Pennsylvania Lawmakers Looking At Changing How Police Are Hired, Trained

Joe Holden reports.

FULLER'S FAMILY SUSPECTS FOULPLAY.PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS ARELOOKING AT CHANGING HOW POLICEARE HIRED AND TRAINED.THAT COMES AFTER WEEKS OFUNREST OVER POLICE BRUTALITY."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER JOEHOLDEN IS IN GRAYS FERRY THISEVENING WITH OUR COVERAGE.JOE.Reporter: UKEE, HISLEGISLATION THAT IS JUSTCOMING ABOUT IS REALLY TAKINGAN ACCELERATED PATH HERE ASLAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE TO MAKESENSE OF BEST POLICIESPROCEDURES AND PRACTICES WHENIT COMES TO POLICING THEPOLICE.IN HARRISBURG, TWO BILLSSWIFTLY MADE IT OUT OF THEHOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WITHANONYMOUS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.THEY'RE CLOSELY EXAMININGPOLICE AND COMMUNITYRELATIONSHIPS AND IDENTIFYINGLOOPHOLES FOR OVERSIGHT OFOFFICERS IS LACKING.THIS IS TRANSFORMATIONALCHANGE.THE FIRST STEP BUT IT'STRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE ON HOWWE DEAL WITH POLICEACCOUNTABILITY.NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.Reporter: AMONGPENNSYLVANIA'S MOST PROMINENTCHALLENGES APPLYING UNIFORMMEASURES TO STATE WITH THEMOST INDEPENDENT LAWENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THEENTIRE COUNTRY.THE TWO BILLS AIM TO ADDRESSPOTENTIAL INSTANCES OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERAMONG POLICE CANDIDATES ASWELL AS CREATING A DATABASEFOR DISCIPLINARY RECORDS.THIS IS A NATIONAL MODELTHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE USINGBECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS AREABLE TO GO FROM DISTRICT TODISTRICT AND WHEN THEY'REGETTING HIRED, YOU CAN'T FINDOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LASTDEPARTMENT THAT THEY WERE IN.Reporter: DELAWARE COUNTYDISTRICT ATTORNEY JACKSTOLLSTEIMER WILL ANNOUNCE ONTUESDAY THE CREATION OF A TASKFORCE TO STRENGTHENCONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL POLICEAS WELL AS INITIATE IMPORTANTCONVERSATION.IT'S GOOD EVERY ONCE INAWHILE FOR A SOCIETY TO SITDOWN, TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLSTHAT DIVIDE US TO GET PEOPLEOUT OF THEIR SILOS AND STARTTALKING ABOUT BASICFUNDAMENTALS OF HOW WE WANT TORUN OUR SOCIETY.AND PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENTHAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THISCONVERSATION FOR QUITE A LONGTIME.Reporter: WELL, THE HOUSEJUDICIARY ACTION DOESN'T STOPTHERE.THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP INTHIS RANGE OF LEGISLATION.ADD TO THAT WHAT IS HAPPENINGON THE SENATE SIDE.THE CHAIRWOMAN FOR THE SENATEJUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAYSTHEY'LL BE SEEING AS MANY AS30 WEDNESDAYS AT A HEARING ONWEDNESDAY AM COMING UP AT 5:30THE RESPONSE FROM THEPHILADELPHIA FRATERNAL OF