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21 <br />WORKING GROUP POLICE-INVOLVED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS <br />HEARING SUMMARIES <br />Superintendent Drew Evans, of the Bureau of Criminal <br />Apprehension (BCA) followed with a presentation <br />on the policy implications for the use of technology, <br />particularly body cameras, which bring new <br />resources to improve transparency, accountability <br />and training. But they also bring specific challenges <br />and costs that need to be addressed. <br />The third panel also addressed technology policy <br />implications, but from a local law enforcement and <br />local government perspective. Irene Kao, intergovern- <br />mental relations counsel for the Minnesota League <br />of Cities, led off with a detailed policy analysis and <br />review of the body camera legislation passed after <br />significant input and negotiations. Sheriff Pat Eliason <br />of Cook County spoke to the challenges that rural <br />counties face when considering body cameras. <br />The costs go far beyond the purchase of the cameras <br />to include the cost of properly collecting, storing <br />and managing the data. Irene Kao also emphasized <br />that the costs go beyond the law enforcement agen- <br />cy, imposing increased costs on the courts <br />and prosecutors’ offices. <br />Legal and policy implications of use of force were <br />addressed through presentations by Fred Bruno, <br />an attorney who often represents law enforcement <br />officers; and Christy Lopez, a constitutional law <br />professor at Georgetown University. Bruno addressed <br />police rights and due process in deadly force encoun- <br />ters, a big question being why officers are told to wait <br />to give their statements and whether they should be <br />able to view the video before or after providing their <br />statements or being interviewed by investigators. <br />Lopez provided testimony on the movement to <br />change policies that address proportionality and <br />when deadly force is justified with a higher standard <br />emerging that is currently being applied under the <br />Graham v. Connor decision. <br />The final panel addressed disparities in policing <br />and data as a tool to help understand and monitor <br />progress. Chris Burbank, with the Center for Policing <br />Equity, spoke about the work they are doing with the <br />Minneapolis Police Department and Chief Arradondo <br />through the Data Transparency Model to use data to <br />better measure factors that get at the consistency <br />and fairness with which police tactics are applied <br />and how to get at systemic issues that contribute <br />to disparate outcomes between racial and ethnic <br />groups. He was followed by Jon Roesler with the <br />Surveillance, Epidemiology and Analysis (SEA) Unit <br />at the Minnesota Department of Health. Mr. Roesler <br />reviewed the data sources available to track <br />police-involved fatality data in Minnesota. <br />The meeting concluded with invited testimony of <br />affected families and other public comment. <br />The hearing was closed by the co-chairs. All <br />proceedings were live-streamed, recorded on video, <br />and posted to the working group website.