00:00Williams, who served six years as Commissioner of Police says, was
00:05the proposed legislation was not a cure-all. It would have been a meaningful step.
00:10Toward disrupting criminal activity and strengthening public safety.
00:15He argues that incremental progress is preferable to inaction, particularly...
00:20...as communities continue to grapple with violent crime.
00:25Major concern would have been some key provisions in the bill.
00:30For which some of them made suggestions as to what could have been...
00:35...done to soften impact and to have better...
00:40...oversight. And in some instances...
00:45...you know, it's useful to adjust and compromise.
00:50Half a cake is better than none. Right now we have none.
00:54He tells the morning...
00:55...addition. The outcome may have been different...
00:57...had there been greater willingness to refine...
01:00...the legislation, noting that calls for amendments...
01:03...were not fully addressed.
01:05Still, Williams says, all is not lost, pointing out that elements...
01:10...of the framework can still guide government action against criminal networks.
01:15There are seizures, which exist in that drive...
01:20...for which the government without legislation could seek.
01:25...to implement some changes.
01:29So...
01:30...the bill hasn't been passed.
01:31...but that shouldn't be the door shut.
01:34...um...it's...
01:35...a situation where you are exploring.
01:38How do we move forward?
01:40The former commissioner also stresses that effective crime-fighting...
01:45depends on properly resourced and empowered police officers.
01:49Separately,
01:50he weighs in on the recent fatal police shooting now under investigation and the
01:55criticisms levelled against sitting top cop Alistair Gurau for
02:00his decision not to suspend.
02:02For me though, if
02:05I do in fact have in my possession
02:10videos which could counter the narrative which is
02:15out in the public domain, I would put it out so that the public could have an act.
02:20I would like to access those videos so that you could have a balance in the opinion and
02:25the discussions that I think can please.
02:28Responding to the continued public call
02:30for suspension, Williams says. His years at the helm of the police service
02:35give him clear insight into how such incidents are typically handled.
02:40noting that removals from active duty are not standard practice in every police
02:45involved shooting.
02:46There have been so many incidents.
02:50Involving police and people shootings and whatever.
02:55Alistair Gurau, there's only enough few incidents.
02:58Officers would have been.
03:00removed from active
03:02beauty.
03:03So that is why I'm...
03:05I'm seeing...
03:06And I'm on authority on it.
03:08Six years in office.
03:10In the modern police
03:11service, there's no one who
03:13has spent six years in that
03:15office so I can speak
03:16authoritatively on it and say
03:19that is not...
03:20Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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