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Ed Case: “In my Honolulu Police Department, you have to have six…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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@RepEdCase Appropriations-Homeland Security 2-11-26 focusing on ICE reform.

Published | Video Starts at 04:53

Raleigh Training center, get cumulatively, around 30 weeks combined of training. Okay. 30 weeks before they get to the point of lethal force? Yes, sir. In my Honolulu Police Department, you have to have six months of minimal training before you go out with an experienced officer, before you have any possession of independent lethal force on the field. And yet, for ice, for all of you, that would be insufficient in your specific circumstances. So that's the stakes with ice, and I'm out of time. I yield back. (04:53–05:05)

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Asserts that the Honolulu Police Department requires six months of training before officers can independently carry lethal force.

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