Mr. Walker thank you for allowing us to lead with an important piece of legislation. We celebrated the life of Martin Luther king junior. We now have the opportunity to act upon one of the greatest gin justices of our time. All across america, vulnerable young men, women children and entire families are being victimized. These human beings are being seen as a commodity valued for the profit they can return. We must not remain sigh lept but rather respond. Victims can be hidden in plain sight. However, we know that the United States is considered a leading destination of human traffickers. It is a top source of income for organized crime and involves more than half the street gangs. From our big cities to small towns this industry is here and unless we move quickly, it will be here for some time. It is growing and must be eradicated. Officers and prosecutors and non profit groups are on the front lines of this battle and pleading for our help. We hear your voices. Most importantly, we h
York chokehold burtis good evening and welcome to the press club for a very timely discussion on race coverage in america. How are we doing . How can we do better . This program has been plan to jointly by the National Press club and the Capital Press club. Tonight is historic because of how we came together here this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided our two organizations. Race. The 107th president of the press club, i want to acknowledge the presence of the 108th president of the is club who took office last week. Thank you for being here. One of the highlights of my year was to be invited to speak in this very room at the 70th anniversary celebratory awards meeting of the cap patel press club captial Capital Press club. African american journalists have been members of the national is club since 1950 five, and were proud that many have been in leadership positions over the years. I also am proud, very proud thats one of our newest members is the preside
Clearly saw the need for because of our community partners. Anyway, it got published, the article was published in this months article, in this months magazine so hopefully it will be used as a model for agencies across the united states. They can take our order and use it as a basis or a template for doing what they do and seems to be working here. So i appreciate the recognition. Thank you. Thanks, rachel, and thank you, deputy chief tamioka, well make sure we get copies of that magazine if project what would want one with a copy of the article for occ as well. That would conclude that piece of that presentation. Looks like some of my colleagues might want to say something. Im sorry. Vice president turman. Thank you so much. I thought the video was incredible and i want to thank everyone for their participation. Project what, i have, i firmly believe, and ill state this, we have a Police Department that is forwardthinking and hard working to meet the needs of its public. And this is
Out who they need to talk to the person to. None of us have to talk to each other any more face to face. My take away. I guess the push one thing i would stress is if theres a way to increase the number of direct bilingual officer interactions, i dont know if thats staffing. I dont know if the phone lines are like the at t operators, ive used those before, they tend to be very business oriented so they are not translating every day language, they are translating at a higher level and not using the language that folks may understand, kind of everyday level. I actually just did a presentation at the consular corps yesterday and i know over 450 officers speak different languages, 217 are certified bilingual and then as we hire the 300 officers back i know theres officers in the academy, for instance, the flag bearer at the last Academy Class is a fluent tagalak speaker. So we do put an emphasis on it and if anyone is interested in a job with the San Francisco Police Department you can go
On the phones. Have to wait for the sergeant to come with the phone so they can call the Language Line. Now every officer has the phone so they are using it, which is what we want. And the phone has google language on the phone so they can figure out who they need to talk to the person to. None of us have to talk to each other any more face to face. My take away. I guess the push one thing i would stress is if theres a way to increase the number of direct bilingual officer interactions, i dont know if thats staffing. I dont know if the phone lines are like the at t operators, ive used those before, they tend to be very business oriented so they are not translating every day language, they are translating at a higher level and not using the language that folks may understand, kind of everyday level. I actually just did a presentation at the consular corps yesterday and i know over 450 officers speak different languages, 217 are certified bilingual and then as we hire the 300 officers ba