JOSEPH FOSTER, WHO IS A STUDENT
IN THE FIRST CLASS AT LINCOLN
UNIVERSITYS POLICE ACADEMY.
PROFESSOR HILL, LET ME START
WITH YOU AND WHY YOU DECIDED AN
HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY
NEEDED A POLICE ACADEMY?
>> IT CAME TO ME IN THE SENSE
THAT WE HAVE A LARGE MINORITY
COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS.
IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOOTPRINT, I THOUGHT
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO
START RECRUITING PEOPLE IN OUR
LOCAL POLICE ACADEMY AND
AGENCIES AROUND THE STATE.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
PERFECT BECAUSE OF LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY EAVES HISTORY,
BECAUSE OF OUR CRIMINAL PROGRAM
THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
IT JUST ALREADY MADE SENSE.
>> AND JOSEPH FOSTER, WHAT DREW
YOU TO THE POLICE ACADEMY?
>> WHAT DREW ME TO THE POLICE
ACADEMY FIRST AND FOREMOST THE
BIBLE TELLS US WE NEED TO BE
SERVANTS FIRST.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO SERVE PEOPLE
AND SERVE OTHERS IN THE
COMMUNITY AND AROUND ME JUST TO
BE AN IMPACTFUL PERSON THAT
PEOPLE CAN LOOK UP TO AND
SOMEBODY THEY CAN DRAW
INSPIRATION FROM.
SO JOINING THE POLICE ACADEMY IS
THE FIRST STEPPING STONE IN
BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AND
GETTING INTO A CAREER IN THE
FUTURE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> AND, CHIEF HILL, YOU ARE
USING NOW SOME OF THESE CASES
LIKE THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE AND
OTHERS AS TEACHING ELEMENT IN
YOUR POLICE ACADEMY.
HOW DO YOU USE THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD IN YOUR TRAINING?
>> SO WHAT WE USUALLY DO IS
WELL TALK ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS.
AND SO WE WILL USE THOSE VIDEO,
WHETHER IT BE FROM BODY CAM OR
SOMEONES CELL PHONE FOOTAGE AND
THATS WHAT THE RECRUITS WILL
WRITE THEIR REPORTS ON.
THEYLL WRITE THEIR REPORTS FOR
THEIR REPORT WRITING EXERCISES
BASED OFF WHAT THEYVE SEEN ON
THOSE VIDEOS.
WE USE THOSE AS TEACHABLE
MOMENTS SO AFTER THEY WRITE THE
REPORT, THEN WE DISCUSS WHAT
HAPPENED AND HOW IT EFFECTAFFECT
WERE TEACHING THEM IN THE
TRAINING PROGRAM.
WE TRY TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE
TEACH, HOW IS IT APPLICABLE TO
WHAT WERE TEACHING HERE AT THE
ACADEMY.
>> JOSEPH FOSTER, WERE GOING TO
SEE IN THE SUMMER, AUGUST 23rd
ANOTHER TRIAL, OF THE THREE
OTHER OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE
WHEN GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED.
THEYRE ON TRIAL BASICALLY FOR
NOT STOPPING WHAT DEREK CHAUVIN
WAS DOING AND NOT INTERVENING OF
GETTING THAT KNEE OFF GEORGE
FLOYDS NECK.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO, DO
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD I
HAVE DONE IF I WAS THERE?
>> YES.
IT ALL TAKES ACCOUNTABILITY ON
ALL OF OUR PARTS.
THEY ARE JUST AS GUILTY AS THE
PERSON THEY ALLOWED TO DO THAT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO
PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE
THE ONE TO SAY THAT, HEY, THATS
NOT RIGHT.
HEY, I NEED TO STEP UP AND DO
THE RIGHT THING.
THATS WHERE I FEEL
ACCOUNTABILITY COMES IN, NOT
JUST FOR YOURSELF BUT AS THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH AND THAT YOU HAVE
GIVEN THE OATH AND THE DUTY TO
SWORN AND PROTECT.
I JUST FEEL ACCOUNTABILITY
SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM INTUITION
TO SAY THIS ISNT RIGHT, WE NEED
TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT DO
AN IMPROPER VIOLATION OF PUTTING
OUR KNEE ON THIS NECK.
>> CHIEF HILL, WE ARE CONSTANTLY
SEEING FAILURES OF THIS POLICE
DRAINING IN THESE FILMS WERE
SEEING, INCLUDING BODY CAM
VIDEOS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS A GOOD RULE
AND TRAINING ON DEADLY FORCE BUT
WHEN THE MOMENT COMES OUT THERE
IN THE STREET, THE TRAINING
DOESNT WORK, INCLUDING THAT
CASE WEVE SEEN RECENTLY WHERE
THIS OFFICER APPARENTLY THOUGHT
SHE WAS REACHING FOR HER TASER
WHEN SHE WAS REACHING FOR HER
PISTOL.
>> YES.
AGAIN, YOURE RIGHT, LAWRENCE,
WEVE SEEN THAT TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
THE ISSUE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IS
WHAT WAS THAT OFFICERS MINDSET
AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN AN
INCIDENT LIKE THAT HAPPENS, WE
WOULD RESORT TO OUR LOWEST LEVEL
OF TRAINING AND WE HOPE THAT
THAT LOWEST LEVEL OF TRAINING IS
OUR BASIC TRAINING THAT ING THAT
IN THE ACADEMY AND OUR IN