On the recordJune 25, 2020
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. In 2019, USA Today published the largest public database of disciplinary records for police officers. They found that fewer than 10 percent of officers in most police forces had been investigated. But of those who are investigated, most have 10 or more misconduct charges, and worse, some face more than 100 allegations. Almost all still have their badges today. To address this issue, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act includes a national registry to bring transparency to disciplinary decisions, to bring transparency to police misconduct, and to bring transparency to the high cost of irresponsible individuals to taxpayers. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is about transparency and sunlight. We need that now more than ever.
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