BPD holds community forum to address protests

BPD holds community forum to address protests

COMMUNITY FORUM TODAY -- TOADDRESS THE PROTESTS THATCONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO IS LIVEFROM BPD HEADQUARTERSWHERE SHE SPOKE WITH LAWENFORCEMENT AND PROTESTORSABOUT WHAT THEY HOPE WILL COMEOF THIS...DANIELA?....FOR THE FOURTH NIGHT, PROTESTORSWERE IN FRONT OF THE BAKERSFIELDPOLICE DEPARTMENTASKING FOR EQUALITY..

ACONVERSATION THE POLICEDEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE WILLINGTO HAVE TODAY.

AND THEYWANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S OPEN ANDHONEST.AS PROTESTS CONTINUED INBAKERSFIELD ON MONDAY NIGHT,THE QUESTION REMAINS WHAT IS THERIGHT STEP MOVINGFORWARD.NAT OF MONDAY NIGHT PROTESTSTODAY BAKERSFIELD POLICEDEPARTMENTCHIEF GREG TERRY WILL HOLD AFORUM CALLED CONVERSATION,COPS AND COMMUNITY TO DISCUSSTHE RECENTPROTESTS AND HOW THE COMMUNITYCAN MOVE FORWARD."THE BIGGEST POINT WE WANT TOHAVE HERE IS THE OPPORTUNITYTO LISTEN AND ANSWER QUESTIONSAND GET THECOMMUNITY TO VOICE THEIRCONCERNS VOICE WANT THEY WANTUS TO BE BETTER AND WHAT THEYWANT TO SEE FROM US"FOR JAY MCCRAY IT'S BEEN A LONGAWAITED CONVERSATION INHIS LIFE."BEING A BLACK MAN INBAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA HASBEEN VERY CHALLENGING IT'SDISCOURAGING TO GO TOCOMMUNITY EVENTS AND YOU DONTSEE VERY MANY AFRICANAMERICANS PARTICIPATING"HE WAS A PROTESTOR DURING THISWEEKEND'SEVENTS IN BAKERSFIELD AND HOPESTHE MESSAGE FOREQUALITY ISN'T LOST IN THECHAOS."I THINK THE FORUM IS A STEP INTHE RIGHT DIRECTION JUSTBECAUSE THEY WANT TO HEAR FROMTHE COMMUNITY ANDACTIVELY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITYRATHER THANJUST A GENERIC STATEMENT THATGETS PUT OUT." BPD SAYS THEYWILL LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITIESCONCERNS ASWELL AS PRESENT ANSWERS OVERPOLICIES AND TRAINING FORPOLICE OFFICERS."THE OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE ANDTHEY WITNESSED THEPEOPLE AND THEIR EMOTION ON THISISSUE AND ALSO THEGROUPS HOPEFULLY WITNESSED THEOFFICERS IN THEMIDST OF ALL THIS ANDMAINTAINING THEIRPROFESSIONALISM"FOR MCCRAY, IT'S ABOUT SEEINGCHANGE BEYOND THESE PROTESTS."WE HAVE TO SEE CONSISTENCY ITJUST CANT BE THIS ISHAPPENING FOR THE MOMENT AND THEMONTH OF JUNE AND AFTERTHAT IT'S DONE"BPD SAYS THEY WISH TO EVOLVEWITH THE COMMUNITYAFTER THESE DEMONSTRATIONS ANDARE INTERESTED INHEARING ANY THOUGHTS ANDCONCERNS DURING THEFORUM THAT THEY CAN WORK ONIMPLEMENTING MOVINGFORWARD."WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE APROFESSIONAL POLICEORGANIZING AND THE TRAINING MUSTBE CONTINUOUSBECAUSE EVERYTHING IS EVOLVING,COMMUNITIESEVOLVE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SUREWE ARE ALL MOVINGTOGETHER"TODAY'S BPD FORUM WILL BE DONETHROUGH ZOOM FROM 1:30TO 3 P.M.TO PARTICIPATE, EMAIL B-P-DCOMMUNITY @ BAKERSFIELD P-DDOT U-S.

TO RECEIVE THE ZOOMINVITATION CODE.THE PRESIDENT OF CAL-STATEUNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD IS