Rochester Police Policy oversight meeting

Reviewing how police operate

Protesters have been calling for action in the wake of george floyd's death at the hands of former minneapolis police officers.

Now the city of rochester is working on reforming police department policies kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from the government center with how the city is working towards change.

Jessica.

George and katie?

"* the change is happening virtually instead of here at the government center as people continue to social distance due to the coronavirus.

Currently a police policy oversight commission is looking into the rochester police department policies.

Mayor kim norton signed a national pledge helping to hold departments accountable with community input.

There are three policies the committee is beginning to review this month: policy 300 looks at the use of force.

Policy 302 focuses on handcuffing and restraint and policy 320 is standards of conduct.

Norton plans to have the committee review all 170 police policies.

<we are on the cusp of being able to make our current policy book even more robust than it is right now by adopting these new policies and my hope is we don't let this drag on too long, that we can start the process with these three and move ahead.> if you're interested in learning more about the national pledge there is a link to the story on kimt?

"*d*- com live in rochester jessica bringe kimt news three.

The pledge asks mayors to report the findings of the review back to the community for feedback and from there to reform the use of force policies.