LEO Round Table is an internet based law enforcement talk show. This is episode 37, recorded on 04/18/2016, with the following on-air personalities: Chip DeBlock (Host), Bret Bartlett, Mark Hopper, Dan O’Kelly, Bobby Alsip and Charles Humphrey. We produce two 30 minute shows each week that are normally released on our YouTube channel Tuesdays and Thursdays. In addition to your host, the other panelists are active or retired law enforcement officers as well.
Topic 1 concerns a bill proposed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and carried by Majority Leader Gerald McCormick. This bill proposes that law enforcement officers convicted of a DUI would not be allowed to carry firearms in public, even though the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) allows them to. Quoted in the story is Tennessee State Representative Curry Todd who opposes the legislation.
Topic 2 concerns recent findings of a task force established by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The task force has stated that police in Chicago have “no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color”. The task force also stated that their data showed that 74 percent of people recently shot by by police were African-American, but only 33 percent of the city’s population is black. Quoted in the story is new Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson.
Topic 3 concerns a news story that, although prosecutors in the Carolinas have charged at least five white officers with felonies after the on-duty shootings of black men, jurors have been reluctant to find them guilty. The story mentions Officer Justin Craven who shot and killed Ernest Satterwhite. Also discussed were cases involving North Charleston Officer Michael Slager, former State Trooper Sean Groubert, former Eutawville Police Chief and Charlotte Police Officer Randall Kerrick. Quoted in the story is Solicitor Donnie Myers, Merrimack College (Massachusetts) Professor of Criminology Tom Nolan, State Law Enforcement Division Spokesman Thom Berry, Prosecutor David Pascoe and Defense Attorney Jack Swerling.
Topic 4 concerns Kentucky House Bill 314 sponsored by Representative Steve Riggs. This bill will allow law enforcement officers to carry their weapons 24 hours a day, in response to recent businesses forcing law enforcement officers to leave their premises unless they agree to disarm themselves. It should be noted that the Louisville Metro Police Department requires their officers to carry their weapons in public.
