AMID THE PUBLIC OUTCRY, A
CALL FOR REFORM AND MORE
TRANSPARENCY FROM POLICE.
REPORTER: IN RESPONSE TO
PROTESTS, OVERSIGHT BILLS WERE
PASSED.
WAS THIS USE OF FORCE
JUSTIFIED?
ALL THE GOODWILL YOU TRY TO
PUT INTO THE BANK EVERY DAY OF
THE WEEK, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
THIS DEPARTMENT IS MAKING
DEPOSITS.
REPORTER: EVEN IF THE
DEPARTMENT WORKS TO TAKE TWO
STEPS FORWARD FROM SUCH
DAMAGING VIDEO, IT ALMOST
ALWAYS SEEMS MORE FOOTAGE
SURFACES TO PUSH POLICE ONE
STEP BACK.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IN
RESPONSE TO IT IS FIGHT TO PUT
THAT GOODWILL BACK INTO THAT
ACCOUNT.
THERE IS A BIT OF MOMENTUM
RIGHT NOW AS A RESULT OF THE
EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR AND A
HALF.
REPORTER: DOUGLAS WISEMAN IS
THE COMMANDER OF POLICE.
HOW DIFFERENT IS IT FROM
2001 TO NOW?
IT'S THE INTENSITY THAT HAS
GONE UP.
WE TRAIN MORE.
THERE IS A GREATER EMPHASIS ON
DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES.
AFTER 2001 WE WENT INTO AN
ELECTRONIC DATABASE SYSTEM.
IT CALCULATED PATTERNS OF
CONDUCT FOR US BASED ON USE OF
FORCE REPORTS.
REPORTER: IT WAS A NEW WAY
TO MONITOR OFFICERS.
HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO YOU
HAVE?
HOW MANY PURSUITS? THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS AND THAT
IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT
HAS HAPPENED.
REPORTER: IN MAY CLEVELAND
AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
REACHED AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL
OVERSEE CHANGES IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE REAL
REFORM THAT WILL BE
SUSTAINABLE.
THIS AGREEMENT IS A MAJOR STEP
IN GETTING THAT. WE WANT ALL
OFFICERS TO BE TRAINED BECAUSE
THERE ARE COMPONENTS WITHIN
INTERVENTION TRAINING THAT
OFFICERS CAN USE IN EVERYTHING.
REPORTER: OFFICERS IN
CLEVELAND NEED TO JUST LOOK
ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE CITY OF
DETROIT FOR ANSWERS AS TO WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO DEAL WITH FEDERAL
OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
ONE THING CLEVELAND CAN LEARN
FROM DETROIT
THEY GROW UP BEING SCARED OF
THE POLICE.
REPORTER: A CITY'S JOURNEY.
WE ARE NOT USED TO SEEING
YOU GUYS.
YOU SCARED US.
REPORTER: IN DETROIT THAT
ROAD HAS BEEN GOING 12 LONG
YEARS.
THE SERGEANT ADMITS THAT
OVERSIGHT HAS HAD A BIG IMPACT
ON MANY OFFICERS.
THEY ARE NOW REQUIRED TO WEAR
BODY MICROPHONES.
TRAINING HAS DOUBLED.
YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY WITH A
WEAPON EVERY SIX MONTHS AS
OPPOSED TO BEFORE EVERY YEAR.
HAVING TO GO TO TRAINING MORE
OFTEN.
BEING TRAINED MORE ON CULTURE
AWARENESS.
BEING TRAINED MORE ON HOW TO
HANDCUFF SOMEBODY.
BEING TRAINED ON HOW TO
APPROACH PEOPLE.
REPORTER: ON TUESDAY THE SAN
DIEGO CITY COUNCIL GAVE THE GO-
AHEAD TO BUY 144 MORE BODY
CAMERAS.
THE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS
EVERYONE'S BEHAVIOR IMPROVES
WHEN THEY KNOW THEY ARE BEING
RECORDED.
OFFICERS WANT TO USE FORCE
AS A LAST RESORT.
THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE
SUSPECTS ACTIONS.
WHEN OUR OFFICERS KNOW HOW
CLOSE WE LOOK AT IT, THEY
POLICE THEMSELVES BETTER, AND
THEY ALSO POLICE THE OFFICERS
AROUND THEM BETTER.
REPORTER: BUT WILL IT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS?
WE HAVE VARIABILITY IN TERMS
OF HOW THEY KEEP THEIR RECORDS,
LOCAL LAWS, LOCAL POLICIES.
SO ALL OF THESE PRESENT
CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF
COLLECTING A STANDARDIZED
UNIFORM COLLECTION ON USE OF
FORCE.
THE FBI HAS FOR DECADES
COLLECTED AND PUBLISHED DATA ON
OFFICERS ASSAULTED AND INJURED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
IF YOU CAN COLLECT DATA ON ONE
SIDE, YOU SHOULD COLLECT ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.
IT HAS BEEN A TURBULENT YEAR
FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE HELPED
MAKE POSITIVE MOVES FORWARD.
WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO
NORMAL.
THAT IS A STRUGGLE.
BECAUSE NORMAL WAS NOT WORKING
FOR EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE TO FIND A NEW NORMAL
WHERE MORE PEOPLE FEEL
INCLUDED.
IT TOOK US THIS LONG TO GET
HERE.
IT HAS
BEEN THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE
OVERNIGHT.
THE TRUTH ON THE
LACK OF NATIONAL DATABASE IS
SIMPLY INDIFFERENCE.
PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY HAVE NOT
CARED.
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS
COMMUNITY EXPECTS, DESERVES THE
PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT HAS A RESPONSIBLE,
RESPECTFUL AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, CONSTITUTIONAL WAY
OF DOING BUSINESS.
RIGHT NOW OUR BIGGEST
MISSION IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
AND PUBLIC TRUST IN WHAT THE
MEN AND WOMEN DO ON THE STREETS
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THE FBI HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW
EFFORT TO TRACK ALL INCIDENTS
WHERE OFFICERS INJURE OR KILL
SOMEONE.