Jacob Frey: “We want police focused on catching murderers, stopping…”

“But if, even if that wasn't the case, I'm mayor, we have a chief of police, and we get to decide where to prioritize our limited law enforcement resources. We want police focused on catching murderers, stopping homicides, preventing carjackings. and quite simply, trying to search for undocumented immigrants is just not a threat to safety like the these other issues. When it comes to those types of sort of more violent crimes.” (01:13–01:21)

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