STEP UP AND TAKE HIS PLACE WHEN THE TIME COMES OF THE CITY OF AURORA HAS BECOME A FOCAL POINT OF THE MIGRANT INFLUX IN COLORADO. AFTER RECENT WAVE OF VIOLENT CRIMES REPORTEDLY LINKED TO A VENEZUELA. AGAIN. FOX THIRTY-ONE'S ASHLEY MICHAEL SITTING DOWN WITH THE ROAR'S MAYOR MIKE COFFMAN TO TALK ABOUT IT THIS WEEK ON COLORADO POINT OF VIEW. >> EARLIER THIS WEEK WE TOLD YOU AURORA POLICE WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH BOTH THE COLORADO STATE PATROL AND COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO CREATE A NEW TASK FORCE AIMED AT DEALING WITH THE MIGRANT GANG PROBLEM. THERE HAVE BEEN SHOOTINGS, OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES REPORTEDLY TAKEN OVER BY A VENEZUELAN GANG CALLED FRIEND THAT OTTAWA OR TDA FOR SHORT. MAYOR COFFMAN SAYS THE PROBLEM IS WHEN VENEZUELA IS COME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. BORDER, THE U.S. CAN'T GET THEIR CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS LIKE THEY CAN WITH MIGRANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. I MEAN, SOME VIOLENT CRIMINALS ARE SETTLING HERE. BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY DID THE PROBLEM SEE MORE PREVALENT IN AURORA THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE METRO AREA LIKE DENVER? I THINK THE FOCUS IS ON RIGHT NOW. IS THAT? >> YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME BUILDINGS THAT WERE FAIRLY RUNDOWN IN PRETTY MUCH THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY SEEMS LIKE THE PATTERN IS OUT OF OR USE THE TERM SLUMLORDS WHERE I THINK WHAT OCCURRED IS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, APPROPRIATE 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE TO NONPROFITS. AND I THINK I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE CITY OF AURORA, THE NONPARTISAN CITY OR GOT. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CITY'S NEWLY NAMED POLICE CHIEF AND WHETHER OR NOT AURORA IS A SAFE PLACE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN CATCH THAT FULL