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Death. These are stories that do not have the luxury of turning away but they have to respond situations and take responsibility for it. This is what passes for normal in their report. The work at officers through today take a huge toll on the human mind and body and soul and many of her officers who suffer from it we continue to work to help others and they should receive psob benefits. They should receive these benefits as a result of turn four. I appreciate the opportunity and urge you to consider this as we move forward. Thank you for your testimony. Next well hear from Jonathan Thompson executive director of the National Sheriffs association. Good afternoon, members of the task force, thank you for inviting me to testify. Im currently serving as the executive director of the National Sheriffs association th ....
We have one on skype. Well start with chief zachery, the Public Safety director woodway, texas, and immediate past president of the International Association of chiefs of police. Yost, good to have you. Thank you, sir. Thanks for inviting me to testify today. My name is yost zachery, immediate past president of the im sorry i wasnt able to join you in person today. I intended to but my flights were canceled. I began Law Enforcement dispatcher woodway in 1979 and im still there today and currently serve as a chief and a director of the Public Safety department. One of my main duties as a chief is to ensure safety and wellbeing of my officers is there. This means making sure they have the proper training and equipment they need to do their job safely so they ....
Im proud to be a part of. Its jointly under the auspices of the cops office and the bureau of justice assistance. This is done tremendous good in training more than 15,000 officers across this country. Finally, hes increased the federal grant money thats gone to groups like ours and others who are focused on officer safety and wellness. Those are just some great examples of the leadership hes provided. I dont think its any coincidence that as a result of all of those efforts, the last two years now, weve seen fewer Law Enforcement fatalities than any year for the last 50. Thats a great credit to leadership and to this group and so many others focused on this issue. A lot more work clearly needs to be done. I look at canada as a great role model for us here in the United States. Ive attended their memorial service, two out of the last three years. Two years ago, they honored a ....
Prf. I hope they dont end with a report. I hope its a springboard to action. Thank you, mr. Pasco. Very interesting. Our last speaker on this panel is dustin smith. Hes president of the Sacramento Police officers association. Welcome. Good afternoon. And thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. What id like to first comment on is the fact that we create a large part of the publics perception of their local Law Enforcement. No manner of outreach can overcome what we create. Please let me define we. By we i mean the police unions, Police Departments and the governments. We need to take care of our own house through our relationships. My first example would be we need to discontinue the practice of tearing down each other publicly. Were no longer going to battle with my chief and my local governmen ....