During a press briefing on Monday, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser answered a question about whether or not the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia will use more aggressive force under the executive order.
00:00Yep. Hi, Emma Ueber with the Washington Post. During the news conference this morning, President Trump spoke about how he wanted to empower D.C. police to hit back harder. Are you aware of any changes in the works to MPD's use of force policies? And does that kind of rhetoric, how do you feel about that kind of rhetoric?
00:19Um, I, our police officers are highly professional, well-trained officers that we, um, support, uh, with training throughout their careers. We're proud of where our department has come from in terms of their level of professionalism. Um, so they're trained in constitutional policing, uh, and that is our expectation. Yes. Hold on. You've asked the question one more.
00:48Um, O and A's that we've seen is just to follow up on that a bit. Uh, so will they still be fully subject to, uh, local regulations when it comes to use of force body cameras while under federal control and PD officers in PD reports is, is reports to the chief of police and they are, uh, subject to D.C. and local laws as federal, as well as federal laws and that will continue even under this plan. Yes.
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