Tehama County Deputy Sheriff's Association weighs in on law enforcement culture

People across the country pushing for police oversight.

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A national push for police oversight has some law enforcement officers feeling under fire.

Action news now reporter ana torrea joins us live -- ana how are peace officers here at home handling these tough times?

Haley-- the tehama county deputy sheriff's association says their deputies are on high alert.

People across the country pushing for police oversight.

Take so* trt: 10 luciana ferrira lives in red bluff i do think that police officers need to be accountable for their actions and police unions needs to change their way of trainig officers.

Zack bachus with the tehama county deputy sheriff's association says they recognize the tense situations happening.

Take so* (no lower, phoner) trt: 13 when things are tense like this you have to be a little bit more on your toes and more mindful about what you're doing and i think this community has shown a lot of support thru law enforcement thru their protests bachus tells me they don't have a vendetta but do have a strong belief in the constitution to treat everyone equally under the law.

He urges people to not paint all officers in the same category.

Take so*(no lower, phoner) trt: 14 we're just trying to do our job and unfortunately, ours tends to come into conflict with people sometimes// we just need to keep that in mind and not treat every officer with the same broad brush ana stand u* trt: 07 ana torrea atorreanews and people tell me while it's necessary and important to have law enforcement its also important to hold them accountable take so* trt:11 alex jimenz lives in corning you recognize the good ones because the not all cops are bad like not all people are bad but you also got hold the ones that did make mistakes// no one is above the law but people tell me it's all about communication.

Take so* trt:05 virginia mollenkopf lives in corning people here but they dont listen and i think that's the first thing we have to do bachus says the tehama county deputy sheriff's association was one of the first organizations in northern california to condemn derek chauvin - the officer charged with murdering george floyd.

Reporting live in red bluff, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count bachus tells action news now the best way for people understand what peace officers go through is education.

He encourages people to ride along with their local law enforcement.

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