First, members of the task force introduce themselves and talk about their expectations. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for attending the first public hearing and listening session on the president s task force on 21st Century Policing. My name is ronald davis. Im the director of the department of justices Community Organization policing services, also known as the cops office and im serving as the executive director for the task force. On december 1st president obama announced his intent to form the president s task force on 21st Century Policing with the idea of coming up with concrete recommendations to build a gap in the trust between Law Enforcement and the communities they serve. While the recommendations were to build trust, the president also made it clear to do so in a manner that includes our historic reduction in crime and enhanced Public Safety. When he signed the executive order, the president identified two coe shares to serve in this task force. To my
The president and thank him for what hes doing and a i pray we get a fair hearing on h. R. 5407. God bless you, brother, and i hope you continue to do what youre doing on the floor of the house. Mr. Jeffries thank you. Its now my honor and privilege to yield time, mr. Chair, how much time do we have remaining . The speaker pro tempore approximately 14 minutes are remaining. Mr. Jeffries let me now yield to my good friend, the distinguished congresswoman who represents the neighboring district at home in brooklyn, shes a fighter for justice, a voice for the voiceless, and its now my privilege to yield to congresswoman yvette clarke. Ms. Clarke hands up, dont shoot. I thank my colleague and friend, mr. Jeffries of brooklyn new yorker for his tremendous leadership both from brooklyn, new york, for his tremendous leadership both here in washington, d. C. , and in new york. I rise to join my colleagues in the congressional a black caucus to discuss being black in america and what the injust
If you cannot get through on the phone lines and want to make a comment, try social media. Twitter and facebook. You can make a comment. A lively conversation already taking place. Finally, you can send an email. We want to start off by showing you some of the local papers around the country. Some of the headlines they are featuring regarding Law Enforcement. Here is the denver post. When do police go too far . Here is the atlanta journalconstitution. Multiple police cases ignite national debate. In the arizona republic, they have an article about a local case. Family says dont focus on race and police killing. Here is the state out of columbia, south carolina. City to hold police more accountable. Where body cameras, get more training. Press, a nation started to protest. Stirred to protest. Here is the boston globe where protests were held last night with chance of justice. Herald, police cases converge to store national debate. Stir national debate. He cleveland situation report indi
Why dont they put the black cops in the black areas and put the white cops in the white areas . Try well, we always your demographics should be representative of your community. That is a lofty goal. People through the hiring process is not as easy as we hope for. Hirehought of trying to and recruiting in the demographics in your location is a goal that every agency should aspire to. We do believe that. Thank you for the thank you part. Deputy both young sheriffs and its a difficult time for them. They go out there every day and do their job. They made a choice to come to lawenforcement to make a difference. A thank you every now and then goes a long way. Host is there a disconnect on the racial lines between africanamericans and police . Guest in some areas, yes. Cast the bigto net, but in some areas, there are. The men and women of Law Enforcement come in a variety of different colors and shapes engenders. And genders the more we can be representative of archimedes, the better we wil
Perception and reality of states. G in the united build stronger relationships, ake a deep dive into our training and policies that need tpofpforth. Ce, and so we have 90 days, which is not a lot of time, but i think we can up with some solid recommendations for the resident and it probably is going to require more work partwards because the easy is writing a recommendation and hard part is implementing something. Im pretty confident we will be to have something on his desk within the time frame he would like to see it. In your several years in philadelphia what is a policy up ge that you have made there . Use of deadly force. Firing at , automobiles which a lot of banned for years. Here in philadelphia we had not done that. Put that in place. That is one that comes to mind immediately as it relates to use of force. We also made revisions in our training. Something back in 1998 when i was chief in washington, d. C. D. C. , working with the u. S. To help Museum Officers better understan