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Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke on Policing Reform

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

September 4, 2020

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As the state Legislature works toward passing policing reform legislation, the Assembly created a Speaker's Task Force to vet possible legislation. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke heads the task force and talks about the path forward.

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