1-26-21 police reform package-fdl county sheriff

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff says his office already does a number of things proposed in a bi-partisan police reform package introduced last week.   The legislation would prohibit training on the use of chokeholds, something Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says is already in his Department’s policy.  Waldschmidt says his office also already makes it’s policy free and available to the public.  Waldschmidt does question if the creation of a board that could investigate officer-involved deaths duplicates what is already being done, both internally and by an outside law enforcement agency and district attorney.   The package comes after Wisconsin experienced multiple protests last summer over police brutality and racism.