Three other officers the received raises taxes. Officer being investigated said that there was no response. Pam the Union Representing the Police Officers quickly denounced the Text Messages. In a Statement Released this afternoon. The Union President said. Quote. The San Francisco Police Officers assocation condems the appauling racist behavior committed by a handful of officers. They have disgraced the uniform and their profession. This conduct will not be tolerated. The p. O. A. Says. It supports the chief taking disciplinary action. Todays revelations come a year. After similar allegations against 14 other San Francisco Police Officers emerged. It was revealed in court documents. They exchanged racist and homophobic Text Messages in 2012. What followed months later, was a Police Department investigation during which several officers resigned. The others facing discipline. But last december, a superior court judge ruled. That the officers could not be punished or fired. Because the
And we kind of stay there for some time. Why did it wane . Look at drug patterns. They remain there about 15 or 16 years and a run in 20year cycles. The crack cocaine cycle is no more. There are still people who use crack cocaine. It is nowhere near where it used to be. In the absence of that driving the violence, and then we are down in the 200 range and we got stuck there for a long time. Even when i took over in 2007, in 2006. 69 one hundred 81 in 2007. We are persistent with yang violence. And violence was born accelerated during the crack cocaine. Even when the crack cocaine one away, the gangs didnt. Coming down from the 186 down to where we are now, about a 54 drop in murders. It has been constant focus on end guns, the high offenders and bring the community into work with us. That is been key in dropping at that last 54 . That was a portion of a presentation of q a. You can see the entire program today at 7 00 eastern here on cspan. Some news to share with you today. Just. S. P
And these type of government crises are likely to occur in the near future as long as these high rates of negativity toward the opposite party persist. Thank you very much. Should i take the handheld mic . I am going to launch the questions one of my own. I do not want to hog the microphone. You have this conference every four years, right after the election. I am going to guess that new jersey and virginia get a lot of analysis every four years. I hope this is not too far off topic. As a political reporter, i am very interested in your take on what happened two days ago. In new jersey, you had governor christie shattering the gop gender gap in a solid blue state. He had 57 of the women vote, a third of democrats, a majority of latinos, and a third of union voters. I wonder if his victory shows republicans a way out of the trend toward partisan polarization. Or is his model tied to him personally and not widely duplicatable, nationally or in other states . Would anyone like to try thei
Just make sure there is someone in front of you. If there is somebody you can focus on it is easier. How far are we going down . We will stop here. One of the things i wanted to point out to you here coming down the steps you will see that the 36 rib trusses that form the superstructure of the dome converge here to the 12 that go up to support the statue of freedom. As you can imagine, trying to merge 36 items into such a small space at the top was too great so every third truss is the one that continues forward and the two that flank it merge into its side for buttressing support. What you also see is the enormous super structure has very slender bands that reach down to suspend the shell below. And it has a very thin element that reaches out to the shape of the exterior dome. The brilliant thing about this design is that the dome is exposed to very harsh conditions on the outside, very cold in the winter, extremely hot in the summer under direct sun. Some plates may approach 130 degr
Online at cspan. Org. Well break ahere, the u. S. House is gaveling in to begin their legislative work on the week. Among the bills is one that would delay the National Flood Insurance Program premium increases passed in 2012. 2012, that bill was postponed from Floor Consideration last week, reportedly due to the lack of support for the legislation. Senate passed its own version of the bill 6732 in january. Live house coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , march 4, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a communication from the sergeant at arms. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, as you are aware, the time previously appointed for t