‘UnPHILtered’: Retired police sergeant trains officers on better policing

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — President Joe Biden will meet with mayors, police chiefs, and native public officers Friday to debate how cities are utilizing funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan for policing and public security.

Indianapolis is utilizing $150 million of the funds it obtained on violence discount applications all through the town. They embrace the hiring of extra Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division officers and violence interrupters by the town’s Peacemaker program.

It additionally contains cash for the set up of cameras and gunshot-detection expertise.

Chris Curtis, a retired Las Vegas Police Division sergeant and a nationwide police advisor, joined Information 8’s Phil Sanchez on Thursday night time’s “UnPHILtered” to speak about how policing has modified in America.

“Lots of people in the neighborhood really feel just like the belief has been damaged between police departments and the group after loads of high-profile incidents which have occurred,” Curtis stated, “and whereas these incidents are type of positively within the minority, they stand out they usually shine a vibrant beacon to this belief that’s been created between the police and the group.”

Go to PoliceIQ.com to study extra about Curtis’ applications.