SALINAS CITY LEADERS TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS TO STEP IN AND HELP FILL IN THE GAPS WHEN IT COMES TO CURBING GANG VIOLENCE. THEY SAY IT'S A BIG PART OF THE EQUATION IN HELPING TO REDUCING THE VIOLENCE .. AND THE FEAR. TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE COMES AS SALINAS POLICE RESPONDED TO TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS WITHIN HOURS OF ONE ANOTHER LAST NIGHT, BOTH ON THE CITY'S EAST SIDE. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. WE START WITH MAY CHOW LIVE IN SALINAS. DAN...ERIN..THE STATISTICS ARE GRIM AND UNFORTUNATELY... NOTHING SALINAS POLICE OR RESIDENTS HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BEFORE AND NOW, THERE'S A RENEWED EFFORT FOR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE BACK THEIR CITY. TONY 11:02-11:09 "what is our goal? A better Salinas, How we're going to do it? By you being part of the action, stop being a spectator, get in the ring." IT'S A MESSAGE THAT'S BEEN DELIVERED NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE ...AND NOW, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND POLICE ARE SAYING IT ONCE AGAIN AFTER SEVEN SHOOTINGS IN SEVEN DAYS. KELLY 11:28-11:38: "that is responsibility of salinas police department, removing most dangerous people from society, but everyone here has public safety responsibility." THE RECENT SPIKE IN VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY IN THE HEADLINES, BUT ALSO ON THE MINDS OF MANY IN SALINAS... AS MADE APPARENT AT CITY HALL THURSDAY MORNING, WHERE IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING. TONY 1:32-1:47: "you know, you keep hearing us say we don't have money, but we have resources, and that's the family, if mom and dad are vigilant for children who live at home, they do a lot of good for this community." AND THAT SENTIMENT ECHOED BY EDUCATORS, CHURCH LEADERS AND MAYOR JOE GUNTER, WHO SAYS RESIDENTS HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE CHARGE. JOE 13:33-13:42: "i'm not suggesting anyone arm themselves, that's why we have police, but i think people need to start taking back own city and not be ashamed of where they're from." TONY/TAPE 2 13:16-13:23: "let's not view salinas as a bad place to live, let's view it as what we can do to make it because we live here, this is our home." CHIEF KELLY MCMILLIN SAYS SALINAS IS SAFE...AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK, ARE THOSE CLOSEST TO GANGS. BUT THE ISSUE OF OFFICER SAFETY IN THE FOREFRONT, AS THOSE IN THE FORCE HAVE BEEN TARGETS IN RECENT SHOOTINGS...THE MOST RECENT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHEN OFFICERS WERE FIRED AT WHILE RESPONDING TO A BURGLARY ON KINGS AND ALISAL STREETS. TONY 7:02-7:09: "we should not accept that behavior, there is no reason why our police officers should be shot at." AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE RECENT SHOOTINGS ARE LINKED ...CHIEF MCMILLIN SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT ANY CONNECTIONS -- IF ANY -- AND FOLLOWNG UP... HE SAYS SOME ARE PROBABLY RELATED, SOME ISOLATED. HE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH C-H-P AND MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF'S ON DEPLOYING RESOURCES AND HOW BEST TO PATROL THE STREETS OF SALINAS. DAN... ERIN?### AS YOU HEARD AT TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE THE CITY MAY BE SHORT ON MANPOWER TO FIGHT CRIME.. BUT IT'S NOT SHORT ON RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND TEENS.. BUT HOW ACCESSIBLE ARE THEY? WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY WE GO TO ACTION NEWS REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ LIVE IN SALINAS.### I'M LIVE OUTSIDE "SUN STREET CENTER" ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS OFFERING SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND TEENS.. AND THE BEST THING ABOUT IT.. HELP IS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.. knowledge is power.. just ask jorge quiroz, who first heard about sun street centers when he was in the 8th grade.. 11:20 if they wouldn't have gone to my middle school I don't know where I would be right now I wouldn't be working here so that why I'm saying it's better when we go to talk to them the teenagers and parents that way they are aware of resources :36 now quiroz is an aid with sun street center .. a drug and alcohol prevention program and a resource center for gang intervention.. when teens and parents don't come looking for help.. sun street goes looking for them. Sylvia 15:10 that's why we go to the schools :11 that's why we do events do a youth summit for teens to get more involved to get to know more :18 we know knowledge is power and we want them to be powerful so that more they know the more powerful can be :22 27:58 I'm going to speak on behalf of those mothers that are working :01 and those parents that are working in the fields :04 at thursday's news conference regarding the violence in salinas.. Councilwoman gloria de la rosa said there are a lot of good programs out there to steer kids away from gangs and drugs.. But delarosa said every parent may not have access to them because of work.. On thursday Delarosa promised to bring back her neighborhood block parties.. Something positive in light of all the negative.. gloria 28:33 and I just want to let everyone know that we are going to have a big block party again :41 we're going to bring the community out again and bring those resources to the community because a lot of families do not know the resources that we all have :50 12:20 I just think the teens need to be aware of what to do in the community because there are a lot of things to do in the community a lot of positive things to do in community :30 EVERYBODY I TALKED WITH SAID THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR NOT GETTING HELP FROM THESE PROGRAMS.. LANGUAGE SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER MOST IF NOT ALL PROGRAMS HAVE BILINGUAL SPEAKERS..## IF YOU NEED A REFERRAL OR HELP FINDING RESOURCES CALL THE UNITED WAY's 2-1-1 HELP LINE. THEY HAVE A COMPLETE LIST OF INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.. THEY OPERATE 24-7 AND HAVE SPANISH OPERATORS..### CONTINUING
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