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>> It's something I wanted to since I was a child and I came
from different countries. I couldn't at the beginning.
So the immigration status stuff like that
eventually how to opportunity. And I give it a try here I am
with there was kind of Police Department.
I was born in raised in China. And I came here 8 years ago
when the Netherlands for my college hotel management.
Then I came here for internship.
Then after school I joined ring's and 6 years, 2
deployments
before I got on the Marine Corps, the fair's County when
to base camp Lejeune to recruit that I plight and up to 9
months here I am.
You've ever counties. Very diverse. We have a large
publish an NBA Asian communities.
It doesn't matter is a Korean Chinese will be ease. We'll
share the same culture, Sam custom send traditions even
food. So want to get this passed Asian communities.
We have the instant connections to get the easy example,
the Asian culture. We do looking to seniors ice. We talk
to them.
It's part of the culture. I was told this week us to have
that. You know, it's hard to change because for the senior
members, if you look into their eyes, that's the challenge is
intimidation.
And so for the Western culture, we talk to people looking to
your eyes is different. So that's that's that's a that's a
big thing, actually.
If you don't know the culture where you from nowhere off of.
It could be a lot of misunderstanding
be on patrol. You communicate with people every day. It
doesn't matter to people, bad people, people like you,
people don't like you exercise your own personal communication
skills
the early days when it does come on. You know, I got
frustrated because people
don't work with us to quarter with us and give us that
attitude doesn't matter what we say. You know, I got
frustrated. But now after all these years, 15 years on the
street. I, you know, learned gradually home. Do you want
people to treat you. It depends how you treat other people.
You treat them with the respect like a human beings. You'll be
amazed. They will give you respect back.
So I truly believe
we can change the outcome. Community policing plays a very
big role
because we have to let them know we are. What is our value.
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We're here to do our jobs. We're here to protect and
serve. When I get the 911 call. I don't care who you are,
where you're from, what your skin color we go.
We get there as fast as we can. We treat everybody is saying we
have also speak Spanish or Chinese the in amenas Russian.
They will be on call for any certain events cases need a
translation. They just call us and we go there, especially
like the robberies home invasions, sex offenses.
They need immediate translation not just on the telephone.
They want somebody to be there
and talk to people in person. Translink person directly.
This is a commitment.
It is not a job. It's a career because you change people lives
every day. You want to take the challenge. You have to ask
yourself first is not going to be
pretty happy moments is going to be some bad time dangers.
You have to take some risk.
But this is a commitment. It's something that you have to
few proud to do.
I feel proud. I took the commitment
protect and serve. This is a community you work. How many
people can tell you that they have the ability to change
people's lives every day when I go to work.
Very few.
You're one of you should be proud of.
We should take pride for what you do. Are you willing to take
that challenge. Do you have the courage. That's what I'm
talking about.
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