Of 137th and bank cross. An active scene. We have police canvassing the neighborhood to see if any neighbors witnessed what happened at 9 00 a. M. This morning. Someone called police to say a sdpondant suicidal man was sitting in his car parked on the driveway of a home. When officers arrived we dont know how much time elapsed but there was a shoot out in which the man and police exchanged gunfire. When it was over, the man was taken to the hospital. His exact condition is not known. Well be learning more later on. The San Leandro Police and District Attorneys Office and internal affairs are investigating. Gasia . Have police made it clear whether or not it was an officers bullet that hit the man or perhaps if it was one of his own . It is not clear, gasia, if it was a self inflicted wound or police gunfire. We know both sides did open fire and the exact order of bullets and who fired what and what time is still under investigation. What about police body cameras. Was this captured on
Our efforts have been of great importance to me personally. I came to the department from the American Bar Association where i let the commission on immigration their and i work on detention issues including access to counsel and other detention conditioning issues. And i understand todays briefing is to help you consider equal protection and the administration of justice and are immigration detention facilities. My colleagues and i will address the standards which are identified as a subject of interest. In addition since this have been a part of thats come out i wanted to spend a moment to two other topics that we devote substantial resources, and this includes people with Mental Health issues or disabilities. The Language Access, the department recognizes the responsibility to communicate in a language they can understand area district hires a permanent that to ensure effective communication. Having interpreters available and having appropriate staff trained to use them and having t
Government that theyre unfamiliar with and, you know, i think its great that the high number of latino members of your force that you have. How do you make sure that theyre really truly grounded and what it is that these people may be trying to or want to communicate but maybe afraid to communicate to operate under the corridor of law. Yes, we are familiar with the various communities in mexico. At the individual agent level, i cannot speak to that. What i can say is that they are trained to be consistent in terms of how we process people and to treat people with dignity and respect. That is a core principle of cdp. I cant speak to the individual offices of assessment. But i can speak to what we ask them to do. This question is for mr. Jones. And it kind of follows up on the direction in which commissioner yaki has been hinting. But it would appear that the custom and border officers are critical players in this immigration process. And the screening and the selection and the training
To yellow that means you start. Two minutes remaining youre going to see a yellow light. Unlike when were driving instead of running yellow light you will speed up though, because the red light starts soon. When the red light hits, you have to stop. Were trying to provide as much time as possible for interaction. I know youll help me abide by that. Once the opportunity comes, be as concise as possible. Finally the record of this hearing is going to remain open 30 days. If panelists or members would like to submit materials they can either mail them to u. S. Commission on civil rights, office of civil rights evaluation at 131 im sorry 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Thats 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest suite 1150 washington, d. C. 20425 or via email at Public Comments at usccr. Gov. With those business of housekeeping out of the way, let me introduce our first panel. Our first panelist megan mack, director of the office of civil rights and liberties at the department of Homeland
Translation question and answer system, do you have that in place . And how do you assure that the answers that youre getting are real. I can tell you, from my own experience dealing with Asylum Seekers in other countries sometimes you need to ask. There are cultural issues about can you really ask them about rape, can you ask them about other family members . Are they afraid that any answer that they give to you is going to then be communicated back to their home country. So they tend not to be as truthful as they should be. I think the chairmans question pertained to mexican nationals. So, with regard to mexican nationals, all of the Border Patrol agents speak spanish. And so thats the thing we focus on as an agency that we are con sis tent and that we are fair and ensure that everyone is properly interviewed. Do you have someone, for example, who understands country conditions in a certain region of mexico, in columbia, in venezuela venezuela, in nicaragua, there are people there wh