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"WEBVTT IS CRIMINAL IN NATURE. IT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TOOK PLACE AND DID WHAT. -- AND WHO DID WHAT. AND TO DETERMINE WHO, IF ANYBODY, VIOLATED CRIMINAL LAWS.THAT IS THE SLED INVESTIGATION. THE SECOND INVESTIGATION IS AN INTERVAL THERE'S INVESTIGATION. -- AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION. WE INVESTIGATE A EMPLOYEE'S COMPLIANCE TO THE RULES. UNLESS AND UNTIL FORENSICS SUGGESTS THAT AN OFFICER HAS DISCHARGED HIS FIREARM, WE DON'T HAVE A DISCHARGE SITUATION. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT TO TO JUST THAT WOULD SHAPE UP ANY DIFFERENTLY. IF AND AS IT DOES, WE WILL KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED AND WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT IT APPEARS , HOWEVER UNFORTUNATE AS IT MAY BE, THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO WERE OUT CONDUCTING A FIELD CONTACT PURSUANT TO INFORMATION THEY HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT MR. MACKEY TRYING TO OBTAIN A FIREARM. AND MR. MACKEY FLED, WE GAVE PURSUIT. WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING ANY FORCE AND WITHOUT EXACTING ANY FORCE, OUR OFFICER WAS SHOT AND KILLED. AND THEN MR. MACKEY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. THAT WOULD BE THE SUM OF IT AT THIS POINT UNLESS AND UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION REVEALS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I THINK THAT IS THE TRAJECTORY OF THE INVESTIGATION. I WILL SAY THIS -- OFFICER JACOBS HAS PARENTS THAT LIVE NEARBY. HE HAS A WIFE, AND TWO BOYS AND OTHER FAMILY IN OUR AREA. MY HEART, THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, AND EVERYBODY HERE -- OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THAT FAMILY, TO HIS WIFE, HIS CHILDREN, HIS PARENTS. THIS IS EVERYONE'S WORST NIGHTMARE. HE IS OUT DOING OUR WORK. HE IS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND HE IS WORKING TO TRY AND KEEP US SAFE. IT IS A SAD DAY FOR GREENVILLE. IT IS A SAD DAY EVEN MORE FOR HIS FAMILY AND FOR OUR FAMILY IN THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL TELL YOU, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT HAS COME IN. WE WILL WORK TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY AS THEY WORK THROUGH THIS. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO HELP THE FAMILY THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE OFFERED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY. AND ALTHOUGH WE GENERALLY DON'T REACH OUT AND SOLICIT FOR ANYTHING, AND I AM ON SOLICITING -- I WOULD ASK -- I AM NOT SOLICITING -- I WOULD ASK YOU PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON THOSE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED TO CALL US. THERE IS AN ACCOUNT THAT TD BANK HAS SET UP FOR THE FAMILY. IF ANYBODY IS SO INCLINED TO DONATE ANY FUNDS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO HIM ON HIS BEHALF. IF YOU WOULD GO TO A TD BANK AND DO THAT, THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. IT'S THE ALAN JACOBS FUND. THEY WILL DEPOSIT THE MONEY THERE AND IT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILY TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THIS TIME. I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RAISE HER HAND AND I RECOGNIZE YOU. OTHERWISE, IT CAN BECOME DIFFICULT. YES SIR? >> CAN YOU ELABORATE ON A MACKEY'S CRIMINAL RECORD? HE IS A SELF-DESCRIBED GANG MEMBER. WHAT KIND OF A WEAPON WAS HE LOOKING TO OBTAIN? AND WHAT KIND OF THREAT AS HE POSED IN THE PAST? CHIEF MILLER: MR. MACKEY IS 17 YEARS OLD. HE WAS ARRESTED AS A JUVENILE. HE WAS ARRESTED IN 2015 FOR CONVICTED CHARGES AS AN ADULT. HE WAS CONVICTED IN JULY OF A STRONG-ARM ROBBERY. THE PRIOR HISTORY IS VIOLENT HISTORY. BUT IT OCCURRED UNDER AGE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT UNDER LAW I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. >> HAD THERE BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY OR BEHAVIOR? CHIEF MILLER: WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PIECES OF INFORMATION COMING TOGETHER. WE IN THE COUNTY ARE JOINTLY WORKING A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS BETWEEN INTER-GANG VIOLENCE AND INTRA-GANG VIOLENCE. HIS NAME HAS SURFACED IN THAT RESPECT, YES. >> IT HAS BEEN RUMORED ALREADY HE WAS WANTED-- [INAUDIBLE] CHIEF MILLER: HIS NAME HAS SURFACED IN THAT, BUT IT IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT. THERE ARE STRUGGLING, IT IS TOUGH. IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE WE LOST AN OFFICER. FOR MANY OF OUR OFFICERS, MOST OF THEM, THEY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE PEER SUPPORT. OUR POLICE CHAPLAINS ARE ONE WONDERFUL. THEY ARE PASTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS MULTICULTURAL. AND IT IS MULTIPHASIC. -- MULTI FAITH. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE WITH US ALL DAY AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THEY ARE PROVIDING GREAT COUNSELING FOR OUR OFFICERS THAT NEEDED. WE ALSO HAVE A PURE SUPPORT TEAM. -- A PEER SUPPORT TEAM. WE HAVE REACHED OUT THROUGH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR THROUGH THE CITY TO OUR POLICE PSYCHOLOGIST TO SEE IF SHE CAN HELP. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THE PIECES IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THE INTERNAL SUPPORT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO PLAN NOW FOR WHAT TAKES PLACE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. YES MA'AM? [INAUDIBLE] THE QUESTION WAS, WAS THEIR BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE? AT THIS POINT, BOTH OFFICER JACOBS AND OFFICER BRIAN HAD THE CHEST MOUNTED CAMERAS. THEY ARE NOT THE MOST RELIABLE ONES. WE ARE TRYING TO REPLACE THEM . BUT THE BODY CAMERAS WERE BODY MOUNTED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ON OR WEREN'T. THEY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY SLED. THEY ARE WORKING WITH US TO DOWNLOAD THEM. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE BODY CAMERA THAT OFFICER JACOBS WAS WEARING WAS BROKEN. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. IT'S BROKEN INTO AT LEAST A COUPLE OF PIECES. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL ABLE TO DOWNLOAD TO DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION FROM THAT. WHETHER IT WAS ON AT THE TIME, OR IF WE CAN'T DOWNLOAD IT, WHETHER THE MANUFACTURER CAN HELP US. THOSE ARE ALL STEPS WE WOULD TAKE. YES SIR? >> [INAUDIBLE] CHIEF MILLER: TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE INVESTIGATION, I HAVE TO LIMIT MY CONTACT -- MY CONTEXT ON THAT. IT IS SLED'S INVESTIGATION. BUT OUR OFFICERS WERE FOCUSED ON LOCATING HIM TO TALK WITH THEM. BECAUSE OF CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING THE ACQUISITION OF A FIREARM THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN IN A ROBBERY. YES SIR? >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RESTRAINT USED? THIS SEEMS LIKE A TALKING ELEMENT. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE GUN WAS IN ITS HOLSTER THE WHOLE TIME. CHIEF MILLER: I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON INJURIES THAT OFFICER JACOBS SUSTAINED, HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RE-HOLSTER HIS WEAPON, HAD HE DRAWN IT. ALL OF THE ROUNDS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR. I CAN TELL YOU, FROM A RESTRAINT STANDPOINT, THE OFFICERS HAVE TO DO THEIR JOBS. THEY HAVE TO ENGAGE PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOBS."
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