Have the recent events and the press response to those events had any kind of impact on your officers or made them more likely to employ strategies and tactics that might actually compromise their safety or the safety of the community . Sheriff clarke mr. Chair, congressman, without a doubt its part of the Tipping Point that i talked about. You know, we need balance obviously and obviously when we find balance maintaining is going to be more difficult. An officer delaying that thing thats telling him or her to do a certain thing that doesnt happen and may cost them their lives but let me say this about the use of body cameras. I am for this, the use of this technology. I think its a force multiplier. It can only help. But what ive been advising, i think were rushing into this because we will end up with a law of unintended consequences. There are privacy issues involved. It potentially could lead to fewer people wanting to come forward and cooperate with the police, especially in our n
Do they want more or less of a Police Presence . They complain more about the actions of the police or inactions of the police . Sheriff clark they ask for more. They complain about both and i think that is human nature. A want safer neighborhoods. They know they will have to have policing in these high crime areas to get that done. It is situational. They complain about slow calls for service responses. Things like that which can have an effect on a persons trust in their lawenforcement agency. In other words, we call but they dont come. It is fluid. It is situational. We deal with that i situational basis. Do your officers generally feel welcome comfortable in these communities . Sheriff clarke without a doubt. It is a hallmark of mind to create that relationship. I believe in the milwaukee area anyway, has a great relationship we dont have a great relationship with the criminal element. There is no doubt about that. But i think sometimes, this i believe it exists, this lack of trust
Attorney general eric holder did a study in conjunction with the National Institute of justice on traffic stop data. They found that when you use control factors that statistics and research require for legitimate findings any Racial Disparities are attributed to differences in offending. The studies showed that black drivers violated speeding and other traffic laws at much greater rates than whites. That conclusion of the study under eric holder led d. O. J. Might be ugly to some but is what the data and research have found. That same study showed that three out of every four black drivers said the police had a legitimate reason for stopping them. The same is true in arrest and incarceration data for africanamerican males. Participation rates in Violent Crime explain the disparity of why so many black males are locked up in prison. Black males are disproportionately involved in Violent Crime, and this violence is predominantly perpetrated against other black people. It is not the resu
Reimbursement or federal matching funding for that. Im not familiar with that specific case in anchorage. Ive been briefed in general on that program. If confirmed i want to understand, first of all how much money has been allocated. Whats the appropriation. And and are the resources that have been currently appropriated adequate to support the program. And then what are the ways in which that program operate. Whats the process for doing that. And how well understood is that process and how well has it been done. What id like to do is look at that, i promise to come back to you, senator, and tell you what you found afterwards. Great. That concludes the hearing. The hearing record will remain over for two week. During this time, senators are asked to submit anytitional questions for the record any additional questions for the record. Receipt, the members are requested to submit written responses in answers to the committee as soon as possible. I want to thanks admiral your desire to ser