Well, howdy there internet people, it's Bow again.

So today we're going to talk about some news out of Minnesota,

a couple of proposals, and then we have some responses from people within that

field a couple of quotes and we're going to go over those and just kind of run

through everything.

Now the post board in Minnesota,

this is the police officer,

I'm sorry, peace officer,

standard and training board. They kind of set regulations. They have

proposed two changes. One of them I know has already been sent to an administrative

judge to kind of be gone over. These could be implemented as soon as the

spring and these changes would deny or revoke the post certification, the licensing for a cop up there.

One of the changes would make it to where you couldn't hold one of their licenses

if you were found to be spreading hate material online or participating in hate group forums.

Because apparently that's not a standard already.

The other requires more information during the background check phase during the application. And one of the questions that would be asked is,

have you ever provided false information

that a prosecutor had to disclose in court, which, I mean to me that also seems like something

that should take place during the interview phase. So these two proposals are being put forward.

The one about online activity was first proposed in 2020 and still hasn't been implemented.

Partially because law enforcement associations in Minnesota are opposed to it.

Now the general counsel for the Minnesota Sheriff's Association said, well I suspect we all agree

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