Chief berry, thank you for that introduction, because it was brief, and thats what i like. At this point one way or another people know who i am. And let me also thank our outstanding mayor of the city of chicago, rahm emanuel for hosting us. I know that thousands of you from federal, state, county, local and tribal agencies have been working hard to share strategies and solutions to better serve and protect all of us. And we are profoundly grateful for you work. I do hope that youve gotten a little time to enjoy my hometown as well. Because there is fun to be had here. Somebody clapped. Even as we meet here today, though, another gathering of police is taking place in new york. Randolph holder was born in guyana to a family of Police Officers. His dad was a Police Officer, his grandfather was a Police Officer, and after his family came to america, randolph followed in their footsteps and joined new yorks finest. A week ago today a shots fired call came over the radio. And as officer h
To officer stacy. Because when the video of the encounter went viral, folks across the country began calling the Tarrant Police department asking how they could help too. And the woman later said shed been blessed with manna from heaven, all because of one officers kindness. He pushed my world in the right direction, the woman said, and i will never forget it. Thats america at its best. Thats some good police work. [ applause ] thats what so many of you represent. I thank you for the work you do. I thank you for your fellow officers. Lets keep pushing our world in the right direction towards fairness and justice and safety. May god protect our cops, may god bless the United States of america. Thank you. Thank you. [ applause ] on the next washington journal, well talk to congressman mike pompeo about the House Select Benghazi Committee and about the recent testimony of former secretary of state hillary clinton. Then john larson on the proposed twoyear budget and raising the debt ceilin
Trust between communities, refusing to give up on gun safety. We can take those steps. Thats within our reach. We cant stop every crime. We cant prevent every tragedy. There is evil in the world. There are just some bad people. You dont know why, sometimes, it just happens. You cant always make excuses for it. Sometimes you cant even understand it. Thats why we need laws. Thats why we need Law Enforcement. Thats why your job is dangerous. We cant eliminate all of that. But if we take some of the actions i just talked about, then we will be able to help you do what you do every day, which is save peoples lives. Well be able to make sure that the society is a partner with Law Enforcement. That were not just sending you out there to do dirty work and then hanging you up to dry if it doesnt work out well. But that instead were all working together, tackling these hard problems. Because after all, the goal that we share is not just a country with falling crime rates or a country where most