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Melissa Hughes: “If we do need to have law enforcement in the school, we need…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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June 11th 2026 - Governor Candidates Education Forum - Indivisible South Shore - Camera 2

Published | Video Starts at 46:13

We don't have the ability to train our law enforcement officials to be able to answer to every issue that comes up. And If we do need to have law enforcement in the school, we need to tell the students why. We need to be transparent about why there are law enforcement so that we can mitigate fear that they are witnessing, wondering, what's that guy doing here? Who's he going after? (46:13–46:19)

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Asserts the need for transparency about the presence of law enforcement in schools.

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