my name is andrew peralta, also a lieutenant with the las vegas metropolitan police department. i'm sure you know we're no stranger to the process with the department of justice and the cops office, so i've actually had the privilege of being involved in a lot of is that change, so thank you. i'm also the national president with the national latino peace officers association founded in 1974. i want to point out that we believe the vast majority of cops that hire on today hire on for good reason good intentions, want to do good things in the community president but the reason we exist as a national organization is because of these very issues we're looking although talking about today. they were recognized back in 1972 by two of our founders in california. they founded this organization to try and help tackle some of these issues in the hispanic communities back in their day. also i want to thank you the opportunity to allow me to speak in front of you. i'm going to go ahead and go right into the main topics you sent us. role of police in a democratic society. we believe that the