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Mike Maas
From:Web Admin
Sent:Saturday, June 6, 2020 8:02 AM
To:Chris Mehl
Subject:rainydaymartin@gmail.com
Message submitted from the <City Of Bozeman> website.
Site Visitor Name: Kinerette Martin
Site Visitor Email: rainydaymartin@gmail.com
Dear Mayor Chris Mehl,
My name is Kinerette Martin and I am writing as someone who works in Bozeman every day. I know that
you're on the email list where this was posted, but I wanted to follow this process to indicate at least one
citizen's support for some of the comments suggested.
I never want to see the kind of police brutality in our town that we have seen happening across the country. I
know the Bozeman PD does NOT have a flawless record on these matters. As the Mayor of Bozeman there are
specific powers that you have to place checks on the police and ensure a safer community TODAY!
Please implement the following:
1) BAN the use of chokeholds and strangleholds. Allowing officers to choke or strangle civilians, in many cases
where less lethal force could be used instead, results in the unnecessary death or serious injury of civilians.
2) REQUIRE de-escalation training for the police officers who are in the field.
3) DUTY to intervene. Require officers to intervene and stop excessive force used by other officers and report
these incidents immediately to a supervisor.
Thank you,
Kinerette Martin