Activists react to Pres. Biden's police reform order
A number of activists want to see police reform trickle down to the state and local level following President Biden’s new executive order.
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A number of activists want to see police reform trickle down to the state and local level following President Biden’s new executive order.
Resupply? or other factors, want to move on dry land, not muddy areas, that kind of thing? >> interesting you make reference to the mud, some have said that the mud was what restrained and constrained the russians to use the highway network. first two, three weeks of the campaign. there's value for tactical commander on the ground if you can enter without getting vehicles bogged down and move off-road. perhaps that's one of the requirements that the command staff of the russian army is looking at. but more importantly time is on the russians' side, not ukrainians' side. we're all anticipating ...
There are members of their command staff that do not belong in a position of leadership. they should not be responsible for officers' lives. they failed them on january 6th and it's time that they found a different career path. >> officer hodges, everyone at the capitol that day, especially law enforcement officials, law enforcement officers, went through emotional trauma. you couldn't not. you're back at work. are you and your fellow officers, are you getting the support you need, the emotional support you need, whether professional or just institutionally? >> yeah. the metropolitan police de...
I wish it had, it's been almost a year now. i think a lot of officers, if they see a lot of reinforcement of the building, that will give them a lot of sense of protection that things will improve and that will help with morale, it will help with retaining officers as well. >> officer fanone, do you agree? what changes still need to be made? >> i think the most important change that needs to be made specifically inside the united states capitol police, they need to change the leadership culture within the department. and that's something that starts at the top, at the executive level. the fail...
Them, bring my command staff along, and really set a path forward, a path that we can sustain so that it's just not here and now, that we can actually address any issues for a long-term strategy, so that moving forward this organization and the members will understand what that line is in the sand and make sure that we have an accountability piece but training is an essential piece as well. and just ensuring that our supervisors understand how we can help our members through this and counsel, discipline if needed, but it starts with me at the top. >> well, it sounds like it's overdue for an ov...