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Van Wanggaard: “I've been having conversations directly with the governor…”

Featuring: Van Wanggaard, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 21

Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package

Published September 2, 2020 | Video Starts at 02:27

And so a lot of times you just can't snap and get it done. Now the governor put bills forward June 2nd, I think it was. And honestly I've been having conversations directly with the governor and his staff. Governor Evers, myself on the phone talking about this issue one on one, having a conversation and we talked about the bills he had brought forward and why some of … (02:27–02:33)

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Van Wanggaard

“Look what's happened out in Portland. I mean, they haven't had any law enforcement control of that city for over a hundred days.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 21:51-21:58
“Milwaukee, that's got about 1500. They're supposed to have 1900 officers.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 30:14-30:19
“The bills that have been drafted that we have drafted that we've put out so that people can see what they are, we've started circulating…”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 01:31-01:39
“Legislators from both sides of the aisle that have already signed on to our bills.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 01:48-01:53
“The governor put bills forward June 2nd.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 02:22-02:25
“We've also been working with all the law enforcement organizations, groups, defense attorney, anybody that'd be a stakeholder in different…”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 03:13-03:25
“Hundreds of meetings and conversations over the last months.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 04:04-04:08
“I think that's going to bring a whole different level of trust to law enforcement and how they do what they do.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 04:17-04:26
“She's on almost all of them. I think pretty close to all of them.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 04:36-04:40
“A bill that was passed through the assembly unanimously last session, came over to our Judiciary Committee that I chair, passed that…”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 05:21-05:32
“It will definitely be addressed by the spring session.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 06:07-06:11
“No knock search warrants being totally, that's not going to happen.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 09:29-09:33
“If anybody who understands what a no knock warrant is for, it's for the most dangerous situations where civilians and officers can be hurt…”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 09:34-09:43
“There are so many loopholes or so many hoops you have to jump through to be able to get those [no knock warrants] approved by the courts.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 10:03-10:11
“I know here in Wisconsin they stick to the process.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 10:29-10:33
“One of the first ones that we're looking at in this bill package is the use of force review Board.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 12:25-12:32
“This group would come in as if they were the National Transportation Safety Board.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 12:48-12:53
“Nope, they don't. Not that I'm aware of anything like what we're trying to do.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 13:44-13:49
“We already have reporting on to the federal government on issues that happen with use of force that has to be reported.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 14:24-14:35
“It's collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 14:34-14:37
“They just changed the terminology of that report. It's going to be changing, I think the beginning of the year.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 14:36-14:41
“I started in 1972. And they have never trained chokeholds as something to get somebody under control.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 16:47-16:57
“We forbid the training of chokeholds in any academy or in any training situation.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 17:12-17:20
“My understanding was he had the weapon before he got to the car, a knife.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 18:44-18:50
“The tasers didn't affect him for some reason.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 18:59-19:03
“There's kids in the back of the car.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 19:45-19:47
“Some municipalities have talked [about] doing away with police, totally.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 21:44-21:50
“Milwaukee's a great example for that where they're about 350 officers short.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 22:17-22:24
“The mayor says we're cutting another 60 guys.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 22:25-22:28
“The crime rate in Milwaukee has skyrocketed, the homicides have skyrocketed.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 22:28-22:34
“The Castle doctrine allows you to protect yourself and your business.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 25:26-25:31
“I wrote that piece of legislation, and it also protects you in your car if somebody's gonna carjack you.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 25:30-25:37
“Joe wasn't going to come out until after Labor Day.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 26:43-26:47
“I think the president coming here kind of pushed him to do that.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 26:53-26:58
“Our officer involved shooting board... has been on the drawing board since way back in 2015 or 2016, 2017.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 32:12-32:22
“We are through draft eight and it's ready.”
Newsmakers: Sen. Van Wanggaard on Policing Package | Uploaded September 2, 2020 | 32:44-32:46