. good morning and welcome to urban update. i'm alberto vasallo. after a brief break due to the summer olympics we are bang. on urban update today we'll have information on two events that have become here in boston. one is the dimock 5k walk and run and the milagros para ninos gala to benefit children's hospital which takes place in mid september. but first the very important and hot button issue of law enforcement in america. with police officers being tarts the relation between local police and the communities they serve has become par mounts. this morning we've invited four

the law to give them a platform to oh so they may address each of you. we welcome to urban update boston police department superintendent-in-chief william gross whose the highest rank police officer in the department. next to him is chelsea chiefs brian kyes, also here who has -- i got it right -- who has 100 sworn police officers and 12,000 civilian support staff underneath him. and kenny green who is entrusted with protecting the oldest transit system in the country that covers every neighborhood in the city and beyond. welcome to urban update, guys. and we're going to get right right toilet so i want to go around the table

what's on your mind lately. give us your perspective. >> so sure, first i would like to say what we do locally can be much different than what takes place in other parts of the country. so judge your local police department by what's happening locally, how they treat you, how they interact with you and the results that you get locally. >> ken? >> i opportunity to address directly with members of community of their concerns regarding police but i hear them loud and clear and i want them to know that the transit police are committed to building upon the relationships that we built upon over the years through transparency and trust and we value their partnership. >> and i'm going to go to chelsea now. we'll cross the bridge.

time i think personally ha we're going to get beyond that recent trend of so-called negativity, the and sometimes outward hatred towards the police there seems to be yet another high profile incident involving deadly force that takes place in the country we saw what happened in minnesota last month. we saw what happened in louisiana and recently in chicago last week. and then milwaukee over the weekend. and unfortunately when events like this take place without knowing all the facts and there will be the pushback on the police is substantial. it's something we have to deal with. >> so my response is this. thank you first of all for the invitation but we're very cognizant of what's happening across our great nation as pertains to police shootings and interactions and how they're

boston we use thoses teachable moments. so if there's something going on we're learning from that as well, but it also strengthens our community policing model. we acknowledge the pass history and from that now we're on level playing grounds where we have empathy, sympathy and respect and as a community we can move forward, you you understandiac other. i'm not scared why you have had, you're not scared of me because we acknowledge everything that's going on under that village concept of community policing . and talk about humanizing police officers. let's talk about the personal sacrifices that your men and women go through because i don't think we hear enough of that. someone used the word robotic.

families as everyone else. these guys work nights and weekends and hollywoods, a lot of times away from the family, a lot of times they're forced to work extra shifts and they have to deal with a lot of baggage from what they deal with in the streets. so they have to go home and deal with the dictions and mental health and addiction and so on and you try to ma sure that everyone's doing well but those things do wear people down. >> and people forget that that does weigh on human beings and there are good and great cops and sometimes the good cops are paying the price for maybe one or two bad apples. >> certainly there's sometimes when there's an incident in our department, any department around the country and law enforcement in general, policing in general gets painted with one wide brush. and it's too bad it has to be

probably speak for all the agencies in place that we have mechanisms when someone's a bad apple that we can investigate it fully. we have mechanisms to make sure we address that. >> ken, last time purpose here i asked you this question. it's also made the job of recruiting a lot more differentials right? >> yeah, for some reason there's a lot of individuals who i talk to in the community they don't want the take the exam for be it what's going on in the country. but what we got to try to do is convince these individuals that if they want to effect change, come join us. i encourage everybody to who want to see positive change in the community to -- between the community and police to come and join us. i was thinking back a month and

david brown stated that -- he challenged the protesters and some of the community members that if you want to effect change, change happens from within. come and join our ranks and within two weeks he had a thousand applicants. >> student ross you're out in the community and i've seen you, you're very friendly and everything. you sometimes break these misconception. i didn't know police officers were like you. they're not you're a pretty unique guy. >> we have a ways to go. >> but what are some of the misconceptions people have? >> like chief touched upon, we're not desensitized to violence because we see it sometimes in your career and the misconception of that will culture that you're robots and you just keep going.

we want the arrest the problems we felt we don't want to do that. we want to work with the community, to work with those families with the most channels so they that don't go unwrong side of the law. like in our stations for our most chance we have clinical social workers and every year ourst our arrest rate goes down and it shows that. you can't arrest the problems away, so there's a misconception. you're just interested in locking up members of our community. no, we're interested in us the problems. >> i'll give you an opportunity to talk about what happens when the media's not there. when something happens it's all over cnn and fox and everything. but what happens when the camera's not there and your men and women do something great. do you feel frustrated that message doesn't get out there? >> it happens a lot. certainly

something great. officers in general don't necessarily look for a pat on the back but when it comes our way it is great. people oftentimes think that incentive is officers getting a raise or more money. one of us in the positions we have, if we walk up to one of our officers and grab them and put our hand around their back and say great job. that's a moment in their life that, they never forget . speaking of that, our ew viewers can do other than getting involved just on a daily basis? if you're stopped at a stoplight and you see police officers is thank you for your sacrifice does that make a big difference? >> yes. the small things do matter. when you're recognized for the good work you're doing by your bosses and by the public, it means -- it's big. and interacting with transit

thousands of people per day. within that officers are helping people with their baby carriages, finding lost property, navigating the system, standing by a broke down vehicle. it's great working. >> a number of years back we had the suffolk university justice law center out and we are working on how to improve youth relations and it came to about 1500 kids in our streets and the feedback from these kids, the three top things on thousand to do that were if the police smiled, waved and physically said hello. so that's the kind of is stuff with pushed out. it's contagious when you smile at someone and say hello and that's the kind of basic things we try to do to make people feel good. >> so i'm going to end with that.

to your police officer and tell them that you saw the chief and they said to do that. thank you, guys. hold on because i got a treat for you guys. i know you guys are baseball fans? >> is it an ice cream truck? >> a nice little treat the for you guys. 22 years ago last month i sat down with baseball's alex rodriquez. are. his debut was here at of 1984. as fate would have it his last world game was played here at fenway park and i was able to sit down with a rod for what may have been his last one-on-one interview on camera. so let's take a peek. >> as you know i put up on facebook two alex's first interview ever. do you recall that day, july 81994. we were audit there. do you remember that day?

it's like yesterday. >> it does feel like yesterday. i remember that night we went it and the next day they said you can't be taking this young guy out. what have you learned from the game that you can pass on to other young players after 22 years? >> that's a loaded question but griff was a great leader. but i think for me i really look at the forward to the next of my career and that's to help out the next generation of yankees and i'm excited for them. >> isn't it ironic that you had your first interview and first game here and the last home series as a player is going to be at fenway. lots of different memories of boston and the families . i love boston. the fans in boston have been great over the years. we have had some epic

were some of the greatest games that i can ever remember. i'm going to have some really fond memories of not only fenway park and where it all started for me be how great the fans have been to me. >> and you're a family guy now. your sister's on facebook all the time. she saw the interview. your mom saw the first interview 22 years ago but now you have -- i have a daughter now. so we met. i didn't have any kids, you didn't have any kids and now we both have daughters. changes your life to be a dad. >> i have two daughters, they' have an opportunity to spends more time with them and yeah. it's going to be great to have time with them. >> don't get a big head because i remember when alex was born, my alex, you were like dude did you name her after me? no, i just like the name alexandra. all the luck. 22 years. >> wow, 22 years in the make. all right. when we come back, information

boston children's hospital keep working their miracles. all the details here on urban

. there is something very special going on at boston hospital. it's called milagros para ninos gala. which means miracles for childrnd last time know efficientive. led by a latino advisory counsel this initiative raises funds and advocates for the care of underserved children with a focus on families that speak span and i shall portuguese all around the world. one way the council raises fund is through the milagros para ninos gala with businesses enjoying a night of dinner and dancing. all to support kids

the globe. all in need of boston children's expert care. to tell us more about this initiative and about the upcoming annual fund-raising gala, we welcome -- it's great to be here. >> talk about the counsel. tell me about it. it's a who's who of last time know leaders and folks in the we have a great group of latino leaders from boston who have come together, some actually outside of boston, all with one purpose, which is how to raise funds for our community and help them in a time of need at boston children's hospital. >> why has this initiative been so well accepted in the boston community and even withen the council, as you said they make personal sacrifices and you guys

boston children's hospital first class, number one hospital, pediatric care year over year and when it comings to providing for our community, being able to give back to our families, and as us as last time knows we know that we also want to give our families the very best and the fact that we're able to do it for our children when they're probably at the most vulnerable because they're ill or have a broken bone or fact that we're able to team up with the number one hospital in the world and be able to give back to our community, i mean that's -- it's easy enough for anyone to commit to. >> there's a number of different fund-raising efforts throughout the year but the biggest one is coming up september 17. that's the one that everyone gets dressed up and you see a lot of friends. i want to show our viewers some of the images because there's always a

our chairs, right? >> our committee members there, obviously we honor a doctor every year and also a patient family. >> lots of celebrities show up. >> a lot of celebrities show up. we have some very special celebritying showing up this year as well. >> and that's why you do it right? >> maria's awesome. >> a great view of what happens, andn have a latino party without is it dancing. >> that's right and we do that until the shoes burn up. >> did you win the best dancer last year? >> no, i think you're -- >> ladies and gentlemen i will be defending my title this year, best dancer for the evening. >> this year's tango themed so,

definitely a bar that's been set. >> absolutely. so tell me what your pitch for folks watching, why should they get involved, why should they help in this fund-raising effort? >> i think for starters it's really all about our children around the community, boston children's hospital has been an institution that's been around helping our families. many of us with committed to the hospital. as we look into the future a a growth of the latino families in the area, we see the importance in the leadership that's coming up from that. and so this gala, the milagros para ninos gala, gives a lot of companies the opportunity to team up with us and really extend and learn more about our community and be able the participant. >> it's a grate fund-raising event because you get a lot of -- we have the information up this year. it's at the weston

september 17. you get a lot of continuer support but a lot of community folks as well. but it gives corporate boston an opportunity to do something good for the latino consultant and i think that roster of corporate sponsors is something you want to grow. >> completely. more companies are teaming up with us. we have opportunities for them to son zero all the events or a particular event, whether it's the walk, the have a lot of opportunities for a lot of companies and we help them reach the community. >> and a lot of these funds they go for a number of different things but i know one of them helps martha elliott in jamaica plain. they wait for that check every year. >> it helps martha elliott along with many other areas of the hospital and at the ends of the day it's really about helping the children. so it's really about the kids. >> weather headline, the last

tell her you did just as good as her. . okay. in just a few moments information on the second annual road to wellness fireworks k walk and run. one of my favorite events right here on urban update. thanks for calling fios, this is ryan, how can i help you today? yeah, i got a big problem with my new tv. you can't tell me this cord isn't in, i know it's in, it's in but it's not working. really? yes, really...mr. mcenroe. um, see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh, absolutely. i like that. hey, it worked! so i don't have to see the cable guy again? oh no, we're not cable, mac.

get 100 meg internet, tv and phone for just 69.99 a month online for 2 years, guaranteed with a 2 year agreement. only fios offers speeds this fast at a price this good. founded in 1862 as a hospital for women and children the dimock center was the first hospital that opened and operated by women for women and only the second in the country continues to provide boston residents with convenient access to high quality low cost they would that might not other be available. amazing job. on saturday september 10 the dimock center will hold its second annual road to wellness 5k walk, slash, run. it's empowering body and mind through fit necessary and health. to tell us more about this event we've invited the

the boss of dimock center, myechia minter-jordan. we also have finder of hood fit. he's been here before the thaddeus miles. and the race director and regional vice president hector cruz who was also here years ago. the grand marshal of the puerto rican parade. so an all cast here to ends the she felt thank you for coming by. i'm excited because i went last year and i had a blast. it was awesome. so for those who did not go and have not gone, give me your in event up. >> this is an amazing events for the community. it's a partnership between dimock and the hospital association. we have people on their porches cheering usen. we had the police commissioner and the student of boston public schools. so this is an opportunity for the community e-community to come together to

opportunity for the community. an opportunity for the community to get active and to see the beauty that's in roxbury that we often don't remember. >> i like that. so how does this fit in with hood fit. >> so fit hood fit is about personal efficacy and agency but it's also about the gift of proximity. so one of the things we talked about that happened last year was there was a young from breast cancer and she was about the start her chemo on tuesday. but she came out to run and thought she was going to run by herself and on her facebook page she said i ran with over 100 people and so now i'm ready to go to chemo and fight. so that's what this day's about p really about bringing people together, showing love for the community and showing love for each other. >> and we're looking at pictures of some of the participants because it's a big family event.

the commissioner, commissioner evans is right there in the middle. if you don't recognize him in his uniform, he looks pretty healthy there. it is on september 10 with the website. but i want to get into the race, hector tell me about the race and al little bit about this medal. >> sure. so there are a lot of moving pieces and in order to pull off such an event, it's the race director and volunteerses that will be sprinkled throughout the course as course monitorings and at the water stations and at the start and finish line: and the goal is to create a positive experience so that we can get them the come back. and through the years we have seen the number of participants increase and this year we will be awarding medals. >> i'm going to show the medal. so we did a whole bunch on the

is my medal. is it gold? i don't know. the winners get thanks right? >> the participants will get that. so the goal is then just to create the interest and the experience just as if they ran any other race in the state of massachusetts and have them come back. >> that's the connection with the baa, right? >> that's right. they're an amazing part of to have with hood fit. we have and we had over 500 people out last year. our goal is to get to 1,000 participants. we have things at the end of the event, we have a health care pavilion. so there's so many vendors that who willth we'll have out with interesting things on health and wellness for the community. we just want people to come. it's free .

to register? just gone on the website? >> just go on the website and you can register. if you liver in the community or need a fee waiver you can put in hood fit and that will actually waive your fee. so wellness 5k.com and takes like five to ten minutes to register and you'll be good to go. we'll see you september 10. >> i want to put the website up one more time because i know down. so everybody's excited, right? >> yes. >> talk to me about this shirt. i love it. >> everybody who registered gets a t-shirt. it has all the partners on the fronts of we have the sponsors and vendors on the back. and we're excited to be able to do this again with and for the community. >> i have a question for you. i know i can keep the t-shirt but do i have the give this back?

>> okay. i knew there was a catch. so that's awesome. again i said it was my favorite because it does great for the community. we saw the police were here earlier. it's great for the police relationship. and thank you so much for coming by. i know you'll be back later to talk about stepping out. >> that's right. it's coming up in november, november 5. >> so look at her face. you'll see her again. just wear a different dress. >> i will. a so much. that's it for this edition of urban update. for all of us here at urban update i'm alberto vasallo. have a tremendous sunday,

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