steven casstevens is with us. he heads up the international association of chiefs of police. (202) 748-8000 if you live in eastern or central time zones and want to call in. (202) 748-8001 if you are in the mountain or pacific regions. a special line set aside for law enforcement in this segment, (202) 748-8002. your calls in a second. chief casstevens, what do we know about crime rates right now? guest: well, that is interesting. i read reports of crime rates going down, but certain crimes are going up as well. first thing we have to make sure, when we are jerking -- when we are talking crime rates. there are crimes and there are police calls for service. please calls or service are 911 calls, whether emergency or not rigid -- or not emergency, that requires a police response. crime has gone down in many communities. total police calls for service have gone down even more. a lot of those are self initiated things, like officers making traffic stops that may arrest or adrug suspended or revoked license arrest. mos

steven casstevens is with us.ads up the international association of chiefs of police. (202) 748-8000 if you live in eastern or central time zones and want to call in. (202) 748-8001 if you are in the mountain or pacific regions. a special line set aside for law enforcement in this segment, (202) 748-8002. your calls in a second. chief casstevens, what do we know about crime rates right now? guest: well, that is interesting. i read reports of crime rates going down, but certain crimes are going up as well. first thing we have to make sure, when we are jerking -- when we are talking crime rates. there are crimes and there are police calls for service. please calls or service are 911 calls, whether emergency or not rigid -- or not emergency, that requires a police response. crime has gone down in many communities. total police calls for service have gone down even more. a lot of those are self initiated things, like officers making traffic stops that may arrest or adrug suspended or revoked license arrest. most agen

buffalo grove chief steve casstevens, serving as president ime, and then you start to come down. >> "washington journal" continues. host: scott burris joins us from philadelphia, serving at temple university's research. some 300 andris, $11 million -- some 311 million people living under stay-at-home orders in their states. do these -- are the stay-at-home orders created equal, or are more restrictive than others? guest: while, they are getting to look a lot like each other -- well, they are getting to look a lot like each other. i think the trend is basically, you stay at home, your kids don't go to school, your universities are closed, you can go out for exercise, but you so have to social-distance during that time. playgrounds are closed, team sports armband. you can go to the -- team sports are banned. you can go to the grocery store. you can go to the gun shop. gas stations are open, pharmacies are don't try to get your hair done. as they say, gray is the new blonde. host: what would be the difference between a national stay-at-home order versus all of order,tes stay-at-home obvi

by even casstevens. he serves as president of the international association of chiefs of police. when it comes to law enforcement, in the age of coronavirus, how much has policing had to change? guest: first of all, thanks for having me. we have not seen reasons to make operational changes like this to

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