Chiefs association president. Host thanks for joining us. Im the Police Chief in texas and im honored and happy to visit with rosa brooks, the author of an interesting book about policing. Thanks for being on and having me and as i look forward to the conversation ive got to start with just one pressing question. What in the world made you leave the confines of the Classroom And Home and go on and get Police Officers in the streets of washington, d. C. . If you asked my family they would say insanity. I was just curious. That was probably the driving force. The Reserve Officer Program where you are not just directing traffic but where you can become a sworn armed Police Officer i thought no way. Thats crazy. Youre going to give a gun to a law professor. Good idea. And the other thing as you know very, very well, policing has been in the spotlight for some years now. And if you want to change something, i think you need to understand it and it does seem like a very rare opportunity to g
Author of an interesting book about policing and her experience in policing tangled up in blue policing the american city. Rosa, thanks for being on and having me and i look forward to the conversation, but ive got to start off with one pressing question, what in the world made you leave the confines of the classroom, your home, and go on and get training to be Police Officer and hit the streets in washington d. C. . Now, you asked my family that they would say insanity, some kind of mid life crisis, but i was just curious. That was probably the driving force. When i found out that d. C. Has a Reserve Officer Program where youre not just directing traffic or something, but where you can become a sworn armed Police Officer, i thought, no way. You know, thats crazy. Youre going to give a gun to a Law Professor . A bad idea. So, it was probably that. It was just plain curiosity and the other thing, as you know, very, very well, policing has been in the spotlight for some years now and if
Chiefs association president. Host thanks for joining us. Im the Police Chief in texas and im honored and happy to visit with rosa brooks, the author of an interesting book about policing. Thanks for being on and having me and as i look forward to the conversation ive got to start with just one pressing question. What in the world made you leave the confines of the Classroom And Home and go on and get Police Officers in the streets of washington, d. C. . If you asked my family they would say insanity. I was just curious. That was probably the driving force. The Reserve Officer Program where you are not just directing traffic but where you can become a sworn armed Police Officer i thought no way. Thats crazy. Youre going to give a gun to a law professor. Good idea. And the other thing as you know very, very well, policing has been in the spotlight for some years now. And if you want to change something, i think you need to understand it and it does seem like a very rare opportunity to g
Chiefs association president. Host thanks for joining us. Im the Police Chief in texas and im honored and happy to visit with rosa brooks, the author of an interesting book about policing. Thanks for being on and having me and as i look forward to the conversation ive got to start with just one pressing question. What in the world made you leave the confines of the Classroom And Home and go on and get Police Officers in the streets of washington, d. C. . If you asked my family they would say insanity. I was just curious. That was probably the driving force. The Reserve Officer Program where you are not just directing traffic but where you can become a sworn armed Police Officer i thought no way. Thats crazy. Youre going to give a gun to a law professor. Good idea. And the other thing as you know very, very well, policing has been in the spotlight for some years now. And if you want to change something, i think you need to understand it and it does seem like a very rare opportunity to g
Hardest by the virus in the past, New York, New Jersey and connecticut, they announce theyll begin Easing Restrictions at restaurants, stores and public gatherings. Amid this progress, one group of americans, though, in focus. The virus is now spreading rapidly among young adults who have not been vaccinated. This makes this next bit of news extremely important. A federal Government Official tells us At Cnn the fda is poised to authorize the Pfizer Covid Vaccine in Children Ages 12 to 15 years old. That could happen as early as next week. What we have also just learned is that pfizer expects to submit its vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization for kids ages 2 to 11 in september. Those are both big deals. Were covering all of it this morning. Lets begin with Miguel Marquez in New Jersey. Good morning, miguel. Good morning. When you think of where we were a year ago, with those massive number of infections in New York and New Jersey and connecticut, it was terrifying. Now those infectio