from c-span viewers. live coverage of 7 p.m. eastern. -- he will take calls from c-span viewers. up next, a look at the relationship between local law enforcement and the neighborhoods they serve. journal", "washington was in richmond, virginia. we spoke with police officials and the mayor of pr he of the discussion begins with a time magazine survey about attitudes the general public has towards their local police. about the level of confidence people have in their police. the poll was taken, 52% of respondents said that they had a great deal of confidence in the police. by comparison, those same people said -- 72% said they had confidence in the military. 31% had confidence in public schools and a present of confidence in congress but when it comes to police, the level of confidence expressed, 52%.

if you go to the pew research center they put out polls on a lot of topics when it comes to policing, this one dealt with confidence in the police, this is the divide between blacks and whites. this was done in august of 2014, at the time when it was asked about the confidence in local police, 30% said they had confidence in local police to treat whites and blacks equally, that is the total of everybody. those who identified as white, 35% said they had confidence that police treated people equally. people who identified as black, 70% -- 17% said they had that confidence. today we will look at police and not only law enforcement side but the idea of confidence that the police had, community policing and the relationship the police have with their communities and topics related. you are invited to call in during the show. in this half-hour, the trust you have in police. if you had experience with

police, give perspective at 202-748-8000. four police officers and law enforcement --202-748-8001. all others, 202-748-8002. first call comes from lisa in outlook turkey, new mexico. -- albuquerque, new mexico. tell us your story. she has experience with police. caller: i was calling to talk , why youlary clinton don't never put her on. host: we will stop there because today we are devoting to another of hillary coverage clinton on other forums, today we are talking about policing. north carolina, carol,. caller: you have a wonderful show.

i am living in north carolina and a police attempted to murder me 18 months ago. chargespossible to file against the police when they tried to kill you because the system is built against you. almost completely destroyed my life and because of this i tried to run for the -- decided to run or the presidency of the united states on a write-in ballot. i want to end the federal war on drugs. host: seven baltimore, maryland, go ahead -- sam in all the more, maryland, go ahead. caller: my experience with all its departments, whenever i needed them they were not there. when i tried to call them, either 911 operators were all copson standby or the would take an hour or so to get there. i did not have anyone crashing

through the window, but honestly i know i cannot call them if i need them. host: talk about the experiences of why you would need them. caller: there have been times when i was threatened because i was living in not the best neighborhood. local dope dealer came to me at one point said he would call his boys. encountered -- i i live in baltimore city -- i under bikesgroups -- on dirt bikes, i called 911, they surrounded my car -- host: you say that is consistent with operators being busy and not being able to get through on 911 lines? caller: every time i related

that story, they say that as usual around here. host: new york, our line for all others. long horseman, we have a line for you --202-748-8001. -- law enforcement, we have a line for you -- 202-748-8001. caller: i trust holies, i always have. -- i trust holies, i always have, but i am a white woman. don't move this way. to show they are threatened so they do not get killed. -- so they are not threatened, so they do not get killed. i have never had to get that talk to my son.

there is a big difference antitrust police and -- and i trust holies and that is the way po --lice. policeo you think they can do things differently or do things that would build or expand trust? especially communities of color? caller: when police used to be more active in the community, they used to be more active and more visible, instead of being in their cars all the time. i think policing used to be better because you got to know the people in those neighborhoods that you policed. ,ow, you do not know anybody

you just arrest people. you do not know what their circumstances are. and most of them do not care. host: that is sarah from new york talking about her perspective on trusting the police in your community. that is the topic we will take on. steve from chatsworth, illinois, good morning. caller: good morning. i had experiences with police , they executed one arrant looking for drugs and broke down my back door. they did not find any narcotics or drugs. $250 checke a measly for detroit my door. they just -- for destroying my door. they destroyed my whole house. execute the power to

knowledgeithout any of how that person is or anything like that. i lived in chicago,. i know firsthand information that they used to go in at nighttime in drug ridden neighborhoods and deal drugs. corrupted.olice are it is sad. it is a sad situation. states.nited host: jason in massachusetts, a police officer, go ahead. caller: i am not a police officer i used to worst dispatch

for a local police department in massachusetts. ,n regard to the general public the majority of calls that come happy,not on the side of jovial issues. every issue that a police officer deals with is not going to be in the general public a great environment from the onset. is a lot of anger and animosity from the general public toward police officers. that leads to more issues. the incarceration rate is very but there istate, a lot of criminal intent in the -- on par witht other countries, they do not deal with the levels of violence and aggression and anger. we do have a lot we need to fix

things -- general animosity towards those in law if that were to -- we cannot have a system of anarchy. the united states is not set up like that, we are set up to be peaceful. in terms of what has been reported, there is way too much divisiveness towards those in law-enforcement. host: is there a way to change that? caller: there are different training forms. in the ways that law-enforcement officers are trained. apple yout a ripe take it right from the branch of a tree, you do not take it from the ground.

those who have been in law enforcement for many years say they have a set way of doing things which may not flow correctly with the way society wants to be treated. it's are going -- new recruits are going to renew procedures -- through new procedures. community dialogue, not so much angle -- anger from the general public toward police officers. there has to be an understanding law enforcement officer is not dealing with great situations all the time. it is a stressful environment they work in. host: that is jason giving the perspective of law enforcement, one of three lights we have that you can call in. maryland, good morning, go ahead. caller: this is my first time calling so i will try to be brief and get to the point. i have had several run-ins with the law as far as being a

criminal justice major at prince george's community college and an african-american in the most predominantly african-american community in the world, prince george's county. hired had experience were and pulled over about 60 times and only received three tickets. most of them have been the police seeing if they can find somebody to may be breaking the law and most of the time it is people of color. also, we need to take a look at the united states as a whole. if america treated african-americans this way how do we expect us to treat than the people in the rest of the world who do not have a voice or the resources. who don't have the urban league to fight for them. when we say we are trying to promote polish community efforts, those guys -- police

community efforts, those guys have good days and bad days. and may keep elevating if they are having a bad day. we need to look back and have a congressional congress where we look at the constitution, because right now if i was driving talking to you i would be writing the law. -- breaking the law. most of the time, it is the choir we are preaching to. host: jeffrey in capitol heights, maryland is next, a military police officer. go ahead. saying, i ami was 60 plus years old and i have never had a good experience with police officers, even though i have been one. i have never had a good experience.

it is probably because i am african-american. that is what my assumption is. host: when you say you have never had a good experience, what do you mean by that? caller: i have been abused -- i have been beaten. i have been pulled over and harassed, cursed. i have been talked to with disrespect. even though i have been respectful to the officers. host: you said you were a police officer -- you served as a police officer in your previous experience? caller: yes. host: what form? caller: military police. host: talk about being a police officer and relate it to the discussion of trust between police and the community because you have seen both sides, what can be done to improve relations that built that trust? caller: the whole system needs

to be taken out and burned and restructured completely. premise of america has been a lie because most americans -- most people in america have not been treated fairly. heidi, goodnd, morning. disabled, they come to my house 10 times a month. y filed a false repeat -- police report. [indiscernible] i filed a complaint, nothing happened. they harassed me.

i am disabled. they come to my street to harass me. month.s a my son and i are both disabled. they want to beat us up and harass my son. they come to my house, knock on my door. they say i have committed crimes. out.not cuss that -- them out. host: reuters did a poll taking a look at trust and put it on their website. it says that the police officers routinely lie to serve their own

interest, 31 percent of americans believe they do and that number rises to 45% among african-americans, 41% among young people and 39% among democrats, republicans reject one.charge 321 -- three to we will have guest for the remainder of the program starting in 10 minutes and until yourwant to get a sense of trust in police. for those of you it with experience with police call 202-748-8000. douglas is up next. douglas is up next and we will take his call in just a moment. this is part of a program that we are going to have throughout the day. if you join us throughout the program we will talk about a couple of things, later on the program the police chief of richmond, virginia will join us

to talk about what it is like to be in a major metropolitan city, a large african-american presence and talk about the idea of policing and building trust in communities. we will learn about training, specifically what happens when police have to train and the conditions they trained cadets. have the mayor of richmond, virginia, and he will talk about not only be policing aspect, but dealing with his relations with the police department and community and what he does to help and fund police in that effort. that is coming up, we had a chance to visit with the richmond police department and talk with captain angela green with the community youth and intervention services, and she talked about the role of community care and development. we get some of her perspective.

>> our community care unit is comprised of many different entities, not just community care which deals with citizens out here in the community, it is to bridge the gap between the police department and the citizens. we want to forge great partnerships with the citizens, be transparent with them, let them know what we do as far as law enforcement, our roles and responsibilities and safeguarding the communities we serve. through community care we put together many programs where we not only do neighborhood watch to get the citizens involved, we do business watches, so business owners can get involved and put on an academy, our citizens .cademy, hispanic academy we mentor the children in the city through our mentoring program, where our middle school

children with partner up with officers and our afterschool program in elementary schools and our young adult police commissioners program for the high schoolers. this is together to bring communities closer to law enforcement, we do not want the community to see officers as ones that you call when something bad happens. and someone ends up going to jail. we want to show the other side of law enforcement where we want to prevent crimes from happening, educate the citizens on how to prevent themselves from becoming victims, protect property andheir businesses and educate children are not to be fearful of law enforcement but to understand that we are here for them, to protect them and make sure they live in a safe and healthy environment. host: that is some of the perspective you will get as we go throughout the morning. doug was in north carolina, good morning, go ahead -- douglas in north carolina, good morning, go

ahead. caller: cap hole where it's said the republicans rejected it wholeheartedly, that based -- that poll, where it's said the republicans rejected wholeheartedly. -- i live in this the inner city of baltimore a long time ago, i moved to north carolina in the early 1990's. now, there was a time when heroin was an inner-city problem . a problem with blacks in the inner-city. now, it is an epidemic among white people using cocaine. and they use the word epidemic. if the police were gunning down unarmed white youth the word epidemic would come up again. -- when the kids

got killed in colorado -- blacks in the inner-city were getting killed because of the crack cocaine epidemic was all over the place. columbine,appened in kid getting shot going to school, they said, this is an epidemic. do was start youthsg unarmed white and see how things will change, there would be a big change. it should not be that way. it looks like that is the way it is going to be in this country and white people won't never understand why black lies the matter -- lives do matter. host: dan from buffalo, missouri is next, a police officer. theer: i have an issue with

-- how people respond to a police officer pulling them over. show officers respect and do not mount him in a stop, keep your hands on the wheel and respond, "yes, sir." people will find they are treated with respect. i see this every day. thatave people automatically become defensive, aggressive and it is not going to help the situation. we need to have classes on both sides of that fence, you understand? host: how do they handle these situations in missouri as far as classes or training -- what things are being done in light of events in ferguson? caller: in this part of missouri i know of none. i think it needs to be a

nationwide program where people are brought in and learn how to police.and work with as far as a stop goes. if you are pulled over, you should have a certain amount of respect for police officers. a lot of these guys are getting shot. if you are going to come up as defensive and aggressive, they will take a stance against you. host: that is dan who gives us his perspective as a police officer, we will be joined by head offred durham, the the richmond police department in virginia to talk about the topics of policing and community policing. we will take calls with him and talk with them in a few moments. john is from niagara falls. hello, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a mixed bag about the police in niagara falls. becoming at is

little better than what it used to be. i was physically deformed by an officer while i was unconscious once. a police officer a few years ago aided and abetted a developer to steal from me and i am in court right now. the police chief here is a good man. he came to my house personally, i guess it was because of the signs i had all over my house. something, try to do but they are not, a lot of the younger officers, their training seems to be better. but we have a lot of corruption here. it is left over from a criminal organization. againstt a thing

people, it is changing, but there is corruption on the police force here. the with the judges and investigating attorney, a head judge and a head district attorney. you have to go in front of each other. i have a mixed bag of feelings on the way the police are right now. i know there are a lot of corrupt police and a lot of good police. years insit 2.5 prison, i had a job for the last three years and have never been in more trouble. i have different views on this. there are bad police out there. and they cover up for each other no matter what, even if they know it is wrong they cover up for each other. host: let's go to bill in santa rosa, california. caller: i respect the opinion of

dan the officer from moser and that we have to respect the police that he has to understand that in places like santa rosa, we live in real fair. i passage trying every day when i go to work for randy lopez, a child shot because he was playing in a field with a toy gun. our police have a history of being trigger-happy at myself not long ago came to my front door when i heard voices and found myself raising several officers -- facing several officers screaming at me, "where is the hispanic with begun -- ?"th begun -- with the gun was though i told them it probably not a real weapon and somebody was shooting a movie, i waited for them to give me indication that i was safe and they just let. -- left.

toy left me to call 911 figure it out. that is just one of many instances where the police are trigger-happy, violent, and not very helpful and good with the community. host: the community in santa rosa, have a asked the police to consider their practices -- has there been some sort of meeting with the police? yes, there was: a huge response from the hispanic community and several protests downtown, and they even closed city hall for several days and had summit meetings disrupted. it is a touchy point appear and with the events -- up here and with events nationwide it has only gotten worse. ,ost: in light of those events we want to spend the remainder of our program talking about the topic of policing and community relations.

what police practicesbut first,u know that c-span spent the day at the richmond police angelaent chatting with green, the community services leader and part of the conversation was about asking about how they strike a balance between policing and protecting the rights of citizens. trainingrt with the

with officer safety, the constitutional law but only strike the balance, we gain the trust of the public through that and part of gaining the trust is educating them on what our responsibilities are. what are crimes, types of crimes they can be arrested on, how to prevent themselves from being victims of crime and giving them the opportunity to come and share their experiences with us as well as our experience with them through the academy. citizens academy is six weeks long. they come to the police headquarters one day out of the week for six weeks and get to learn everything we do as far as investigating a homicide, aggravated assault, rape, what we do and go through a training academy where we show them