YOU,
FREDERICA.
%APPRECIATE
IT.
%>>
THE
LEGISLATIVE
BILL
THAT
%CALLS FOR
MAKING
THE
PRIMARY
%DUTY
OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT
TO
%PRESERVE THE LIFE
O
F
ALL
%INDIVIDUALS AND
THAT
DEADLY
%FORCE
IS TO
BE
USED
ONLY
AS A
%HAS RESORT
IS
BEING
DERIDED
B
Y
%THE
REPUBLICAN
STATE
SENATOR WHO
%IS
CHAIR OF
THE
P
UBLIC
SAFETY
%COMMITTEE.
%SENATOR VAN WANGGAARD
OF
RACINE
%IS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER.
%HE
JOINS
US
NOW
FROM
RACINE
AND
%THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.
%>>
GLAD TO
BE
HERE,
FREDERICA.%>>
S
O
WHY
IN
YOUR
MIND IS IT
%WRONG TO
CODIFY
THE
STATUTE
THE
%PRIMARY DUTY
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
%IS
TO
PRESERVE THE
LIFE
OF
ALL
%INDIVIDUALS?%>> WELL,
ACTUALLY,
UNDER
CHAPTER
%66
IT'S
ALREADY
INCLUDED
IN
%THERE
AND
IT
REQUIRES
EACH
%DEPARTMENT TO HAVE
POLICIES
I
N
%PLACE,
BOTH UNDER
STATE
AND
%FEDERAL
GUIDELINES,
THAT
%RESTRICT
THOSE
OFFICERS TO
%ACTING
I
N
ACCORDANCE
WITH
STATE
%AND FEDERAL
LAWS.
%SO
JUST
LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED
IN
%MINNESOTA,
THIS
OFFICER
THAT
%STEPPED OUTSIDE
O
F
HIS
%DEPARTMENT'S
POLICIES,
%GUIDELINES AND
TRAINING
AND
DID
%THIS
HORRIFIC
PUTTING OF
THE
%KNEE ON
THE
SUSPECT'S
NECK,
THAT
%INDIVIDUAL
IS
OUTSIDE OF THE
%POLICIES
AND GUIDELINES OF THE
%FORCE
CONTINUUM.
%AND
HE'S
BEEN
CHARGED
WITH%SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
%WE
HAVE
ALL
KINDS
OF
CRIMINAL
%STATUTES ON
THE
BOOKS
THAT
APPLY
%TO EVERYBODY.
%THEY
APPLY
TO POLICE
OFFICERS,
%TOO, NOT JUST
THE
PEOPLE ON THE
%STREET
THAT
THEY
POLICE,
BUT
THE
%POLICE OFFICERS
THEMSELVES.
%AND THOSE
GUIDELINES ARE
ALREADY
%IN
PLACE
UNDER
CHAPTER
6
0
AND
%UNDER
CHAPTER
62.13,
WHICH
DEALS
%WITH POLICE
AND
FIRE
%COMMISSIONS, ET
CETERA.
%THERE
ARE
SEVERAL
LAYERS
THAT%WOULD BE
INVOLVED IN
THE
PROCESS
%IF
IN
FACT
AN
INDIVIDUAL
STEPS
%OUTSIDE OF
THOSE GUIDELINES.
%AND
I'D
JUST
LIKE
TO
POINT OUT I
%WAS A POLICE
AND
FIRE
%COMMISSIONER FOR
TEN
YEARS,
%ALSO.%>>
AND
SO
YOU
DESCRIBE THIS
%PROPOSAL
A
S
BEING
MICROMANAGING%OF POLICE
DEPARTMENTS, AND YOU
%ALSO
SAY
THAT
I
T
SEEMS
CLEAR
%THAT WHOEVER
WROTE
THIS
BILL
HAS
%NEVER
SERVED
WITH LAW
%ENFORCEMENT.
%WHY DO
YOU
SAY
THAT
PIECE?
%>>
WELL,
I
SAY
THAT
BECAUSE
NO
%MATTER WHAT IS
IN
THIS
BILL
%WOULD
NOT
HAVE
CHANGED WHAT
%OCCURRED
IN
MINNEAPOLIS
AND I%DON'T
BELIEVE IT
WOULD
HAVE
%CHANGED
ANY OF
THE
%OFFICER-INVOLVED INCIDENTS
THAT
%HAVE
OCCURRED IN
M
Y
RECENT
%MEMORY.
%WE
NEED TO GET
AT
THE
ROOT
CAUSE
%OF
WHY THIS
IS
HAPPENING, AND
W
E
%NEED
T
O
LOOK
AT
SPECIFICALLY HOW
%CAN
WE
ADDRESS
THOSE
ISSUES.
%SO WE
HAVE A
PIECE
OF
%LEGISLATION THAT
WE'VE
BEEN
%
WORKING O
N
ABOUT
TWO
YEARS.
%WE'VE
BEEN
WORKING ON
IT
WITH
%MR. MICHAEL
BELL.
%HE
LOST
HIS
SON
TO A POLICE
%OFFICER DOWN
I
N
KENOSHA A
FEW
%YEARS
BACK,
AND
HE HAS
BEEN
%LOOKING FOR
CHANGE.
%AND
HOW
WE
ADDRESS
SOME OF THE
%OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS
AND
%HOW
CAN
WE
TRAIN
BETTER
SO
THAT
%MAYBE WE
CAN
ALLEVIATE SOME
OF
%THESE
ISSUES
HAPPENING.
%SO
WE'VE
BEEN
WORKING
ON
THAT
%PIECE O
F
LEGISLATION,
WHICH
%WOULD GET TO
THE
ROOT
CAUSE.
%IT
WOULD
LOOK
SPECIFICALLY,
LIKE
%THE
NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION
%SAFETY BOARD
COMES
IN
WHEN
%THERE'S A
TRANSPORTATION
CRASH
%IN PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION,%SOMETHING LIKE THA
T.
%THEY COME
IN,
THEY
SURVEY
ALL OF
%THE
INFORMATION.
%THERE'S
N
O
PLACE
THEY
CAN'T GO.
%THEY
HE
CAN
SUBPOENA,
FIND
OUT
WHY
%IT
HAPPENED
SO WE
CAN
MAKE
%CHANGES S
O
WE
DON'T
HAVE
THESE
%FAILURES.
%WHETHER OR
NOT A
BLACK
MAN ON
%THE
GROUND OR A
WHITE
MAN ON
THE%GROUND WOULDN'T
THE
HAVE
MADE
%ANY DIFFERENCE.
%WHAT
THIS
OFFICER
DID
WAS
JUST
%ABSOLUTELY
HORRENDOUS
AND
HE
%SHOULD BE
CHARGED.
%SO
THAT
WOULDN'T HAVE
MADE
ANY
%DIFFERENCE.%WE
NEED
T
O
LOOK
AT WHAT
HAPPENED
%HERE, WHERE WAS THE
FAILURE.
%AND
I THINK
THAT
THE
PROCESS,
WE
%WILL
NOW
HAVE
NOT
ONLY
WILL
THEY
%HAVE AN
INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION,
%THEY'LL
HAV
E
THEIR
STATE%DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
IN
%MINNEAPOLIS
LOOKING
A
T
IT,
THE
%FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND
THE
%STATE
LEVEL
IN
MINNESOTA WILL BE
%LOOKING
ALIT
JUST
AT
IT.
%SO I
THINK WE
NEED
TO KEEP ALL
%OF
THAT
IN
PERSPECTIVE.
%>>
YOU
TALK
ABOUT
ROOT
CAUSES
OF
%THIS KIND
O
F
THING
LIKE
HAPPENED
%IN
MINNEAPOLIS HAPPENING.
%WOULD
THAT
BE
TRAINING
AND
%ACCOUNTABILITY
THEN?
%>>
I
THINK
TRAINING IS A
HUGE,
%HUGE
PART
OF
IT.
%WE'RE
BLESSED HERE IN WISCONSIN.
%WE'VE
GOT A
REALLY
GOOD
BUREAU
%TRAINING
AND
STANDARDS
AND
THEY
%WORK
VER
Y
CLOSELY WITH
ALL
OF
%OUR
DEPARTMENTS.
%I GUESS
I
LEAN A
LITTLE
BIT
%TOWARDS
SOUTHEASTERN
WISCONSIN
%WITH
GATEWAY
TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE
%AND
MATC.
%BUT
THEY
TRAIN
OUR
OFFICERS.
%THEY
HAV
E
TWO-YEAR
PROGRAMS
AND
%THEY'RE
HANDS-ON
AND
THEY'RE
%PHENOMENAL.
%AND
THEN
EVERY
OFFICER
IN
THE
%STATE OF WISCONSIN IS
REQUIRED%TO HAVE
2
4
HOURS
OF
CONTINUING
%EDUCATION
TO
MAINTAIN
THEIR
%CERTIFICATIONS.
%SO
THE
Y
GO
THROUGH
ALL OF
THE
%OTHER
ASPECTS
O
F
INTERACTION
%WITH THE
COMMUNITY,
WHICH COULD
%BE MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES,
IT
%COULD
BE
DEFENSE
DEFENSIVE
TACTICS FOR
%ARREST.
%THEY
UPGRADE
THAT
TRAINING,
SO
%EVERY
QUEER AN
YEAR AN
OFFICER
HAS TO
%HAVE
AT
LEAST
24
HOURS
OF
%TRAINING ON
CURRENT
THINGS
THAT
%MIGHT CHANGE
HOW
THEY RESPOND
TO
%THE
COMMUNITY.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
%SENATOR WAN