04/24/2025
https://www.commondreams.org...
"Why would we be supporting a measure that allows it so that people criminally convicted for assault on the job could get back onto the force?"
"I urge that we vote 'no' against this bill."
"What we got today in testimony is that because of the Police Association's tactics, people that were convicted of crime had to come back and be allowed to work back on the force."
"I believe that we would be, by moving this forward, repealing important protections for people that should, frankly, have bipartisan support."