination, it's wild.

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<v Speaker 3>Danielle Dorensky. I appreciate your time. Keep up the good work,

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<v Speaker 3>keep sounding the alarm.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, sounds like you are the one who is

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<v Speaker 1>looking out for the law abiding citizens that are living

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<v Speaker 1>in these complexes, and for that I'm grateful.

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<v Speaker 3>So thanks for making time for us today.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, I always appreciate you.