Attorney General & Public Safety Commissioner To Host Listening Session on Police-Involved Deadly Force Encounters

Attorney General Keith Ellison and Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington will be hosting a listening session on Tuesday December 17, that will allow the community to express their views, concerns and opinions on police-involved deadly force encounters.

The Attorney General and Commissioner have been traveling around the state and hosting these listening sessions as a way to hear from the community on their ideas to reduce and respond to the topic. The sessions all range from a variety of topics such as investigation, prevention and policy and legal implications. Each session has three to four panels where each one will have witnesses that will provide testimonies relevant to that specific topic.

Once all meetings are completed, a final report will be made and will include the communities input for preventing, investigating and prosecuting police who are involved in these encounters.

The listening session will be on the campus of Bemidji State University in the Crying Wolf Room located in the Hobson Memorial Union.

The meeting will start at 6 p.m.