Legislature Passes Police Policy Reforms

Some substantial changes are in the works for Minnesota's criminal justice system after the state legislature passed a package

Lange live vo sot-stinger-2 some substantial changes are in the works for minnesota's criminal justice system after the state legislature passed a package on police accountability measures today.

Police reform-stinger-1 police reform-stinger-3 kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from rochester's goverment center with how the changes will impact local law enforcement..

Jessica.

Live police reform-live vo-2 katie - the proposal looks to govern how police are trained..

How they're held accountable for bad behavior and what happens when they use deadly force.

Police reform-live vo-1 lowerthird2line:state legislature passes police policy reforms rochester, mn one of the most noteable changes deals with a ban on neck restraints..

The measure comes after a similar tactic was used on george floyd before his death in minneapolis.

Other provisons include outlawing warrior training that dehumanizes people..

Enhanced reporting around use-of-force incidents and creating an independent unit to investigate fatal police encounters at the bureau of criminal apprehension.

Mayor kim norton says rochester's community-run 'police policy oversight commission' has already been focusing on these exact changes for the past couple of months.

Police reform-live sot-1 police reform-live sot-4 lowerthird2line:mayor kim norton rochester, mn its the direction we were already moving already and maybe we moved a little bit faster, certainly we moved a little faster because of george floyd's death, but the legislature's recommendations we are for the most part are already ahead of the game on those.

Police reform-live sot-3 norton tells me there are some new requirments that the department is looking into such as police training to better serve those with autism.

Live in rochester- jessica bringe kimt news 3 thank you jessica.

The proposal is now on its way to governor tim walz after being passed by the legislature early this morning.

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