RPD Policy Listening Session

Use of force gained a lot of attention in terms of police policy

"* i'm katie lange.

And i'm george mallet.

First ?

"* as demands for police reform echo across the nation ?

"* the med city is putting the spotlight on its own police force.

Tonight the rochester police policy oversight commission teamed up with the diversity council to host a community listening session on law enforcement and their use of force.

Kimt news 3's isabella basco joins us live now to fill us in on what was discussed ?

"* isabella?

Xxx george and katie ?

"* the listening session focused on three issues... use of force ?*- handcuffing and restraints ?

"* and standards of conduct.

Use of force in particular got a lot of attention.

Xxx the rochester police policy oversight commission listened to the concerns of residents ?*- answering some tough questions.

Angi porter ?

"* an associate with the university of minnesota ?

"* moderated.

"w is the chokehold necessary?

They don't have any problem arresting white men who killed many during school shootings?"

"i think there's a point in this hold or this carotid control that officers don't realize when too much force has been applied."

"there are instances in which it's the last best chance for an officer to either protect his own life or to protect the lives of others."

Another topic addressed... changing the culture of law enforcement.

Commissioners say they want to hire more officers of color.

"the problem is is that the pool of candidates is so small.

And i think that's where the emphasis has to be."

Residents challenged the commissioners' comments.

"it doesn't seem like hiring more people into a broken system is the way to go.

Hiring black, indigenous and people of color does not fix a broken system.

You are not addressing the systemic issues that are at play."

Commissioner jordan admits the system is broken.

"when i look at the death of george floyd in police custody and we look at the officer responsible, we look at his record and see how many complaints were against him, the nature of the complaints against him, at least 2 other minorities died mayor kim norton tasked the police policy oversight commission to review their policies and give input at their meeting which is next week.

Live in rochester ib kimt news 3./// thanks isabella.

A link to the entire listening session will be included in this story on kimt dot com under the