As officers are repeatedly subjects to trauma,
states can pass new laws that local agencies will ignore.
By Tatyana Monday
Jim Pasco, executive director, National Order of Police
"Police officers are repeatedly subjected to that trauma, which is another element of the work that sometimes gets overlooked."
Angela Headley, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
"Culture eats policy for lunch. We have to think about the way in which policies are implemented once they hit municipalities, one they hit the government agency, once they hit the police department and what happens inside the black box that allows for policy to be effective or not effective."
Ram Subramanian, managing editor, The Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University
"A state legislature can pass a law that sheriff or local agencies may decide to ignore. So often with policing reform, the proof is in the pudding. The devil is in the details."