TRAUMA THAT REQUIRES A TRAINED
PROFESSIONAL AND NOT A POLICE
OFFICER.
>> IS THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY
DEPARTMENTS LIKE THIS, IS IT
POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE SOCIAL,
WHO HAVE THE DEGREES AND THE
TRAINING IN CERTAIN SOCIAL
ISSUES OR IS IT DIFFERENT?
POLICE OFFICERS ARE ABOUT
SAFETY.
YOU HAVE A SEPARATE CORE OF
FOLKS THAT WORRY ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE WHETHER IT’S
ADDICTION, TREATMENT, ADDICTION
ISSUES, MAKE HOMELESS BHAP IS
YOUR
-- WHAT IS YOUR VISION OF THAT?
>> YOU CAN IMAGINE INVESTING
TONS OF MONEY IN TRAINING LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN DOING ALL THE
THINGS THEY ARE TASKED WITH.
IF SOMEONE IS CONTEMPLATING
SUICIDE, THEY CALL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
IF SOMEONE IS HAVING HARD TIME
IN THEIR MARRIAGE AND BECOMES
PHYSICAL, NOW YOU HAVE AN ABUSE
SITUATION.
THEY SHOW UP AND THE BEST
MARRIAGE COUNSELORS.
SOMEONE IS OVER DOSING AND THEY
SHOW UP.
THEY DO ALL OF THAT AND THEY DO
HAIR.
THAT’S NOT REASONABLE EXCEPT FOR
TWO OR THREE OF THE MOST
REMARKABLE HUMAN BEINGS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THERE’S ONLY SO MANY RHODES
SCHOLARS.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO IMAGINE
THAT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO GET IS
A BUNCH OF SUPER HEROES, WE
COULD, SAY 911 COULD GIVE YOU
SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
911 CAN GIVE YOU MARRIAGE
COUNSELLORS AND WAY TO GET OUT
TO A DOMESTIC SHELTER.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WHEN SOMEONE
IS ROBBING YOUR HOUSE YOU CAN’T
DIAL 911 AND GET LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT’S NOT REASONABLE TO ASK OF
ANYBODY WHO ALSO HAS
EXCEPTIONALLY COMPTENT AT TAKING
AWAY A LIFE WHEN NECESSARY.
FIREARMS TRAINING.
YOU CAN’T SW SOMEONE TO DO
FIREARMS AND FIRST AIDS AND
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE IN THE SAME JOB AND EXPECT
YOU’RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE WHO
ARE QUALIFIED TO DO ALL OF THOSE
THINGS, ALL THEOF THE TIME.
PART OF WHAT PEOPLE IS ASKING
FOR IS A MORE REASONABLE
UNDERSTANDING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY
STARTS BEFORE POLICE SHOW UP AND
FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THEY
DON’T HAVE TO SHOW UP.
>> I THINK THAT --
>> SURE.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO JUMP IN BECAUSE I
THINK THE THING BOTH OF US ARE
SAY SG, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
DEFENDING POLICE AND THEY WANT
TO DEFUND POLICE NOW.
WE NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS
ABOUT HOW AND WHEN.
CUTTING IT OFF NOW TO CREATE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT NOW, MAY NOT
SUIT THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT,000 HOW TO
FORWARD LEANING AND FIGURE OUT
THE PROPER TIMING TO DO IT.
WHAT WE DON’T WANT TO DO IS CUT
OFF SERVICES WHERE WE CREATE
MORE HARM TO THE COMMUNITY THAN
GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE ELIMINATED
SOMETHING WITHOUT REPLACING IT
WITH THE THING WE’RE READY TO
REPLACE IT WITH UNTIL IT’S
READY.
>> PART OF THE RALLYING CRY
IS -- I’M SORRY.
>> A LOT MORE TO GET INTO IT.
>> THAT’S OKAY.
LAST WORD.
>> THE RALLYING CRY PEOPLE WANT
YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS FOR
GENERATION WES HAVE BEEN HEARING
ABOUT BLACK COMMUNITYIESCOMMUNIT
DEFEND SOCIAL WELFARE, DEFUND
THE SCHOOLS AND GROCERY STORES.
THEY ARE BEEN DEFENDUNDING THING
IN BLACK COMMUNITIES FOR