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Gov Evers and Legislature address police reform on same day with differing approaches

Wisconsin Examiner Gov. Evers and Legislature address police reform on same day with differing approaches Evers issued an executive order Wednesday afternoon directing state law enforcement to update its use of force policies Wisconsin State Capitol Police car in front of Wisconsin Capitol. (Photo: WI Department of Administration) Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order Wednesday afternoon directing state law enforcement to update its use of force policies.  The order came shortly after the Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities subcommittee on law enforcement policies and standards came out with its recommendations. The governor’s order only binds agencies managed by the state, which are the Capitol Police, the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Department of Natural Resources Division of Public Safety and Resource Protection.

Evers orders use of force updates for state law enforcement

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday ordered the Wisconsin State Patrol and other state law enforcement agencies to update their use of force policies to prohibit chokeholds, unless as a last resort, after the Assembly s bipartisan racial disparities task force issued 18 recommendations to address policing practices statewide. The task force, created after a white Kenosha police officer shot a Black man last summer, stopped short of calling for a total ban on chokeholds and no-knock warrants as Evers first called for last year after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It was unclear how many of their recommendations would win approval by the Legislature and be signed into law by Evers.

Gov Evers signs executive order surrounding reviewing, updating use of force policies within multiple law enforcement agencies

MADISON In light of the guilty verdict of former police officer Derek Chauvin, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has signed an executive order furthering the discussion on changes in law enforcement. According to the release, the order will direct state-managed law enforcement, including the Department of Natural Resources Division of Public Safety and Resource Protection, the Wisconsin State Capitol Police, and the Wisconsin State Patrol, to review and update their use of force policies. “We’re getting to work here on the state level to make sure we’re leading by example and setting the bar in Wisconsin,” said Gov. Evers. “Wisconsinites across our state are demanding action and meaningful, systemic change this is a critically important step, but it can’t be the last. Our Badger Bounceback agenda includes several measures on policing accountability and transparency and I am hopeful these provisions will receive bipartisan support so we can continue the important work of

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