YEAR’S GOAL.
SEAN: BUT FIRST, IN THIS
MORNING’S COMMITMENT 2020, WE
ASKED THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR IF THEY THINK THE
STATE SHOULD CHANGE ITS POLICY
ON POLICING.
HERE’S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS A POINT ON
WHICH I DISAGREE WITH SUNUNU.
NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS SYSTEMIC
RACISM AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH
IT IN PART BY BETTER TRAINING OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A
SINGLE POLICE ACADEMY WHERE ALL
NEW RECRUITS GO, WHETHER THEY’RE
POLICE OFFICERS OR CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS.
THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A CENTRALIZED CURRICULUM
.
THAT NEEDS TO INCLUDE IMPLICIT
BIAS TRAINING.
WE NEED TO GET AWARE OF THE
THINGS WE DO WITHOUT THINKING,
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WE NEED TO DO MORE
TRAINING ON CONFLICT
DE-ESCALATION, AND WE NEED TO
HAVE MORE MEDIATION TRAINING.
LESS MILITARIZATION, BETTER
RECRUITMENT, MORE TRAINING IS
THE APPROACH I THINK WE NEED TO
TAKE.
>> THE POLICE TRAINING
PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS NEEDED
TO BE UPDATED ANYWAY, AND I
THINK UPDATING THEM WITH MODERN
STANDARDS, INCLUDING AND
INCORPORATING IMPLICIT BIAS
TRAINING AND OTHER TRAINING
TECHNIQUES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT THE OVERARCHING ISSUE IS NOT
JUST IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICE
REFORM, IT’S IN THE CONTEXT OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND AND
HOUSING AND ECNOMIC REFORM,
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY ACROSS
THOSE ISSUES, INCLUDING PAID
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE,
INCLUDING AMONG THEM WAGE --
INCLUDING A MINIMUM WAGE, THINGS
THAT GOVERNOR SUNUNU HAS VETOED.
INVESTMENTS INTO OUR SMALL
BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LOOKING OUT
FOR THEM, NOT BIG CORPORATIONS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THI
