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[Austin Update on Explosive Detonation in South Austin Press Conference on April 17, 2025. ]

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WELCOME EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TAKE AN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS TWO EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT WERE SIMILAR IN THAT THEY BOTH INVOLVED AN EXPLOSION AND BOTH ARE REL VERY RELATIVELY RARE OCCURRENCES, BUT WE WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT IS WHERE THE SIMILARITY ENDS, AND WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE.

I I WANNA POINT OUT THAT I'M JOINED, UH, I'M MAYOR KIRK WATSON, UH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAIGE ELLI AND COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL LANE.

UH, THEY ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT DISTRICTS WHERE BOTH OF THESE EVENTS OCCURRED.

AND, AND AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WE HAD TWO SIMILAR EVENTS, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.

AND, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A COINCIDENCE.

YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS.

SO YESTERDAY, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH HELP DETONATE DETONATED EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL FOUND AT A RESIDENCE IN THE 2,400 BLOCK OF VINTAGE STAVE ROAD IN SOUTH AUSTIN APDS BOMB SQUAD AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES HAD RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ON TUESDAY AFTER RECEIVING A CALL ABOUT AN POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION.

AND AFTER THE SUBJECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL THAT THE, THAT THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO DETONATE IT ON SITE.

AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF LISA DAVIS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED AT A PD.

I WANT TO THANK THEM.

UH, I WANNA SAY THANKS TO THEM AND, AND, AND POINT OUT THAT IT IS THANKS TO THEM THAT THIS INCIDENT ENDED WITH NO INJURIES AND RELATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE OTHER THAN TO THE HOME WHERE THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL WAS FOUND.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES FOR THEIR WORK AND ASSISTANCE.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT IS ONGOING AND CHIEF DAVIS WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN JUST A MOMENT.

AS I POINTED OUT ALREADY, ALSO, THIS WEEK, THERE WAS A HOME EXPLOSION ON SUNDAY IN NORTH AUSTIN AT A HOME ON DOUBLE SPUR LOOP.

UH, BOTH AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS RESPONDED ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

THE TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL IS THE INVESTIGATOR IN THAT CASE, AND THAT INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

WE CAN SAY THAT THE ISSUE WAS ISOLATED TO THE HOME WHERE THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED ON MONDAY.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT BEGAN OUTREACH TO THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE IMPACTED.

ASSESSMENT TEAMS VISITED EACH IMPACTED PROPERTY COMPLETING MORE THAN 60 DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.

THE DEPART, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OR DSD AS WE SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES REFER TO IT, IS PRIORITIZING REVIEW AND PERMITTING FOR ALL EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK FOR THESE PROPERTIES SO THAT WE DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE BEING, BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR PROPERTIES BACK WHERE THEY WANT THEM.

AGAIN, WE WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THESE EVENTS ARE ENTIRELY SEPARATE, WITH ENTIRELY SEPARATE APPARENT CAUSES.

IN BOTH CASES.

I'M PROUD OF THE RESPONSE BY THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR COUNTY STATE AND FEDERAL DEPARTS, AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE.

SO, WITH THAT, I WILL ASK CHIEF DAVIS TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAY, SAY A FEW WORDS, CHIEF.

YEP.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

I'M LISA DAVIS.

I AM THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, TODAY I'M GONNA SHARE SOME IN, UH, THE INVESTIGATIVE DETAILS REGARDING THE A PD BOMB SQUAD'S RESPONSE THAT BEGAN ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, AND THE SUBSEQUENT DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY THIS 24 HOURS ON TUESDAY EVENING, A CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN ABOUT POTENTIAL BOMB MATERIAL INSIDE OF A RESIDENCE.

UH, PATROL RESPONDED TO THAT AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED OUR BOMB SQUAD, OUR EOD TO THE SCENE.

THEY ARE THE EXPERTS.

UM, ONCE THEY WERE THERE, AND YOU THINK ABOUT COMING INTO THE EVENING, THERE IS A LOT OF INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO INTO THAT.

THEY HAVE TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT, THEY HAVE TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOUSE, THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THAT WAS DONE.

UH, THE PE THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS IMMEDIATELY PLACED INTO, INTO CUSTODY, AND THEN THE HOUSES SURROUNDING THE AREA WERE IMMEDIATELY VACATED.

SO UNTIL THAT WAS DONE, I WANNA SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO LIEUTENANT MYRICK WHO STAYED IN THE PARKING LOT, UM, OVERNIGHT, WAITING FOR THOSE SEARCH WARRANTS TO GET DONE, WAITING FOR ALL OF THE THINGS TO GET COMPLETED SO WE COULD GET THIS GOING.

WE DID NOT EVER LEAVE THAT SCENE FROM THE MINUTE IT CAME OUT.

AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THAT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

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ALL RIGHT, SO WE RESPONDED.

AND IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE FROM AUSTIN FIRE, UM, AND AUSTIN TRAVIS, EMS, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, AGAIN, FROM THE A TF AND THE UM, FBI.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF A TASK FORCE, THIS IS IT.

THIS IS A RESPONSE THAT COORDINATED RESPONSE, THAT COORDINATED EFFORT, AND WHAT WE SAW.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

SO A SEARCH WARRANT WAS COMPLETED, UH, FOR THE RESIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN LOCATING A LARGE QUANTITY OF HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH, AGAIN, A-T-F-E-M-S-F-B-I AND A FD, UM, A PD BOMB TECHNICIANS EXECUTED A PLAN TO RENDER THE SCENE SAFE.

DURING THE 24 HOUR INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONLY THE ONLY WAY TO SAFELY DETONATE SOME OF THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE WAS TO DETONATE IT ON SITE.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE GETTING INSIDE AND FINDING ALL OF THESE CHEMICALS, AND AGAIN, IN THAT 24 HOUR PROCESS, IT WAS ALSO ABOUT CHEMISTS GETTING INVOLVED, A TF, ALL OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS WEIGHING IN ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL THAT THESE CHEMICALS COULD CAUSE.

SO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, AGAIN, WERE EVACUATED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

AND STREETS NEARBY WERE CLOSED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL INSIDE THE HOME WAS DETONATED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AT 5:00 PM YESTERDAY, THE HOME THAT CONTAINED THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, AND A HOUSE DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR SUSTAINED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SIDING.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGED HOMES.

THE SUSPECT IS A 66-YEAR-OLD STEVEN ALDRICH'S.

A WHITE MALE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FELONY POSSESSION OF COMPONENTS AND EXPLOSIVES.

ARICK HAD PREVIOUS EXPLOSIVES RELATED ARRESTS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR FELONY PROHIBITION PROHIBITED WEAPON, IN WHICH HE SERVED A SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS CONFINEMENT.

AND HE HAD, UM, UNTIL YESTERDAY, ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GO ON HIS PAROLE FOR THAT OFFENSE.

AND SO OUR SWAT TEAM AND OUR EOD IS FAMILIAR WITH HIM AND HIS BOMB MAKING SHENANIGANS FROM THE PAST.

SO AGAIN, UM, HE WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS THERE IN CONFINEMENT, TWO OF WHICH HE SERVED IN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AGAIN, STILL ON PAROLE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, AND NO FURTHER SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE CASE WILL BE RELEASED AT THIS TIME TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE INVESTIGATION.

THE ENTIRE INCIDENT COULD HAVE ENDED IN A MUCH WORSE SCENARIO.

SO AGAIN, I'M VERY THANKFUL AND I'M VERY PROUD, UM, OF OUR EOD AND ALL OF OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS HERE, THAT NO LIVES WERE LOST AND THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF, AGAIN, THOSE JOINT AGENCY COLLABORATIONS THAT ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERY, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THE VERY VOLATILE SITUATION.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS INCIDENT AND WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THIS WAS STOPPED.

AND SO AGAIN, I'M VERY PROUD.

UM, AGAIN, UH, LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT'S, UM, SIGNED UP AND RECEIVED EVERBRIDGE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE REVERSE 9 1 1, THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO, IF YOU SIGN UP TO WWW WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG AND CLICK GET ALERTS BUTTON, THAT WILL BE AN EASIER WAY FOR US TO START COMMUNICATING THESE ISSUES IF SOMETHING WERE TO COME UP IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.

MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

ALRIGHT, WELL, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF DAVIS AND, UH, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AND, AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF ALL OF THIS.

AND NOW IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE.

WAS ALTER BEING MONITORED DURING THIS TIME OR DID YOU HAVE EYES ON ON WHAT HE WAS DOING? NO, AGAIN, THIS IS, HE WAS ON PAROLE, UM, FINISHING UP HIS PAROLE.

HE HAD TWO WEEKS TO GO.

UM, AT THIS POINT, IT WAS JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO RECOGNIZED SOME, SOME POTENTIAL WITHIN THE HOUSE THAT THAT CALLED.

AND, AND THANKFULLY, THANKFULLY THEY DID.

IS THERE ANY POLICY IN PLACE TO, TO MONITOR, I MEAN, SOMEBODY LIKE THIS WHO WAS MAKING EXPLOSIVES IN THE PAST? YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, BEING ON PAROLE, HE HAS A PAROLE OFFICER AND I'M SURE HE CHECKS IN.

SO THERE'S A CHECK-IN, UM, FACILITY.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOTIFIED THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE ON PAROLE, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING AND, AND CONSISTENTLY CHECKING UP ON PEOPLE.

HE HAS A PAROLE OFFICER THAT, THAT WOULD, UM, CHECK ON HIM AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD END.

WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVE SOUND, HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE COULD IT HAVE CAUSED? YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY WANNA RELEASE THAT AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO AGAIN, IT IS ENOUGH THAT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, WHEN WE DETONATED IT DESTROYED THIS HOUSE.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CONTAINING IT TO THAT AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS, THESE WERE HOMEMADE CHEMICALS THAT HE WAS MAKING AND MANUFACTURING.

SO WHAT HIS PLAN WAS, I CANNOT SAY, BUT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY ENOUGH TO DESTROY A HOME.

WHAT, WHAT MEASURES DID YOU TAKE TO CONTINUE IT AS MUCH AS THAT, AS YOU DID? UM, SO I THINK IT, MARK, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? WHAT WAS LOCKED DOWN OR, YEAH, SO SPECIFICALLY, UM, UH, WE WORKED WITH A FD UH, WE'VE HAD SIMILAR CASES IN THE PAST, UM, USING TAMPING DEVICES, UH, SPECIFICALLY LIKE, UH, ABSORBENT MATERIAL TO LINE THE OUTSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL WOOD REINFORCEMENT SO THAT WHEN WE DIRECT THE, UM, THE DETONATION TO RENDER THE ITEMS SAFE, THERE'S NO FURTHER DAMAGE OR LIMITED DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING HOMES.

UM, SO THAT WAS A VERY BIG CONSIDERATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF MATH, UM, LIKE SHE MENTIONED, CHIEF MENTIONED, WE, UH, A TF AND FBI CHEMISTS WERE INVOLVED FROM QUANTICO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, CHECK AND RECHECK THE MATH TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, IS IT

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WAS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO, UM, DETONATE IT OUTSIDE OF THE HOME, WHAT GOES INTO THAT PROCESS OR WHAT GOES INTO THAT? YOU KNOW, UM, FIGURING OUT AND, AND DETERMINING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONATED ON SITE.

YEAH, CORRECT.

SO, SO WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW VOLATILE EACH CHEMICAL IS, RIGHT? SO YOU GO TO SAY, HOME DEPOT AND THERE'S CHEMICALS THAT CAN EXIST ON A SHELF.

UM, WHEN YOU START, UM, MANIPULATING OR MANUFACTURING, UH, THOSE CHEMICALS, THEY OBVIOUSLY BECOME MORE VOLATILE.

OFTENTIMES, UM, ON A ROUTINE BASIS, WE DO TRANSPORT, UH, SMALL QUANTITIES OF CHEMICALS OFFSITE.

WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A BOMB POT THAT WE PULL BEHIND OUR, OUR TRUCK.

SO, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN A POUND WE CAN TRANSPORT TO OUR EOD RANGE.

UM, THIS WAS SUCH A QUANTITY, UM, AND THE VOLATILITY OF THE, UH, CHEMICAL CONSIDERATION THAT WE DECIDED THAT THE SAFEST THING, UM, WOULD BE TO, UH, DO A CONTROLLED DETONATION INSIDE THE HOUSE SO THAT WE WEREN'T MOVING THIS ACROSS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, ENDANGERING ANYONE IN A VEHICLE, PEDESTRIANS OR ADDITIONAL HOMES.

AND THEN, UH, COULD YOU SHARE WHAT THE CHEMICAL WAS AT THE TIME? YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE ANY, UH, FURTHER DETAILS, UH, ABOUT THE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL MAKEUP OF THE EXPLOSIVES FOR THE NEIGHBORS OUT THERE.

I MEAN, ALL CLEARED SAFE OUT THERE NOW? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THEY WERE BACK IN THEIR HOMES.

UM, AND YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW SCARY THAT WHOLE SITUATION IS.

I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WAS THEY HAD CHILDREN.

SO THERE WERE CHILDREN IN THESE HOMES, UM, WHERE THIS MAN WAS MANUFACTURING AND MAKING THESE CHEMICALS.

SO VERY, VERY VOLATILE SITUATIONS.

SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UM, PEOPLE WERE BACK IN THEIR HOMES.

ONCE FIRE DETERMINED, UM, IT WAS SAFE, ELECTRIC AND WATER WAS RESTORED AND PEOPLE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES.

MAYOR, HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN THAT HOME? I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST, UM, THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE AND THE, THE ARRESTED IS THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE.

COULD THEY BE FACING ANY CHARGES? I DON'T BELIEVE SO AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR, GIVEN THIS INCIDENT YESTERDAY, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, THE BOND THAT WAS FOUND AT THE TESLA DEALERSHIP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UH, WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN ABOUT, UH, THEIR SAFETY AND HOW SAFE THEY SHOULD FEEL? WELL, THE REPORTS YOU JUST GOT OUGHT TO REINFORCE HOW SAFE PEOPLE CAN FEEL.

UM, WE, THAT WE'VE HAD A, A SITUATION THAT WE'VE NOW WALKED YOU THROUGH ALL THE DETAIL, WELL, NOT ALL THE DETAILS, BUT SUFFICIENT DETAILS OF THIS TO SHOW THAT, UH, THE REACTION WAS APPROPRIATE.

UH, IT WAS DETONATED IN A WAY THAT WAS SAFE.

UH, SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE.

AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A PD WORKING WELL AND WORKING WELL WITH PARTNERS, UH, WORKS TO KEEP THE, OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND AND ASSURE ITS PUBLIC SAFETY.

HOW MUCH TIME WAS GIVEN TO NEIGHBORS TO EVACUATE? I THINK ONCE THE OFFICERS GOT THERE AND DEC DECIDE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE, UH, CHEMICALS INSIDE, THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY, UM, TAKEN FROM THAT RESIDENCE.

AND AGAIN, KIND OF AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE MATH, HOW MUCH OF AN EXPLOSION OR CAN WE EXPECT THAT THAT WAS ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? SO PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM THOSE SURROUNDING HOMES IMMEDIATELY? LIKE WHAT HOURS BEFORE OR BEFORE THE ACTUAL DETONATION? OH YES.

IT'D BEEN HOURS BEFORE.

YES.

YES.

WHAT HAD ALRICH, UH, BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON? IT WAS BEFORE A BOMB.

NO.

WHEN WAS HE, WHEN WAS HE RELEASED? UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE WE HAVE THAT DATE.

YEAH, IT WAS SIX, ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.

SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AGO.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT, UM, I WANNA REITERATE WHAT THE CHIEF SAID ABOUT 9 1 1, REVERSE NINE ONE ONES.

UH, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.

THEY'RE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE AND, AND IN THIS CASE WAS A, A VERY IMPORTANT WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE.

AND SHE POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S A, UH, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR ALERTS BY GOING TO WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG, GET ALERTS.

AND BY THE WAY, WE ENCOURAGE THAT WHEN WE HAVE, UH, PRESS CONFERENCES ABOUT WEATHER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT ALSO APPLIES IN THIS CASE.

SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO THAT.

THAT'S ALSO, UH, PART AND PARCEL TO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT HOW WE KEEP OUR, OUR COMMUNITY SAFE? WELL, WE HELP, WE, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE WITH THE HELP OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE ASK PEOPLE, PLEASE SIGN UP SO THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION TO YOU WHEN WE MAY NEED TO GET INFORMATION TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN DO THINGS TO, TO ASSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, I, AGAIN, I WANNA REITERATE HOW PROUD I AM OF THE RESULTS OF THIS.

I WANT TO ALSO REITERATE THAT THE TWO INCIDENTS WERE UNRELATED.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO A PD AND TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

UH, THESE ARE PROS THAT DO KEEP US SAFE.

AND I I WANT TO GIVE 'EM A DEEP THANKS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

BUT A PARTY

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SAYING FREEDOM IS FREE OF THE NEED TO BE FREE.

YOU FREE TO SHAKE YOUR ROCK AND OVER.