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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Happy Thursday. It is Coffee and Company. We
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Greenberg has rolled out his agenda ahead of the Kentucky
twenty twenty six legislative session, a blueprint that seems to
(00:43):
really focus on safety, housing, early learning, lifting up neighborhoods,
and things that you typically hear from Mayor Greenberg when
it comes to just his points of emphasis, but revitalizing
downtown and also just some big projects that also continues
to be something he's really pushing for, and those investments
(01:04):
I think are good ones for Louisville growing. Not to
say that it's the most important and most pressing thing
in this community. I'm not sure anybody would say that, obviously.
I'd say the main emphasis for Mary Greenberg is is
to try to tackle the issue we have with violent crime.
And there's been some really good progress made. There doesn't
mean that everything's okay. Clearly, we still have issues, always will.
(01:25):
There's never going to be a day we wake up
and there's no violent crime. That's just not reality. But
again I always emphasize what Chief Humphrey said not too
long ago, that there's no finish line. This is something
that even when there is some progress made, it doesn't
mean that you take your foot off the gas as
far as just doing everything, at all, everything you can
(01:46):
to proactively try to keep this place as safe as possible. So, again,
a lot of work has been done, and there's still
a lot of work to be done. But the revitalization
of downtown Louisville, I mean velvet irrinovation, that's a point
of emphasis here. The future of the human of building,
upgrades to the waterfront, Amphitheater and the Convention Center getting
(02:08):
a corridor investments to improve the lou Med district. So
I think Louisville like downtown Louisville, and I feel like
I come off the same way every time I bring
this up, and I need to find a way to
reframe it because I don't I don't want to make
it seem as if everybody that lives here is just
completely lost and doesn't know how awesome downtown is, because
(02:31):
I have no way of knowing that. I just I
take it from from folks that I that I that
are in my everyday life, that that don't come downtown
very often. And look, it may not be because they're
they're they don't. It may not be for any reason.
They just don't have there's no specific reason to come
downtown because they don't work downtown, and they're not just
gonna drive down here and drive around and look. But
(02:51):
I just I don't know. I think if you, if
you've rarely made the trip downtown for no reason in particular,
I would encourage you to find a reason to do
it right. Maybe go get down, maybe find you know,
take take have a night out and enjoy a lot
of the things that you can do when there's concerts
in town, different shows, that kind of stuff. Because the
better that downtown Louisville is as far as attracting tourism
(03:13):
and just being busy, that's that's better for everybody. So
something else that that I think you've you've probably been
able to pick up on since Mary Greenberg has been
been in his position is the emphasis of just making
Louisville a very attractive sports town. And I love sports,
i'd say those of you that know a little bit
(03:33):
about me and my background, sports big part of my life.
But it's also just a part of our culture here
and I think we have shown with different events that
we're able to to host. We really seem to shine
when those opportunities are there. As far as really just
making it appear that, hey, if you've got a big event,
you're looking for a place to have it, Louisville is
(03:54):
a city that should be on the radar for you.
I mean the PG I mean we had Skytie Scheffler
arrested by LMPD and it became really the story of
the event, maybe one of the bigger stories and sports
of the year. In fact, it was there's no maybe
to it, and yet there was still I think a
(04:14):
noticeable buzz about how the PGA in fact love being here.
And you know that's just one of the many events
that we've had. I mean, I cannot wait to see
how the UFL team does here with the Louisville Kings.
So again, in more investments there, I think could could
make it to where if we've got venues that are
(04:35):
set up to be tournament ready venues to attract major
and regional national events, that's good for everybody. So again,
when you talk about these things, if you mentioned one
of the points of emphasis, I know some will hear
it as if you're ignoring other ones. I mean, everybody's
got their opinion on what maybe should be prioritized more
(04:56):
than others. But still, if you want to take a
look at it, I know our part over at WLKY
they've got it up. It's the full rundown of what
Mayor Greenberg is looking at here when it comes to
this twenty twenty six legislative session. All right, quick update
of trafficking weather on the way stick with us. A
lot more to get into news radio eight forty whs
(05:17):
it is news Radio eight forty whas thanks for hanging
out with us here on a Thursday morning. Coffee and
company with you, and we are fueled by Thorntons. Keep
Thortons in mind, They've got you covered when it comes
to breakfast options because they have plenty of options different
breakfast sandwiches. They've got the croissant type of sandwich, the
standard biscuit, and also the breakfast sandwich where the bun
(05:39):
is French toast and those are those are delicious brick
biscuits and gravy. That's a newer breakfast item. So again
a lot of good options for you. Thorntons has what
you need to stay fueled for the day ahead. All right,
So what I want to talk about a little bit
later on is we all know what porch pirates are, right.
Porch pirates are those that just monitor a street to
(06:00):
see if packages are getting dropped off so they can
run up there and snatch them. And it must be
a beneficial thing because despite many of course getting caught,
it still is an issue. But we've got some tips
that we'll get to. We'll do this coming up a
little bit later on, around six forty five. As far
as tips to prevent ports, pirates. But before we get
(06:20):
into those tips specifically, this has to be one of
the many reasons why you see so many people out
there taking advantage of how convenient it is to get
your own security system like the ring doorbell cameras. I
don't know a lot about them as far as just
how they work, certainly not endorsing them, but they clearly
are affordable for a lot of folks and beneficial to
(06:42):
have and seemingly easy to set up. And if I
was somebody that was aware of that, I mean can't.
I can't put myself in the position of a thief
and a criminal because I'm not one. But maybe these
are people that just the thought of getting caught as
the last thing on their mind because they're just desperate
to go steal something to maybe get their next high
or something like that. But there's also there's probably also
(07:04):
elaborate UH systems that target specific items that they know
are going to be of high value, and they've got
ways to UH to to to you know, prevent being caught.
Because like even if you get if somebody's got a
hoodie on or something, and you could hide your face
and avoid being caught, but uh, it's it's still clearly
(07:24):
a real, a real concern for a lot of folks.
I don't think it's ever happened to us. We've never
had anything taken from the porch that that was that
was stolen by somebody. But again I know plenty of people.
Have you guys ever had any issues with that? John?
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Not at our house, but my my parents actually have
where they live. They don't live in a bad area.
They just have some some bad apples nearby.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Well, I hope I hope whoever did it gets caught,
they know who it is.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
They.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I think they've I think they've had done.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Why don't we go get justice for your parents? John.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
They're not like that. They just try to They try
to deal things with with the people face to face
if they when they had and.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
They're probably praying for them right and hopes that they
hopes that they they they figure out things in life.
You know, I don't want to sound holier than now,
because like anybody else, I've made mistakes and nobody's perfect.
And unfortunately, the people who do steal things, they're usually
it seems as if their life is uh is in
(08:23):
a way that that's just a means for survival. Now,
that doesn't give you an excuse to do it. And
certainly that's not everybody out here that is that is
stealing things. But there's not. There's not one specific thing
that occurred as a child that sticks with me. But
stealing just it. It's you know, if there's certain things
that I probably at times should feel bad about or
(08:44):
feel a certain way, and I don't even think about it.
The thought of stealing something that's not mine, that somebody
you know, paid for that they want it just it
It gives me the X. Yeah, I mean, but hey,
it happens. You know, people steal stuff every day, and
and honestly there's probably people who've been stealing stuff for
a while and they never get caught. I mean, it
is fascinating. If you go look at just some of
(09:06):
the shoplifting arrests, some you can tell that they're just
out here either with an elaborate plan and it's some
type of you know, organized crime, or it's somebody that's
just trying to survive. And there's some people that like,
you have money to pay for that, what are you doing?
So Yeah, anyways, porch pirate. With holiday season coming up,
those Amazon packages getting delivered. There's some things that we
(09:28):
can tell you, according to experts, that can keep that
from keep you from being a victim of those porch pirates.
Stick around. We've got traffic and weather updates on the way,
and a sports update as well. Not sure if we'll
get to it now with Scott, but I do want
to remind folks when it comes to college basketball something
that that oftentimes is forgotten this time of year, and
that is analytics metrics. You got to beat teams to
(09:49):
a certain amount if you want to continue to be
high in those in those rankings, which that's it's stupid
that it's that way, but it is that way, and
coaches have to be mindful of that. All right, Stick
around Right here, there's Radio eight forty whs. It's six
thirty six. Here there's Radio eight forty whas Coffee and
Company with you, and we are field about Thornton's appreciate
(10:11):
you hanging out with us. Nick Coffee. That's me John Shannon,
who just wrapped up a phenomenal newscast. He's now with
me here in studio to discuss the story yesterday that
you hit on, and that is how LMPD could get
the green light if you will. No pun intended to
better hold those accountable who are out here stealing vehicles,
which clearly is one of the many problems we.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Have, right and one of the issues with the car
thieves is lmpd's current chase policy is restricting them from
being able to go after these people. And with the
uptick in car thefts across all districts, this is hitting
all districts. This is not just one district. This is
even you've heard Tony Vendetti talking about his car and
(10:54):
his block got hit in Saint Matthew's. This is affecting
all districts and it's really getting the attention of the
district council, of the district council folks in those districts
because their constituents are upset about it, and so they're
looking for some changes to the policy.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Well, and you have to keep I would imagine there
are all different types of car thieves and and one
of those types is the elaborate plan who I mean,
it's an organized crime situation to where they're aware of
this policy, right, and they use that to better to
better get away with it, it seems.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Right, And a lot of these cars that are being
stolen are being used to commit crime murder, drug deals, kidnapping,
things like that across the city. They're using other people's
vehicles to do these, so it's it's a commission of
a crime that leads to another crime that that tends
to be more violent.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
So they and it's understandable that to just have some
level of a policy, regardless of what the policy is,
but there being something in place that says, hey, if
somebody has stolen a car, clearly a big offense, but
we don't want to put the rest of the community
at danger by chasing them, and we'll we'll just you know,
we'll use the information we have and try to catch
(12:06):
them later. But obviously catching them in the act that's
your best that's your best case scenario as far as
actually being able to you know, when when you see them,
but then you can't chase them, I mean, right, and
especially if they know that, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
And a lot of the cars are being stolen are
the hot rods that they can just step on that
gas pedal and and leave leave you in the cloud.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
At the same type of cars we heard about months
ago that were really being prioritized by the thieves. Yes,
because of a lot of reasons, one being they can
probably you know, get on out of there pretty quickly,
but also you know chop shops and just the resell
value that kind of stuff. I mean, when it comes
to the the vehicle thefts we've had here in Louisville,
the one a few in this this theft took place
(12:45):
long ago. But if you remember when they put the
vehicle through the crusher.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Yeah, that the hellcat uh Durango.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
And the reason they did that, other than just to
I guess send a message, is because that car had
so many difference that there was nothing you could do
from it. It had me so many stolen parts on it.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
It was funny listening to Chief Humphrey. He's said the
engine was from one car, the transmission was from another
one that had been stolen. There were suspension parts taken
from two other cars. It was a frankenstein of a
car that had close to like a thousand horsepower. So
the current policy is that they can only chase people
that have committed a violent felony. So someone breaks into
(13:19):
your house and steals stuff and they leave, or they
steal your car in the process. That's not a violent felony.
They steal your car, that's not a violent felony. They
have to commit some kind of physical assault or harm
to you before police can engage. Right now, what's being
proposed by and there's a bipartisan group, so this isn't
just one group in the city council. This's a bipartisan
group wants to change the policy. And one of the
(13:40):
leading voices on it is Council when Anthony Pagentini. And
what they're proposing is that the chases be allowed to
happen overnight, so say from midnight to four am, when
there's the least amount of traffic, least amount of possible
harm to innocent civilians, just somebody just driving trying to
get to or from work.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
And that that makes total sense, just because the the
the the reduction in traffic and just people out and about.
Uh and and also I love to see that it's
not surprising, just given what we're talking about here, that
this isn't Republican versus democrat. This is just hey, let's
let's make some adjustments here to a policy to better
hold people accountable and of course reduce you know, right again,
(14:22):
violent crime is specifically defined in certain ways. And I
get it. If you've stolen a car and you're just out,
you know, riding around, you're I guess technically you haven't
shown that you're a danger to somebody else. But still,
I mean, let's be real with ourselves. Those who commit
these types of acts, Let's not be shocked if we
find out that their background includes violent crime. As you
(14:43):
just discussed, a lot of these these thefts, these vehicles
are used in violent crime.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Yes, and and and you know it's with this bipartisan group.
What you're seeing is a reality that you and I
and and most people know is that you know, people
committing violent crimes don't care who you voted.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
For sure.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
It's it's going to happen across the board now. Right now,
all the city Council can do is suggest it. Pagentini
said he's going to put legislation forward, but to change
the policy, it's an executive branch decision at Metro, at
Metro City Hall, so it would have to come from
the mayor, from Chief Humphrey. Then, the proponents of the
current policies say that if you change it, and the
(15:20):
chases will will hurt possibly the officers and civilians, but
something obviously needs to be done. Yeah, because the thieves
know the loophole and they're taking advantage of it.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I think that's one of the factors in our violent
crime right now, that with the juvenile detention center not
existing and these you know, with until they get to
that threshold of being of somebody, that's that's that's kept
because they're facing attempted murder charges or murder charges, they're
right back out on the streets as juveniles, and then
they're right back out committing violent crimes, probably oftentimes for
(15:51):
they're being put to.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Work right by violent gangs.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
So look, the look, this is not new. Sometimes criminals
are really smart and they know how to to work
their way around things, and if they use their smarts
for good, they wouldn't be criminals. But yeah, some type
of threshold to where you give them a little bit
of leeway to apprehend somebody, but also again have that
thresholder where you can sense okay, we've reached a level
to where we need to call this off. But yeah,
(16:15):
right now, I guarantee of many of these guys and
girls out here committing these acts and stealing vehicles, they're
well aware once I get the car and I'm gone.
They're not going to chase me.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Yeah, And the overnight part makes sense because most of
this crime is happening at night, when people are asleep,
when there's less likely to be people out on the
streets that would stop them or report them, so many
be able to do those chases didn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Many many neighborhood Facebook groups across this city, this community.
I guarantee you, I'm talking to many of you right
now that if you're in one, you've had somebody share
the security footage, the ring doorbell footage from people just
roaming your streets and hoodies and masks and they're just
checking to see if they can get in your car
and steal stuff or maybe steal the vehicle itself so
(16:57):
they know they can get away with it. They're doing it. Yeah,
thank you, John, appreciate it. My man. Let's get to
a quick time out, shall we don't go anywhere. Keep
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more to get into so I hope you stick with us.
We'll talk a little sports coming up in just a
few minutes with Scott, and keep this thing rolling along.
We've got some more numbers with JCPS. Not necessarily their budget,
(19:29):
because that's a whole different issue, but some of the
test scores. We'll talk a little bit about that. And
I won't claim to be an expert because I'm not
on viewing numbers results, but just the data that we
do have, I think there's some obvious things you can
take from that. So again, we'll get to that in
a lot more. So stick around right here, Happy Thursday, everybody.
(19:49):
It's news Radiate forty whas
Good morning, Happy Thursday. It is Coffee and Company. We
are feel about Thornton's hanging out with you here at
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When you find yourself in a situation where distracted drivers
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turn things upside down for you, you're going to have
a lot of concern, worry, stress, that's what comes with it.
But one thing you don't have to worry about is
finding a personal injury attorney that's going to fight for you.
That's what Alex White and his team will do. So
check him out. Sue Distracted Driver dot com. So Mary
Greenberg has rolled out his agenda ahead of the Kentucky
twenty twenty six legislative session, a blueprint that seems to
(00:43):
really focus on safety, housing, early learning, lifting up neighborhoods,
and things that you typically hear from Mayor Greenberg when
it comes to just his points of emphasis, but revitalizing
downtown and also just some big projects that also continues
to be something he's really pushing for, and those investments
(01:04):
I think are good ones for Louisville growing. Not to
say that it's the most important and most pressing thing
in this community. I'm not sure anybody would say that, obviously.
I'd say the main emphasis for Mary Greenberg is is
to try to tackle the issue we have with violent crime.
And there's been some really good progress made. There doesn't
mean that everything's okay. Clearly, we still have issues, always will.
(01:25):
There's never going to be a day we wake up
and there's no violent crime. That's just not reality. But
again I always emphasize what Chief Humphrey said not too
long ago, that there's no finish line. This is something
that even when there is some progress made, it doesn't
mean that you take your foot off the gas as
far as just doing everything, at all, everything you can
(01:46):
to proactively try to keep this place as safe as possible. So, again,
a lot of work has been done, and there's still
a lot of work to be done. But the revitalization
of downtown Louisville, I mean velvet irrinovation, that's a point
of emphasis here. The future of the human of building,
upgrades to the waterfront, Amphitheater and the Convention Center getting
(02:08):
a corridor investments to improve the lou Med district. So
I think Louisville like downtown Louisville, and I feel like
I come off the same way every time I bring
this up, and I need to find a way to
reframe it because I don't I don't want to make
it seem as if everybody that lives here is just
completely lost and doesn't know how awesome downtown is, because
(02:31):
I have no way of knowing that. I just I
take it from from folks that I that I that
are in my everyday life, that that don't come downtown
very often. And look, it may not be because they're
they're they don't. It may not be for any reason.
They just don't have there's no specific reason to come
downtown because they don't work downtown, and they're not just
gonna drive down here and drive around and look. But
(02:51):
I just I don't know. I think if you, if
you've rarely made the trip downtown for no reason in particular,
I would encourage you to find a reason to do
it right. Maybe go get down, maybe find you know,
take take have a night out and enjoy a lot
of the things that you can do when there's concerts
in town, different shows, that kind of stuff. Because the
better that downtown Louisville is as far as attracting tourism
(03:13):
and just being busy, that's that's better for everybody. So
something else that that I think you've you've probably been
able to pick up on since Mary Greenberg has been
been in his position is the emphasis of just making
Louisville a very attractive sports town. And I love sports,
i'd say those of you that know a little bit
(03:33):
about me and my background, sports big part of my life.
But it's also just a part of our culture here
and I think we have shown with different events that
we're able to to host. We really seem to shine
when those opportunities are there. As far as really just
making it appear that, hey, if you've got a big event,
you're looking for a place to have it, Louisville is
(03:54):
a city that should be on the radar for you.
I mean the PG I mean we had Skytie Scheffler
arrested by LMPD and it became really the story of
the event, maybe one of the bigger stories and sports
of the year. In fact, it was there's no maybe
to it, and yet there was still I think a
(04:14):
noticeable buzz about how the PGA in fact love being here.
And you know that's just one of the many events
that we've had. I mean, I cannot wait to see
how the UFL team does here with the Louisville Kings.
So again, in more investments there, I think could could
make it to where if we've got venues that are
(04:35):
set up to be tournament ready venues to attract major
and regional national events, that's good for everybody. So again,
when you talk about these things, if you mentioned one
of the points of emphasis, I know some will hear
it as if you're ignoring other ones. I mean, everybody's
got their opinion on what maybe should be prioritized more
(04:56):
than others. But still, if you want to take a
look at it, I know our part over at WLKY
they've got it up. It's the full rundown of what
Mayor Greenberg is looking at here when it comes to
this twenty twenty six legislative session. All right, quick update
of trafficking weather on the way stick with us. A
lot more to get into news radio eight forty whs
(05:17):
it is news Radio eight forty whas thanks for hanging
out with us here on a Thursday morning. Coffee and
company with you, and we are fueled by Thorntons. Keep
Thortons in mind, They've got you covered when it comes
to breakfast options because they have plenty of options different
breakfast sandwiches. They've got the croissant type of sandwich, the
standard biscuit, and also the breakfast sandwich where the bun
(05:39):
is French toast and those are those are delicious brick
biscuits and gravy. That's a newer breakfast item. So again
a lot of good options for you. Thorntons has what
you need to stay fueled for the day ahead. All right,
So what I want to talk about a little bit
later on is we all know what porch pirates are, right.
Porch pirates are those that just monitor a street to
(06:00):
see if packages are getting dropped off so they can
run up there and snatch them. And it must be
a beneficial thing because despite many of course getting caught,
it still is an issue. But we've got some tips
that we'll get to. We'll do this coming up a
little bit later on, around six forty five. As far
as tips to prevent ports, pirates. But before we get
(06:20):
into those tips specifically, this has to be one of
the many reasons why you see so many people out
there taking advantage of how convenient it is to get
your own security system like the ring doorbell cameras. I
don't know a lot about them as far as just
how they work, certainly not endorsing them, but they clearly
are affordable for a lot of folks and beneficial to
(06:42):
have and seemingly easy to set up. And if I
was somebody that was aware of that, I mean can't.
I can't put myself in the position of a thief
and a criminal because I'm not one. But maybe these
are people that just the thought of getting caught as
the last thing on their mind because they're just desperate
to go steal something to maybe get their next high
or something like that. But there's also there's probably also
(07:04):
elaborate UH systems that target specific items that they know
are going to be of high value, and they've got
ways to UH to to to you know, prevent being caught.
Because like even if you get if somebody's got a
hoodie on or something, and you could hide your face
and avoid being caught, but uh, it's it's still clearly
(07:24):
a real, a real concern for a lot of folks.
I don't think it's ever happened to us. We've never
had anything taken from the porch that that was that
was stolen by somebody. But again I know plenty of people.
Have you guys ever had any issues with that? John?
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Not at our house, but my my parents actually have
where they live. They don't live in a bad area.
They just have some some bad apples nearby.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Well, I hope I hope whoever did it gets caught,
they know who it is.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
They.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I think they've I think they've had done.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Why don't we go get justice for your parents? John.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
They're not like that. They just try to They try
to deal things with with the people face to face
if they when they had and.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
They're probably praying for them right and hopes that they
hopes that they they they figure out things in life.
You know, I don't want to sound holier than now,
because like anybody else, I've made mistakes and nobody's perfect.
And unfortunately, the people who do steal things, they're usually
it seems as if their life is uh is in
(08:23):
a way that that's just a means for survival. Now,
that doesn't give you an excuse to do it. And
certainly that's not everybody out here that is that is
stealing things. But there's not. There's not one specific thing
that occurred as a child that sticks with me. But
stealing just it. It's you know, if there's certain things
that I probably at times should feel bad about or
(08:44):
feel a certain way, and I don't even think about it.
The thought of stealing something that's not mine, that somebody
you know, paid for that they want it just it
It gives me the X. Yeah, I mean, but hey,
it happens. You know, people steal stuff every day, and
and honestly there's probably people who've been stealing stuff for
a while and they never get caught. I mean, it
is fascinating. If you go look at just some of
(09:06):
the shoplifting arrests, some you can tell that they're just
out here either with an elaborate plan and it's some
type of you know, organized crime, or it's somebody that's
just trying to survive. And there's some people that like,
you have money to pay for that, what are you doing?
So Yeah, anyways, porch pirate. With holiday season coming up,
those Amazon packages getting delivered. There's some things that we
(09:28):
can tell you, according to experts, that can keep that
from keep you from being a victim of those porch pirates.
Stick around. We've got traffic and weather updates on the way,
and a sports update as well. Not sure if we'll
get to it now with Scott, but I do want
to remind folks when it comes to college basketball something
that that oftentimes is forgotten this time of year, and
that is analytics metrics. You got to beat teams to
(09:49):
a certain amount if you want to continue to be
high in those in those rankings, which that's it's stupid
that it's that way, but it is that way, and
coaches have to be mindful of that. All right, Stick
around Right here, there's Radio eight forty whs. It's six
thirty six. Here there's Radio eight forty whas Coffee and
Company with you, and we are field about Thornton's appreciate
(10:11):
you hanging out with us. Nick Coffee. That's me John Shannon,
who just wrapped up a phenomenal newscast. He's now with
me here in studio to discuss the story yesterday that
you hit on, and that is how LMPD could get
the green light if you will. No pun intended to
better hold those accountable who are out here stealing vehicles,
which clearly is one of the many problems we.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Have, right and one of the issues with the car
thieves is lmpd's current chase policy is restricting them from
being able to go after these people. And with the
uptick in car thefts across all districts, this is hitting
all districts. This is not just one district. This is
even you've heard Tony Vendetti talking about his car and
(10:54):
his block got hit in Saint Matthew's. This is affecting
all districts and it's really getting the attention of the
district council, of the district council folks in those districts
because their constituents are upset about it, and so they're
looking for some changes to the policy.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Well, and you have to keep I would imagine there
are all different types of car thieves and and one
of those types is the elaborate plan who I mean,
it's an organized crime situation to where they're aware of
this policy, right, and they use that to better to
better get away with it, it seems.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Right, And a lot of these cars that are being
stolen are being used to commit crime murder, drug deals, kidnapping,
things like that across the city. They're using other people's
vehicles to do these, so it's it's a commission of
a crime that leads to another crime that that tends
to be more violent.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
So they and it's understandable that to just have some
level of a policy, regardless of what the policy is,
but there being something in place that says, hey, if
somebody has stolen a car, clearly a big offense, but
we don't want to put the rest of the community
at danger by chasing them, and we'll we'll just you know,
we'll use the information we have and try to catch
(12:06):
them later. But obviously catching them in the act that's
your best that's your best case scenario as far as
actually being able to you know, when when you see them,
but then you can't chase them, I mean, right, and
especially if they know that, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
And a lot of the cars are being stolen are
the hot rods that they can just step on that
gas pedal and and leave leave you in the cloud.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
At the same type of cars we heard about months
ago that were really being prioritized by the thieves. Yes,
because of a lot of reasons, one being they can
probably you know, get on out of there pretty quickly,
but also you know chop shops and just the resell
value that kind of stuff. I mean, when it comes
to the the vehicle thefts we've had here in Louisville,
the one a few in this this theft took place
(12:45):
long ago. But if you remember when they put the
vehicle through the crusher.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Yeah, that the hellcat uh Durango.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
And the reason they did that, other than just to
I guess send a message, is because that car had
so many difference that there was nothing you could do
from it. It had me so many stolen parts on it.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
It was funny listening to Chief Humphrey. He's said the
engine was from one car, the transmission was from another
one that had been stolen. There were suspension parts taken
from two other cars. It was a frankenstein of a
car that had close to like a thousand horsepower. So
the current policy is that they can only chase people
that have committed a violent felony. So someone breaks into
(13:19):
your house and steals stuff and they leave, or they
steal your car in the process. That's not a violent felony.
They steal your car, that's not a violent felony. They
have to commit some kind of physical assault or harm
to you before police can engage. Right now, what's being
proposed by and there's a bipartisan group, so this isn't
just one group in the city council. This's a bipartisan
group wants to change the policy. And one of the
(13:40):
leading voices on it is Council when Anthony Pagentini. And
what they're proposing is that the chases be allowed to
happen overnight, so say from midnight to four am, when
there's the least amount of traffic, least amount of possible
harm to innocent civilians, just somebody just driving trying to
get to or from work.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
And that that makes total sense, just because the the
the the reduction in traffic and just people out and about.
Uh and and also I love to see that it's
not surprising, just given what we're talking about here, that
this isn't Republican versus democrat. This is just hey, let's
let's make some adjustments here to a policy to better
hold people accountable and of course reduce you know, right again,
(14:22):
violent crime is specifically defined in certain ways. And I
get it. If you've stolen a car and you're just out,
you know, riding around, you're I guess technically you haven't
shown that you're a danger to somebody else. But still,
I mean, let's be real with ourselves. Those who commit
these types of acts, Let's not be shocked if we
find out that their background includes violent crime. As you
(14:43):
just discussed, a lot of these these thefts, these vehicles
are used in violent crime.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Yes, and and and you know it's with this bipartisan group.
What you're seeing is a reality that you and I
and and most people know is that you know, people
committing violent crimes don't care who you voted.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
For sure.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
It's it's going to happen across the board now. Right now,
all the city Council can do is suggest it. Pagentini
said he's going to put legislation forward, but to change
the policy, it's an executive branch decision at Metro, at
Metro City Hall, so it would have to come from
the mayor, from Chief Humphrey. Then, the proponents of the
current policies say that if you change it, and the
(15:20):
chases will will hurt possibly the officers and civilians, but
something obviously needs to be done. Yeah, because the thieves
know the loophole and they're taking advantage of it.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I think that's one of the factors in our violent
crime right now, that with the juvenile detention center not
existing and these you know, with until they get to
that threshold of being of somebody, that's that's that's kept
because they're facing attempted murder charges or murder charges, they're
right back out on the streets as juveniles, and then
they're right back out committing violent crimes, probably oftentimes for
(15:51):
they're being put to.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
Work right by violent gangs.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
So look, the look, this is not new. Sometimes criminals
are really smart and they know how to to work
their way around things, and if they use their smarts
for good, they wouldn't be criminals. But yeah, some type
of threshold to where you give them a little bit
of leeway to apprehend somebody, but also again have that
thresholder where you can sense okay, we've reached a level
to where we need to call this off. But yeah,
(16:15):
right now, I guarantee of many of these guys and
girls out here committing these acts and stealing vehicles, they're
well aware once I get the car and I'm gone.
They're not going to chase me.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Yeah, And the overnight part makes sense because most of
this crime is happening at night, when people are asleep,
when there's less likely to be people out on the
streets that would stop them or report them, so many
be able to do those chases didn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Many many neighborhood Facebook groups across this city, this community.
I guarantee you, I'm talking to many of you right
now that if you're in one, you've had somebody share
the security footage, the ring doorbell footage from people just
roaming your streets and hoodies and masks and they're just
checking to see if they can get in your car
and steal stuff or maybe steal the vehicle itself so
(16:57):
they know they can get away with it. They're doing it. Yeah,
thank you, John, appreciate it. My man. Let's get to
a quick time out, shall we don't go anywhere. Keep
it locked. We've got trafficking weather updates on the way
here at news Radio eight forty whas. I'm not sure
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(17:19):
The technology that you see on the data, like, that's
what tells me how new a car is. I think
some models of vehicles, you know, to just at a
quick glance, you may not be able to necessarily tell
the difference in a twenty twenty three and a twenty
twenty five, but I could tell you where you might
be able to notice a difference is just you're getting
(17:40):
in there and in a brand new vehicle, the more
recent ones, the most the newest ones. They look like
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more to get into so I hope you stick with us.
We'll talk a little sports coming up in just a
few minutes with Scott, and keep this thing rolling along.
We've got some more numbers with JCPS. Not necessarily their budget,
(19:29):
because that's a whole different issue, but some of the
test scores. We'll talk a little bit about that. And
I won't claim to be an expert because I'm not
on viewing numbers results, but just the data that we
do have, I think there's some obvious things you can
take from that. So again, we'll get to that in
a lot more. So stick around right here, Happy Thursday, everybody.
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