Mourning the Loss of Officer Austin Machitar

JELLY ROLL OVER TO YOU. ALRIGHT, CHRISTY, THANK YOU. SAN DIEGANS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN MONDAY'S CRASH. SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN TOOK PRICE IS HERE TO HELP US ARE. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING SORRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOSS TO DEPARTMENT. THE CITY AS >> IF YOU CAN SHARE ANYTHING WITH US ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OFFICER MENTIONED HART, WHO WAS SO TO GET TO KNOW THIS YOUNG MAN. YOU KNOW, I WORK WITH A DIFFERENT DIVISION, BUT I ONE OF 3 CHAPLAINS AND OVERSEE THE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM. >> AND CHRIS CHADWICK WHOSE OUR NORTHERN CHAPEL WAS VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH THEM AND HAD WRITTEN WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES CHRIS WAS ON SCENE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL. AND CHRIS ALSO CAME OVER TO ME WITH THE FAMILY WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO THE PROCESSION TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. >> THE LOSS IS FELT SO TREMENDOUSLY. I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THEM AND YOU FEEL IT JUST FROM EVERYBODY IN SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW, JUST WITH A VERY, VERY HEAVY HEART. WHAT DO YOU SAY IT IT AT A TIME LIKE THIS ONE, A CHEST. YOU LIKE HOW ONE >> YEAH, THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WASN'T AT THE HANDS SOMEBODY WITH A GUN, AN EDGED SOME KIND OF AN OBJECT. THIS ONE KIND OF CAME OUT OF THE BLUE WITH SWAT OFFICERS DO EVERY DAY WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT OR A SUSPECT. CAR. THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND THE GOING SLOW. AND NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, SOME BLIND SIDE, SOME. SO THAT WAS PART OF I THINK, WAS THE SHOCK AND THE METHOD THE WAY THAT HE DIED. BUT ANY TIME WE LOSE ONE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS ARE OFFICERS OR DEPUTIES. IT'S A SHOCK NOT JUST TO THAT AGENCY BUT THE REGION AND REALLY NATIONALLY. I THINK PART OF THE APPRECIATION FOR FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND ANYONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STEPPING INTO A ROLE THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES WITH GREAT RISK YOUR LIFE IS AT RISK EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU GO TO WORK. YOUR JOB. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT HUBS OUT THERE WHEN YOU GET OUT TO THE SCENE LIKE THIS, YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER CHAP AND WAS THERE. THE FIRST THING YOU DO? WHAT IS YOU COMFORTING OTHER OFFICERS? ARE YOU COMFORTING? WHAT DO YOU DO? AND IT STARTS BEFORE THAT. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR OFFICERS WERE RIDE WITH THE LEGAL LINE. RUSSELL, WE DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE TRUST AND CREDIBILITY. WHEN WE COME ON A LITTLE FAMILIAR, WE ARE PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION WITH THE OFFICERS. WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT REPORT. SO WE DO A LOT OF LISTENING. THERE ARE NO WORDS ARE ABSOLUTELY NO WORDS THAT HELP IN THIS MOMENT. WHAT HELPS IS THE RELATIONSHIP AND ALONG THE WAY, THE COMPARE THAT WITH THE COMPASSIONATE CARE WORK WITH A VERY ROBUST WELLNESS UNIT WITH SUPPORTERS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH FOCUS PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE, ALSO HELP THE FAMILIES AS WELL. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HE HE'S A HE'S A SAN DIEGO KID, GROWN-UPS, A 10 DAY COUNT HIS FAMILY WAS IN HIS FAMILY STILL HERE. YES, YOU TALK TO THEM. I MEAN, HOW DO HOW DO YOU JUST DEAL WITH YES, I SPENT HOURS AND HOURS WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIS SISTER AT THE THAT NIGHT. JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SALT OF THE EARTH. PEOPLE. AND YES, WE PROVIDE SERVICES NOT ONLY FOR THE OFFICER, BUT FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, THEIR KIDS, ANYONE THAT LIVES UNDER THEIR ROOF. ALL OF THOSE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO SITE WAS EXITING THAT MORNING. AND I COULD SEE ALL THE >> POLICE CARS JUST LIGHTING UP THE SKY. AND I WONDERED AT THAT MOMENT JUST BEFORE I KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE, WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THAT MOMENT? CAN YOU TAKE US THERE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OFFICERS AND WITH PEOPLE WHO WORK IN, EMERGE RESPONSE TO SEE SO MUCH. YOU SEE SO MUCH OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEE. >> BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT MOMENT AND THEN IN HINDSIGHT, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE VIDEO AND THE PICTURES ALL OF US ARE. WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE THERE WHEN YOU WERE ON THE SCENE? >> OUR OFFICERS DEAL WITH THE CREATIVITY OF ALL OF SOCIETY EVERY DAY OUR OFFICERS ARE ATTACKED, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALLED 11 99 TO GET PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL GET PEOPLE FROM ORANGE COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY THAT HERE THAT NO COME WHEN OFFICERS IN DISTRESS, WE ALL WE LOSE THE UNIFORM AND EVERYBODY COMES TO THEIR AID. SO IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE BROTHERHOOD. SISTERHOOD. WHEN YOU COME TO AN EVENT LIKE THAT, WHETHER WHETHER IT'S A GOOD DEFENDER BATTLE. BUT THIS ONE OBVIOUSLY IS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. BUT EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER TO HELP AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP. AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU SEE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. OUR CHIEF ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE VOLUNTEERS WERE SUPPORTED TO GIVE THE OFFICERS WHO ARE IN NEED AND THOSE TRAGEDIES, WHATEVER THEY DO NEED WE LOST AUSTIN. BUT WE KNOW THAT EXACTLY. MARTINEZ, THE OTHER OFFICER >> IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. LIZ IS THERE COVERING THAT. HE'S STILL FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. EXTENSIVE INJURIES, AS THE CHIEF SAID YESTERDAY. YOU TALK TO FOLKS AND TERMS LIKE IT'S HIS FAMILY HERE AND WHAT YOU SEE THEM BECAUSE THAT'S A FIGHT THAT THAT THAT INVOLVING EVERYONE AT THIS POINT. YES, I KNOW THAT A FAMILY MEMBER FLEW IN YESTERDAY FROM I BELIEVE HIS HOME STATE, NOT ONLY IS A FAMILY MEMBER THERE, BUT WE HAVE OFFICERS THERE AROUND THE CLOCK WILL NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE. >> SAME WITH BOSTON. WE HAVE A HIRE CAR THAT HAS BEEN WITH AUSTIN SINCE WE TOOK HIM TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. WE DO NOT LEAVE OUR WARRIORS BEHIND. >> AND YOU MENTIONED THIS AND I HAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDS. TEXT ME WHAT WE WERE DOING THE STORY YESTERDAY. THE MINUTE YOU SAW THE PROCESSION, ALL THE OTHER POLICE CARS AND A MOTORCYCLE LINED UP BEFORE THEY HAD EVEN STARTED. SO THEY STARTED TO SO THAT'S THE SUPPORT. AND THAT IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT. BUT FROM THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE CITY. SO