(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)>> Jon: WELCOME BACK TO THE

PROGRAM.

LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWENFORCEMENT IS A DIFFICULT

JOB BUT RECENTLY THERE HAVEBEEN EXAMPLES OF POLICE

SHOOTING FIRST AND ASKINGQUESTIONS, NOT ASKING

QUESTIONS, JUST SHOOTING.

THANKFULLY, ONE POLICEDEPARTMENT IS TAKING AN

INNOVATIVE APPROACH TOPROBLEMS, JORDAN KLEPPER HAS

MORE.

>> CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICEIS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.

WITH THE RECENT EVENTS INFERGUSON AND EIGHT MILES

AWAY FROM FERGUSON AND OVERHERE AND THERE, AND RIGHT

HERE, HERE AS WELL, ANDSTATEN ISLAND, PRETTY OF ALL

OVER THE COUNTRY, IT'S NOWONDER MANY COMMUNITIES LIKE

THIS ONE IN NEW JERSEYHAVE LOST FAITH IN THE

POLICE.

>> I'M MORE AFRAID OF THEPOLICE THAN I AM OF

CRIMINALS.

>> THERE NEEDS TO BE MORETRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT.

>> THEY NEED TO TRAIN ON HOW TODEAL WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE TWO POLICE OFFICERSAT THE END OF THE PANEL,

WHAT ARE YOUR GUYS' THOUGHTS.

>> I'M NOT A COP>> YEAH, WE'RE JUST WHITE.

>> SO YOU ARE JUST WHITEGUYS AND YOU STILL DON'T

LIKE THE POLICE.

>> I WANT TO LIKE THE POLICEBUT I'VE DEALT WITH THE

POLICE.

SO IT'S HARD.

>> OKAY, LET ME LOOK INTOTHIS.

>> HOW DO POLICE RESTOREPUBLIC TRUST.

ONE DEPARTMENT IS TACKLINGTHE PROBLEM HEAD ON

BY LAUNCHING A BRAND-NEWSENSITIVITY TRAINING PROGRAM.

OFFICER PHIL CROCHET OF THEAUSTIN PD.

>> WE HAD A COUPLE OFFAIRLY CONTROVERSIAL POLICE

SHOOTINGS.

AND MY ASSISTANT CHIEFCALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF WE

COULD GET SOME KIND OFTRAINING TO TRY TO PREVENT

FUTURE SHOOTINGS FROMOCCURRING.

>> IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THATA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS

FINALLY TAKING THE STEPS TOPROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE

MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY FROMBEING SHOT AT.

>> WE ALWAYS SHOOT FOR BESTPRACTICES.

WE ALWAYS TRY FOR BESTPRACTICES.

>> SO HOW DO YOU TRAINOFFICERS TO BE MORE

SENSITIVE AND MAYBE LESSTRIGGER HAPPY?

>> I MET WITH PROGRAMFOUNDER JIM OSORIO TO FIND OUT

WHAT EXACTLY THIS TRAININGENTAILED.

>> BASICALLY THE PROGRAM ISACTUALLY TO KEEP LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSSTHE COUNTRY AND EVEN HERE IN

AUSTIN, I WANT THEM TO TRYSOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN

JUST PULLING THEIR GUN ANDSHOOTING.

>> SHOOTING SHOULD COMEWHEN?

>> AS A LAST RESORT.

THAT'S WHY I TELL OFFICERSUSE THEIR BATON.

TAKE YOUR BATON OUT THERE,THEY'RE GOING TO BITE YOUR

BATON FIRST.

>> WHAT.

>> EVERY ANIMAL CAN BITE.

>> ANIMAL IS A TOUGH TERM.

>> WELL, THEY'RE ALLANIMALS.

>> THEY'RE NOT ALL ANIMALS.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT DOGS.

>> OH.

>> YOU'RE NOT TRAININGPOLICE OFFICERS TO NOT SHOOT

PEOPLE, IT'S TO NOT SHOOTDOGS.

>> EXACTLY>> NOW, I SEE.

OH, THAT'S SO SAD.

>> BUT WHY DOGS. MAYBE MARGOFRASER OF THE AUSTIN POLICE

MONITOR WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER.

>> THERE IS MORE REACTIONWHEN A DOG IS SHOT, AS FAR

AS PUBLIC OUTCRY, AS FAR ASCALLING OUR OFFICE THAN WHEN

IT'S A HUMAN BEING

THE PHONE SYSTEM ESSENTIALLYGETS SHUT DOWN.

>> THAT'S WHEN-- PEOPLESTART CALLING.

>> THAT'S WHEN THE CALLSCOME.

>> HOW COULD HUMANS CAREMORE ABOUT DOGS THAN OTHER

HUMAN-- AWWW, LOOK ATTHIS CUTIE.

JUST ADORABLE.

WHO IS A CUTIE, WHO'S ACUTIE?

OH OKAY, I GET IT.

>> THERE'S A SPECIAL EMOTIONTHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE

ABOUT DOGS.

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT IS IT?

BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CUTE.

THEIR WET NOSES, I LIKE THEWET NOSES,.

>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE A DOGPERSON.

>> I LOVE DOGS.

KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT, IF YOUPUT PEANUT BUTTER ON

YOUR-- THEY'RE JUST VERYLOVING.

>> THAT'S WHY WE WANT TOPROTECT THEM AS BEST WE CAN

>> IF IT'S SOMEONE'S FAMILYPET WE WOULD CERTAINLY

NOT WANT TO SHOOT IT.>> ARE YOU TELLING ME

YOU CAN'T SHOOT CATS NOW?WOULD YOU SHOOT A PARROT

THAT SAID "THE AUSTIN PD AREA BUNCH OF PUSSIES."

>> NO, I WOULDN'T SHOOT THATPARROT.

>> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEPROGRAM IS WORKING.

>> IT'S TOO EARLY YET TOTELL WHAT THE NUMBERS MIGHT

BE.

BUT JUST THE FACT THAT WE'REMAKING AN EFFORT, THAT PUTS

US IN A BETTER LIGHT.

>> WHAT ABOUT A SENSITIVITYTRAINING PROGRAM FOR

OFFICERS THAT DEALS WITHSHOOTING HUMANS.

>> WE GIVE OFFICERS A LOT OFTRAINING IN THAT REGARD.

OFFICERS ARE GIVEN ANASSIGNMENT TO GO OUT AND

INTERVIEW PEOPLE, NORMALLYIT'S AN UNDERSERVED PORTION

AFRICAN-AMERICAN, LESBIAN,GAY, BISEXUAL.

>> YOU'RE TELLING ME IF I JOIN THE AUSTIN POLICE

DEPARTMENT I COULD GET PAIDTO OBSERVE LESBIANS?

>> THAT COULD BE ANASSIGNMENT, YET.

>> HOW THREATENING ARELESBIANS ON A SCALE OF

ZERO TO SEXY.>> LESBIANS ARE NO THREATENING

IN JUST THE FACT THAT THEY ARELESBIANS.

>> SO HOT, RIGHT?

>> YET SOME PEOPLE IN OTHERCOMMUNITIES THINK TRAINING

ISN'T ENOUGH.

>> SENSITIVITY TRAINING THATTHEY ALREADY HAVE IS A JOKE

>> IT IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEMSO I THINK THAT ANY SOLUTION

YOU ARE GOING GET IS GOINGTO COME ALONG SIDE A

CULTURAL SHIFT.

>> BUT CULTURAL SHIFTS TAKEDECADES.

IF ONLY THERE WAS A QUICKERWAY TO MAKE PEOPLE AS

SYMPATHETIC AND HUGGABLE ASDOGS-- WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S

IT.

FINALLY, A BULLETPROOFSOLUTION FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT

OTHERWISE BE TARGETS OFPOLICE BULLETS

KEEP IT SAFE, DOGGIE STYLE(APPLAUSE)

JORDAN KLEPPER, WE'LL BERIGHT BACK.