LEO Round Table is an internet based law enforcement talk show. This is episode 126, recorded on 01/02/2017, with the following on-air personalities: Chip DeBlock (Host), Kevin Bouis (Attorney), Bret Bartlett, Mark Hopper, Dan O’Kelly, David D’Agresta and Keith Hamilton. In addition to your host, the other panelists (except for attorney Kevin Bouis) are retired law enforcement officers.

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Topic 1 concerns the New Year’s terrorist attack at the Reina club in Istanbul, Turkey where 39 people were killed (including a police officer) and approximately 40 were wounded. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus and Governor Vasip Sahin are quoted in the story.

https://www.policeone.com/terrorism/articles/253532006-Istanbul-governor-At-least-35-dead-in-attack-on-nightclub/

https://www.policeone.com/international/articles/253647006-Gunman-in-New-Year-slayings-at-Istanbul-club-still-at-large/

https://www.policeone.com/international/articles/253847006-IS-claims-New-Years-attack-on-Istanbul-nightclub/

Topic 2 concerns Cologne (Germany) police being criticized for using racial profiling tactics targeting Arab and North African looking men in order to keep their New Year’s Eve festivities safe. Chief Jurgen Mathies and Mayor Henriette Reker’s spokesman (Gergor Timmer) were quoted in the story.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/europe/cologne-police-alleged-racial-profiling/