The Senate debated over the controversial clean slate bill, which would erase criminal records for those who keep a “clean slate’' of no crimes for seven years.
Police chiefs are asking for changes on the use of deadly force as the legislature seeks to improve the controversial police accountability bill. Chiefs are concerned that the law now says police must have “exhausted’' all other options before using deadly force, but officers say that’s all being done in split-seconds and needs to be clarified.