Environment as it can be. And one of the things that occurs is these incendiary comments that are coming from the Union Leaders that actually worsen the situations instead of improving it. And what happens is some of the comments from Union Leaders achieve the opposite of what the Union Leaders want to achieve. They actually make Police Officers lives more put them at more risk. So i think itll be great for unions to understand that our job is to protect our members. But, you know, our job is to also serve the public and their voice matter and certain things they feel, if they feel like certain things are occurring, a way that its not supposed to we should take heed to that and listen to them. Thank you, sir. Sorry, thank you. Thank you very much. I want to thank the panel for your testimony and for being here today. Now, i turn it over to Task Force Members for any questions they may have for any of the panelists and well start with the chief. I want to thank you all for taking the ti
Robinson, you probably recognize her because shes the former assistant attorney general for the office of Justice Programs both in this administration with president obama and also in the administration with president clinton. And to professor robinsons left is Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, and to those in the district who also recognize him hes been the Police Commissioner for, i want to say, six years and was the District Police chief for eight, almost nine years and has spent time in chicago. The way we will do this today is we will have a series of a panel of experts that will provide testimony to the task force, and that testimony will then be considered by the task force as it goes into deliberations. Let me say this. For the witnesses we have today, one, thank you for being here. For the first time of the task force, were also going to have several witnesses come in through and im going to get myself in trouble because im not a tech person so i apologize ahead of time thro
Rn. She is 38 years old. Her Interest Rate is 8. 5 interest from the government. Why is the Interest Rate so high on these Student Loans . Guest it is not high relative to what they would be paying from a private lender. It is a subsidized rate. There is a new innovation in the student loan market when they with private lenders. Host linda, what is your situation . Caller my husband has Student Loans. There are so many things being said that are not true. We started out with 31,000 in Student Loan Debt after having them since 2000, we are down to 54,000. We have been making a 340 payment for the last four years and only seen our balance go up. We are on the income or tengion payment plan. To say this we are on the income retention payment plan. We are battling with a student loan provider where it says in the contingent plan, it is capped at 10 of the original loan value. They had added an added and keep trying to say that is the way it goes. After 25 years, you say the loan is forgive
We have one on skype. Well start with chief zachery, the Public Safety director woodway, texas, and immediate past president of the International Association of chiefs of police. Yost, good to have you. Thank you, sir. Thanks for inviting me to testify today. My name is yost zachery, immediate past president of the im sorry i wasnt able to join you in person today. I intended to but my flights were canceled. I began Law Enforcement dispatcher woodway in 1979 and im still there today and currently serve as a chief and a director of the Public Safety department. One of my main duties as a chief is to ensure safety and wellbeing of my officers is there. This means making sure they have the proper training and equipment they need to do their job safely so they can return home each and every day to their loved one. During my time as president iecp, officer safety and wellness was one of my top priorities. Its always been a top priority of iecp. It is the position of that organization that n
On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did it just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Its got to be unimaginable. Welcome to dateline. When the body of brook was discovered by the side of the road, her family started looking for answers. They were surprised to discover she may have been involved in an allegedly violent relationship. P could that revelation be the see to solving her murder . Heres Andrea Canning with nightfall. Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eye