Reactions:
Reforms are needed but they
aren't helping in recruiting new officers.
By Tatyana Monday
Ram Subramanian, managing editor, The Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University
"It's the yin and yang of legislative compromise. It doesn't entirely surprise me that there's something for this side and something for that side, and that is the way it got passed."
Angela Headley, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
"I think the state of policing is in need of policy reforms. But it's not surprising, often because of the politics of it and the narratives that usually go into policymaking."
Jim Pasco, executive director, National Order of Police
"We're at an existential crisis point [when it comes to] the recruiting and retention of police officers because of the drumbeat of criticism that's been forthcoming over the last few years."