have the resignations of the chief as well as others but that simply is not going to do. we have called for the disbanment of the police department in ferguson. we still have injuries that are existing. three weeks ago police officers in ferguson were still attacking people including heather who is in a wheelchair who was struck by a police officer. she was in a wheelchair doing nothing, and police officers attacked her, arrested her and she ended up in a hospital. so let s be fair here. yes, we re concerned about police officers who are being attacked but i m also concerned about the african-americans who are attacked every single day and have bullets through their heads by police officers. commissioner would you like to respond? the senator makes this point she keeps making this point about african-americans. i was just curious to know whether she knows in the past
differently? we have experience in running some of the operations last fall and during the grand jury verdict and before and different things like that. we re going to be exploring avenues to perhaps readopt those plans that we have. one of the things with the code 1000 plan that calls the closest 25 cars in and maybe a code 2000 that causes another 25 to come that s not a plan. that s reactive. i think it s incumbent upon myself as the chief to make sure we come up with a plan to protect the community and also protect the police officers out there. is the county is there a chance for existing ferguson police officers and staff to go under the county umbrella at this point? i guess there s that chance out there. i think the better way to answer that question is, had we not been in any official talks with ferguson regarding that issue, and as the police chief of st. louis county, i have an obligation to make sure that no resident in st. louis county is without competent law
enforcement and that the police department has to make sure we provide that to anywhere in the county to include ferguson. i had a question over here. do you expect sending any more officers out tonight? i do. i don t know if we ll have any issues tonight. but please remember we have a responsibility. these officers took an oath to protect life and property. these are some of the things that we re expected to do. it s unfortunate when these things happen. law enforcement is at times a very dangerous proposition. but it s incumbent upon me and my staff to make sure we re doing things to where we give our officers the best chance to succeed all the aaround. [ inaudible ]. one of the things i m anxious to do right now and i ve already talked to my staff about it is get some of my community leaders out there to talk to these folks. i think that s critically