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From YouTube: CMPD Weekly Press Briefing - January 8, 2020
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This is the weekly press briefing from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for January 8, 2020. Thanks for joining us!
A
All
right
on
Monday,
December
9th
in
the
early
morning,
hours
Scott
Brooks
was
shot
and
killed
just
before
5:00
a.m.
as
he
was
preparing
to
open
his
sandwich
shop
on
North,
Rivard,
Street,
Brooks
and
his
family
have
been
members
and
stalwarts
of
our
community
for
decades.
Despite
all
of
the
hard
work
by
the
CM
PD
and
our
partners,
Brooks's
killer
or
killers
remain
at
large.
Lieutenant
Crum
with
our
violent
crime
division
is
here
this
morning
to
discuss
some
developments
that
he
would
like
to
share
at
this
time.
I
will
turn
it
over
to
lieutenant
Crump.
A
B
B
The
amazing
work
by
our
people
is
directly
responsible
for
the
outstanding
results
we've
had
in
this
previous
year,
with
the
clearance
rate
approaching
80
percent.
But
again
that
doesn't
happen
in
a
vacuum.
It's
not
just
the
work
that
detectives
do
its
assistance
that
we
get
from
our
community
members
and
other
partners
in
law
enforcement.
So
today,
with
Scotts
family
here
as
well
as
represents
from
the
FBI
Charlotte
field
office,
we
would
like
to
announce
an
increase
in
the
reward.
B
In
this
case,
the
FBI
contacted
us
and
offered
an
additional
$10,000
in
reward
money
for
information
leading
to
an
arrest
in
Scott's
murder.
In
addition
to
that,
$10,000
we've
had
some
private
contributors
submit
an
extra
six
thousand
dollars
in
reward
money
as
well.
That
brings
the
total
for
information
in
this
case
to
$21,000,
that
is,
information
leading
to
an
arrest
in
Scott's
case.
This
information
can
be
given
anonymously.
We
ask
that
people
call
Crime
Stoppers
at
seven
zero.
Four,
three,
three,
four
1600!
We
don't
need
your
name.
We
don't
need
to
know
where
you
live.
B
You
don't
have
to
testify
in
court.
You
simply
need
to
give
us
the
information
identifying
the
people
involved
in
this
case
and
we'll
take
it
from
there.
I
can
tell
you
this
year,
we've
made
more
than
100
arrests
as
an
agency
based
on
information.
That's
given
to
us
through
Crimestoppers.
Some
of
these
cases
include
murder,
rape,
rape
and
robbery,
so
our
community
has
been
critical
and
us
solving
some
of
these
cases.
Today,
you
should
have
in
your
inbox
a
short
clip
of
video
of
one
of
the
suspects
involved.
B
B
The
Scott,
the
Brooks
family
really
needs
your
help.
The
Brooks
family
has
been
a
part
of
the
community
for
years
and
I've
heard
time
and
time
again
about
the
assistance
that
they've
helped
when
somebody
needs
something
in
the
community.
They've
been
there
for
them.
We
need
the
community
to
be
there
for
the
Brooks
family
today
and
step
forward
and
give
us
this
information
so
that
we
can
find
justice
for
Scott.
C
B
We
have,
we
have
a
lot
of
leads
we're
following
up
on.
We
have
gotten
tips,
but
we
don't
have
obviously
don't
have
that
tip.
That's
led
us
to
an
arrest
so
we're
following
up
on
not
only
previous
tips
that
we've
gotten
from
the
community
information
that
we
are
able
to
cultivate
from
different
tools
that
we
use.
The
FBI
is
assisting
us
with
some
of
that,
as
well
as
some
forensic
techniques
to
try
to
bring
closure
of
this
case.
D
B
I
can
tell
you
they
ran
away
from
the
light
rail
station
so
back
towards
Davidson
Street,
and
we
have
some
video
surveillance.
Like
I
said,
we've
I
think
we
talked
about
before
we
canvassed
the
video
doorbells
and
some
other
assets
that
we
have
in
the
area.
So
we
do
a
video.
We
know
they
ran
away
from
the
light
rail
station.
But
beyond
that
we're
still
looking
for
more
information
there.
E
B
Suspects
and
you'll
see
from
the
video
they're
covered
head-to-toe.
We
believe
that
this
was
a
planned
robbery.
They
certainly
had
some
knowledge,
so
that
may
help
somebody
in
the
community
to
know
that
you
know
somebody
who
had
been
in
the
area
or
was
potentially
planning
to
do
this.
That
information
may
be
helpful
to
us.
E
B
Of
interest
or
suspects,
are
you
worried
bad
in
that
process?
We're
and
we're?
Always?
We
have
a
list
of
suspects,
we
don't
have
a
list
of
suspects
per
se,
but
we
certainly
are
looking
at
anybody
who
could
potentially
been
in
the
area.
That
could
be
a
suspect
I
mean
we
follow
the
evidence
where
it
leads.
So
it's
not
really
that
we
start
with
a
list
of
suspects
and
pare
down
from
there.
So
we
just
follow
the
evidence
as
we
go
along.
F
The
support
community
and
the
police
department
has
just
been
overwhelming
and
I
do
want
to
say
that
the
support
that
we
receive
gets
us
through
grief
every
day.
It's
it's
not
easy.
It's
not
easy.
It
was
my
twin
brother
and
I
just
hope
that
this
little
bit
of
evidence
and
what
we're
doing
today
is
going
to
help
fine
and
convict
someone
can't
bring
him
back,
but
maybe
bring
a
little
bit
of
justice
they're,
not
only
us,
but
the
community
to
you
and
I.
F
B
Just
as
a
recap,
the
FBI
has
increased
the
reward
amount
by
$10,000
and,
along
with
those
additional
contributions,
that's
a
total
of
21
thousand
dollars
cash
for
information
leading
to
an
arrest.
In
this
case
that
information
can
be
given
anonymously.
We
don't
need
your
name.
We
just
need
your
information,
so
we're
just
we're
asking
anybody
that
may
have
any
information,
no
matter
how
small
they
think
it
may
be,
to
call
Crime
Stoppers
at
seven
zero.
Four,
three,
three
four
1600.
A
I
don't
want
to
limit
anyone
who
has
that
information.
They
can
also
call
9-1-1.
They
can
also
call
and
speak
with
a
homicide
detective
directly
at
seven.
Oh
four,
four
three,
two
tips
again
$21,000
and
we
could
not
have
done
that
without
the
assistance
of
our
local
FBI
office.
So
we
really
appreciate
them
coming
as
well
as
the
Brooks
family
for
coming
out
here
this
morning
to
show
the
support.
We
really
need
the
community's
assistance,
so
any
help
that
you
can
provide.
Please,
please
call
us
our
second
topic.
A
G
Thanks
we
have
been
working
closely
with
the
police
department
and
our
partners
across
the
city
and
in
other
agencies
over
the
past
couple
of
months
to
take
a
look
at
crime
data,
as
particularly
violent
crime
and
homicides,
and
and
to
dig
a
little
deeper
under
the
summary
statistics
to
understand
more
of
what's
happening.
What
are
the
some
of
the
root
causes
and
underlying
issues
that
drive
violent
crime
in
our
community?
G
As
part
of
that
we
looked
at
victims
and
perpetrators
and
also
different
geographies
and
identified
a
pattern
of
for
violent
crime
over
the
past
many
years
that
we
have
some
durable
areas
of
concentrated
violent
crime
in
our
community
and
so
taking
a
look
at
that
geography
and
and
the
issues
underlying
violent
crime.
We
were
able
to
reframe
at
the
City
Council
meeting
on
Monday
violence
as
a
public
health
issue,
consistent
with
the
way
that
our
partners
in
the
county
have
been
looking
at
violence
and
really
driving
forward.
A
H
Don't
think
they
fit,
but
here
at
CPD
we
were
not
and
we
knew
where
these
areas
were
there.
Not
communities
are
not
neighborhoods
they're
areas
and
we
knew
what
was
going
on
anything.
We
were
doing
quite
a
bit
of
work
in
those
areas.
I
think
what
was,
and
what
is
new
is
this
I
can
determine
as
a
deeper
dive.
H
We
report
out
at
the
police
department
on
numbers
and
going
up
going
down
trends
what's
happening
here,
what's
happening
there,
but
what
with
Rebecca's
help?
What
we
have
done
is
actually
started
to
take
and
go
a
little
deeper.
What
are
some
of
the
other
factors
that
we
can
address
and
when
I
say
we
we
as
a
community
that
we
as
a
police
department
that
can
affect
and
help
turn
the
tide
on
violent
crime,
not
only
countywide
in
our
jurisdiction,
but
in
these
areas
here
I
think
that
is
what
is
going
to
be
the
surprise.
H
H
More
looking
at
the
data
right
now,
I
think
the
next
step
is
taking
on
the
hard
questions
we
made
this
presentation
and
our
pyo's
office
and
a
lot
have
been
receiving
a
lot
of
questions
about
that
and
which
is
great,
because
now
we
can
double
check
our
thinking
along
with
these
questions,
but
we
also
turn
it
over
to
the
community
as
a
whole
to
start
coming
up
with
a
comprehensive
plan
of
who
can
address
poverty.
Who
can
adjust
employment
in
these
areas?
H
Who
can
address
the
recidivism
of
not
res
necessary
recidivism,
but
to
repeat
calls
of
disturbance
in
these
areas
and
a
lot
of
the
other
factors
that
go
along
with
the
crime
as
well.
So
this
this
work
ramps
up
now,
that's
the
next
thing
and
I
would
say
that
to
the
community
and
also
to
the
media.
Please
keep
coming
with
the
questions,
because
the
questions
helped
us
to
double-check
what
we're
doing
and
what
we're
thinking.
D
H
Think
the
gentrification
was
on
the
map,
necessarily
what
we
were
looking
at,
but
there
was
some
literature
review
that
in
some
other
areas
that
talked
about
the
effects
of
gentrification
on
crime,
but
I
don't
believe
that
we
looked
at
that
specifically
for
our
community.
We
may
have
looked
at
other
communities,
but
we
are
focusing
here
on
ours.
H
G
I
can
just
add
a
little
bit
to
that.
The
idea
with
looking
at
violence
as
a
public
health
issue
is
in
part
that
we
would
be
addressing
addressing
it
in
multiple
different
ways,
and
so
there's
much
more
focus
on
partnerships
that
work
with
individuals
and
families
in
it.
At
the
same
time
that
we
have
a
focus
with
law
enforcement
and
a
focus
with
other
city
programs
like
housing
and
employment,
and
so
the
idea
is
that,
by
addressing
those
root
causes
that
we're
not
displacing
crime
or
actually
reducing
violence.
E
H
As
a
public
health
perspective,
we
will
see
MPD
in
policing
when
we
look
at
crime.
We
look
at
basically
the
crime
triangle,
location
of
the
crime,
the
offender
and
the
victim,
and
that's
it
public
health.
As
a
public
health
issue,
we
start
looking
a
great
deal
more
variables
that
come
into
play
that
affect
that
crime
triangle
that
we
just
we
focus
on
day
to
day
to
day
to
day.
So
for
us,
the
public
health
will
have
a
local
feel
to
it.
H
What
are
the
factors
here
in
Charlotte
not
as
compared
to
other
cities
or
other
locations
that
are
affecting
crime,
but
here
in
Charlotte?
There
are
these
things
that
we
are
looking
at
some
of
those
factors
and
variables
that
Rebecca
has
already
mentioned.
So
that's
what
we're
looking
at
there
will
I
don't
know
if
there's
a
universal
definition,
it
fits
because
this
will
be
local.
This
will
be
Charlotte,
Mecklenburg
public
health
issue
and
not
someone
else's.
G
Definitely
so
the
we're
we're
borrowing
language
and
we're
borrowing
framing
not
just
from
the
CDC
but
from
Mecklenburg
County's
Public,
Health
Department,
so
we've
been,
we've
been
partnering
with
dr.
Harris
and
her
team
at
the
Public
Health
Department
to
help
us
really
understand
what
is
a
public
health
approach
to
violence,
and
so
there
are
a
couple
of
components
to
that.
G
G
Another
piece
of
it
is
the
use
of
data
evidence,
but
to
identify
what's
happening,
who
who
is
involved
in
where
so,
that's
part
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing,
but
then
also
to
rigorously,
monitor
and
test
and
evaluate,
what's
working
so
that
that
can
be
shifted
so
that
scientific
method
piece
is
a
really
big
part
of
the
public
health
approach
and
then
the
the
other.
The
other
pieces.
Are
this
more
holistic?
G
Look
at
what
our
potential
intervention
strategies
for
violence,
reduction
and
prevention
and
and
then
real
true
partnership
with
people
who
are
impacted
by
violence,
and
so
that
we
saw
that
in
the
research
that
we
did
about
evidence-based
programs
as
well
as
other
communities
and
how
they're
addressing
violence
that
that
community
voice
and
community
agency.
So
real
ownership
by
people
in
the
community
over
strategies
is
critical
for
success.
And
so
all
of
that
wraps
together
into
what
we're.
What
we're,
terming
and
framing
as
a
public
health
approach
to
violence.
E
G
As
part
of
the
research
that
we've
done,
we
took
a
broad
look
at
evidence-based
programs
across
the
country.
We
we
mapped
out
what
the
different
categories
are
around:
youth
prevention
and
justice
involved
interventions
and
and
then
these
health
models,
so
you're
you're,
referring
to
what's
called
a
violence,
interruption
program
and
and
we
we
took
a
look
and
identified.
C
A
In
college
there
so
those
that
are
interested
in
the
PowerPoint
presentation
that
they
shared
with
City
Council
on
Monday
night.
You
can
either
find
that
on
the
city's
website
or
you
can
also
email
our
Pio
office,
and
we
will
send
you
that
PowerPoint
deck
just
a
reminder
that
the
video
and
still
images
from
the
Brooks
case
have
been
emailed
to
your
assignment
desks.
So
any
help
that
you
can
get
we're
sharing.
A
That
would
certainly
would
certainly
be
fantastic
and
finally,
on
this
Friday
at
10:30
here,
our
chief
Putney
is
going
to
be
having
his
year-end
community
public
safety,
accountability
and
trust
presentation,
hopefully
with
weather
permitting.
We
will
be
on
the
top
of
the
parking
deck
so
make
sure
you
have
coats.
It
is
supposed
to
be
in
the
50s
to
60s,
so
hopefully
we
will
have
great
weather,
and
if
there
is
inclement
weather,
we
will
have
a
next
door
in
the
command
center.
Again,
that's
10:30
this
Friday
here
in
two
days,
any
other
questions.
A
A
D
A
Not
here
he's
with
the
with
the
Brooks
family
we're
still
working
through
that
we
should
have
the
victim
identified
in
the
very
near
future.
We
will
be
able
to
share
that
with
you
at
this
time.
We
have
not
identified
a
suspect,
though
I
believe
at
this
point
so,
and
we
did
have
our
first
time
aside.
Can
you
say.