 Welcome to fight. Thank you for coming to our podcast. Thank you for inviting me There's nothing more important than talking to people that will be the future leaders of our country and at the same time It's important to me to hear from your perspective what you think about policing what you think we're doing and why we're doing it Okay, now let's get on with the questions. Hello chief wait My name is Daniel since your amount of color what was your perspective on police brutality before you joined the force I think most police officers come to work every single day and they do the right thing There are small pockets of police officers who do not treat everyone the same Especially when they're confronting people of color, which is really why I was more determined to stay on the police department They get these ranks and try to become a chief so I can help make some of those changes My name is William and why do you think racism exists to be to be perfectly candid? There are still individuals in this country that sees people of color Lesser than what they are and while we've made a lot of progress over the last hundreds of years as relates to Racism the reality of it is it still exists and I'm hoping by time you all become adults You will play a significant role in addressing some of the racism that we see in our country Hello chief white My name is Janayla Martinez if you were a parent of a victim of police brutality How would you handle it? The first thing that I would ask is what was my and I have two boys and a girl What were you doing where you got to be assaulted by a police officer? Did you contribute to that? Okay, and after we had that conversation and I felt that the officers actions were inappropriate I would go straight to police headquarters asked to speak to some supervisor or Depending on who was maybe get a lawyer and say that we're gonna that we're gonna deal with this But obviously I would be very upset about that and I would certainly want and if I felt the police officer's actions were inappropriate I would want to hold that police officer accountable for his or her actions Hi chief white. My name is Hector and I wanted to know if Our police officers usually justified when killing someone without a gun It depends on the scenario if if If I'm driving a car and the cars coming towards the police officer and his hitting is gonna hit the yall sir Well, he's hit the police officer and he also has no other option, but to try to save his life His or her life and they had to use a gun to do that that might be very well justified But let me tell you what the bottom line is when it comes to police officers and shooting Officers are trained to use the least amount of force necessary to address the issue So what that means is you call the police and it's a situation where they can talk the person out of Committing whatever they're doing they should do that if it's a situation where it requires them to use mace To fix that issue. That's what they're required to do if it's a situation where it requires them to use their taser To address that issue. That's what they have to do And if it's a situation where they have to use a service weapon and they have no other options and somebody's life It's an immediate danger. You're gonna die if I don't Use my service weapon to save you. I'm justified in doing that or I'm gonna die If I don't use my service weapon to save myself. I'm justified in doing that So then the other question becomes a lot of adults ask this question is well How come they also don't shoot the person in the leg or shoot the person in the arm? Great question. Well, we train officers to shoot at the largest part of the body because we want them to hit what they're shooting Yet because there's a life-threatening situation if they have the time to sit back aim and Say I'm gonna shoot you in your arm. I would probably say their life is not an immediate danger to be honest with you If they have that kind of time Hi, my name is Edwin and do you think police brutality is a big problem or what are you doing to fix it? One incident is too many incidents. So what we do to fix it It's number one. We have zero tolerance we do not tolerate police brutality in the Denver Police Department and when there are Examples of that those individuals are held accountable a hell accountable means their discipline and discipline could run anywhere from Getting a fine to being fired depending on what this scenario is I mean you have good teachers bad teachers good doctors bad doctors and you have good police officers and some bad police The bad police officer is my job to either correct their behavior or they need to find another job So we have zero tolerance for that My name is Keshon and as a black as a young black male, how would you suggest I interact with police officers? This is what the answer should be. It doesn't really matter what your color is You should interact with police officers in a respectful manner the same way that you want the officers to interact with you Now, you know, it's this Several of us that are a minute of color say that we have to have to talk with our children And what the talk is look when you get stopped by the police You need to understand these are certain things you need to do, you know, put your hands on the steering wheel Don't you know, don't be reaching for your glove the compartment. Don't reach in your Don't don't reach in your in your in your pocket. Don't make any kind of movement that would make the officer feel Uncomfortable it's unfortunate that we have to have those conversations what we do if you get stopped by a police officer You need to be respectful you need to do what the officer is going to ask you to do unless it is something completely illegal And if you have an issue with it, they're required to give you their name That had to either give you a business card, which they all have or they give you your name Get that business card to get that all it's just name get the number on a scout car and take it home and give it to an adult and Address it outside of the incident when you're going to confront them and you want to get into this big argument You're going to end up losing so the answer to your question is the same thing that your parents will tell you with anyone Be polite be responsive be courteous and if you have an issue Get the information and take it home and share that with with your family member So be very mindful what you do today will determine what you become tomorrow And I am a believer that you can almost be be anything in this country that you want to be Again, thank you very much