ELUDING POLICE.
BACK TO YOU.
EMILY: THANK YOU.
ONTARIO OREGON'S CHIEF OF POLICE
IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER A
LAST-MINUTE SNOOP DOGG CONCERT
THERE.
IT'S A STORY THAT MADE NATIONAL
HEADLINES OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND TONIGHT, KOIN 6 TALKS TO THE
CHIEF ABOUT HIS CONCERNS, AND
WHAT THE COMPANY IS SAYING ABOUT
THE BIG EVENT.
OUR DAN TILKIN HAS THE LATEST.
THESE ARE EVENTS YOU PLAN FOR
MONTHS IN ADVANCE, NOT A DAY IN
ADVANCE.
REPORTER: THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN
ONTARIO OREGON, SPEAKING OUT TO
KOIN 6 NEWS TODAY, CONCERNED
THAT A LAST-MINUTE SNOOP DOGG
CONCERT OVER THE WEEKEND HAD THE
POTENTIAL TO GET OUT OF HAND.
WE DODGED A BULLET HERE THIS
PAST WEEKEND, WE GOT LUCKY.
REPORTER: CHIEF STEVEN ROMERO
SAYS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST CONCERNS
IS HAVING ENOUGH STAFF IN CASE
SOMETHING GOES WRONG, LIKE THE
LAS VEGAS MASS SHOOTING TWO
YEARS AGO.
IMAGINE THAT SAME INCIDENT
OCCURRING HERE IN ONTARIO,
OREGON.
A DEPARTMENT THAT ONLY HAS 23
SWORN OFFICERS.
REPORTER: AND HE ADDS, A SNOOP
DOGG CONCERT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE
QUALITIES.
THE PLANNING LOOKS VERY
DIFFERENT FOR A SNOOP DOGG
CONCERT AS IT WOULD FOR A BARRY
MANILOW CONCERT.
REPORTER: HOTBOX FARMS HOSTED
THE CONCERT TO CELEBRATE THE
OPENING OF ITS RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.
CO-OWNER STEVEN MELAND SAYS,
THEY DIDN'T GET MUCH HEADS UP
ABOUT THE RAPPER'S AVAILABILITY.
TIMING CERTAINLY COULD'VE
BEEN BETTER, AND WE ANTICIPATE
THAT WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN THE
FUTURE.
REPORTER: HE UNDERSTANDS THE
CHIEF'S CONCERNS, BUT FEELS LIKE
THE CONCERT WAS A BIG
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EASTERN
OREGON TOWN.
I CERTAINLY ECHO THOSE
CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, SO IT WAS
A HUGE
ECONOMIC BOON FOR THE CITY.
REPORTER: AND THE COMPANY IS
HOPING TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS,
SINCE THEY PLAN TO HOST MORE
CONCERTS IN THE FUTURE.
THIS WAS THE FIRST EVENT THAT
WE HAD THROWN HERE IN THE AREA,
AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME
WITH IT.
EMILY: DAN TILKIN REPORTING.
CHIEF ROMERO IS WORKING WITH THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO FIGURE
OUT IF ANY ACTIONS MAY BE TAKEN
AGAINST HOTBOX.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT DOESN'T
ANTICIPATE THAT, AND THEY'RE
MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP PAY
FOR ANY OUTSTANDING COSTS TO THE
CITY AND THE PUBLIC.
JEFF: WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
KOIN 6 HAS A NEW STATE OF THE
ART ANTENNA, WHICH MEANS YOU
