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Phil Weiser: “Building trust and appropriate guardrails are so important.”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Published | Video Starts at 48:47

If communities can't trust law enforcement, thinks they're being surveyed, thinks they're being mistreated. We don't have public safety. That's why Building trust and appropriate guardrails are so important. Mr. Bennett, I agree largely with what Phil said. I think we're, we're living in a moment when we have had a history in Colorado and across the country of division between community and law enforcement that's been really counterproductive in a lot of ways. (48:47–48:51)

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Asserts the importance of building trust and having appropriate guardrails.

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