00:00Sam P.K. Collins, Washington Informer.
00:03Some pretty damning video came out this weekend, an organizer with Harry's Wildest Dreams, detained by Metro Police.
00:11Given that school is coming up, what guarantee do you have to parents that their children will be safe in their interactions with police officers coming to and from school?
00:21Well, we, as you know, rely on our Metro system as our school transportation system.
00:28You also know that all of our children have a kids ride free card.
00:36And so they have access to use the Metro to get to and from school and to their after school activities.
00:44So there should be no reason for a child to have a negative experience with Metro Transit or any other police related to fare evasion.
00:56And we continue to expect our children to behave in a good way, in a lawful way, and get to school and be ready to learn.
01:07We will, and I have reviewed those reports, and I'll continue to review them with MPD to see if there's something we need to follow up on.
01:18If I may follow up?
01:20I'm sorry.
01:21If I may follow up?
01:22Sure.
01:23All that notwithstanding, what guarantee do you have that MPD and law enforcement under your jurisdiction will do their job in just standing within the bounds of the law as it relates to their engagement with young people?
01:36How we interact with our police officers hasn't changed.
01:40They're always expected to follow the law and engaged in constitutional policing.
01:46Our residents continue to have the safeguards that we have in place in our law and our protocols, including body-worn camera, including the ability to make complaints to the police complaints board.
01:59So no one is going to sit up here and guarantee that anything.
02:04What I can guarantee is that we have a framework of laws and protocols that support constitutional policing.
02:11Yes.
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