If he's truly interested in reducing parolee crime, he should show up and attend these meetings.

We're taking this very seriously. From the outset the (department) director (Patricia Caruso) has been clear that she wants this to be done as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. We have made the problem a top priority.

These are human beings who have a long history of failing to comply with laws, and were not going to say this is a cure-all. But we hope we can see at least a modest reduction.

We will definitely extradite him back once he’s healed up from his injuries and dealt with his charges there. He’s still an escaped prisoner from our area.

There's not a shred of truth to that.

In any case, if there's information a parolee is using drugs or alcohol, that is definitely something we would like to know.