“It was very important that his fellow officers, that his superiors, came and testified that this is not policing at all,” said DeBeatham-Brown. A Minnesota jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Mayor DeBeatham-Brown and Town Manager Philip Schenck say they’re proposing hiring a social worker to assist police and that it’s important to continue conversations about police training, de-escalation techniques, and community policing.
“We need to make sure police can do their job, but we need to make sure there’s fairness in doing their job,” said DeBeatham-Brown.