Riggs Talk Plans, Goals for Public Safety Department

THE MAN IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOW OFFICIALLY ON THE JOB. TALKING ABOUT TROY RIGS HE HAD HIS FIRST DAY AS PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR YESTERDAY. HE JOINS US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS HE HOPES TO GET DONE. PAPERWORK. YOU COME UP WITH IDEAS AND SHUFFLE. WE HAVE THEIR FINISH, THOUGH. NUMBER. ALL OF THAT. WE WERE SHOWING VIDEO EARLY THIS MORNING YOU HAD GONE AROUND TO A FIRE STATION YESTERDAY AND TWO OTHER PLACES, TOO. FIRE STATION THAT WAS FIREFIGHTERS EMS PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL CONTROL. IT'S SOMETHING I LIKE TO DO. I FIND I GET THE BEST INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STREETS OF INDIANAPOLIS DAY. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM CLOSELY. YOU WANT TO HIT EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT GIS. I STARTED MEETING WITH OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND EMS PERSONNEL. THEY PULL ANY PUNCHES? THEY WERE VERY DEDICATED. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET. ON. YOU ARE JUMPING INTO THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT CONVERSATION. MY HISTORY REGARDLESS OF WHAT CITY I WORKED IN WE HAVE HAD BUDGET CUTS. YOU HAVE TO RETOOL. WE WILL NEVER USE IT AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO DO GOOD WORK. WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. WHAT SPECIFICS CAN YOU GIVE US? YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY US MONEY. EVERY DOLLAR IN OUR BUDGET IS ANOTHER DOLLAR THAT CAN GO TO GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET WE HAVE AND FINE TUNE IT. SECOND DAY ON THE JOB.