Police Chief Rick Sanders

The Matt Jones Podcast

Matt Jones

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2.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Matt Jones is joined by Rick Sanders, a former Kentucky State Police Commissioner and current Police Chief in Jeffersontown, to discuss recent events from the perspective of a 40-plus-year veteran in law enforcement.Among the topics? Controversial videos involving police officers, the national spotlight of certain cases, ongoing protests, and much more. Highlights: What is it like to be in law enforcement in recent months and beyond? Sanders' opinions on high-profile cases such as George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, among others Seeing controversial videos involving police officers through the eyes of a Police Chief and former State Police Commissioner Is life more difficult now as an officer? "Of 10 million arrests made every year, less than four percent result in use of force." Does Sanders believe it is too difficult to fire bad officers? Why geography is important to consider when looking at arrest numbers Cases of "bad policing" by "bad policemen" Thoughts on no-knock warrants Details on body cameras and why they're essential for accountability purposes Sanders' genuine thoughts on protesting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was gambling in Havana.
0:17.0	I took a little risk.
0:25.0	Said lawyers, guns and money. dead, get me out of this.
0:27.0	Haa!
0:28.0	All right, welcome everyone, episode 83 of the Matt Jones podcast.
0:34.2	We haven't done one of these in a little while,
0:35.8	but I was taking a little bit of time off.
0:39.2	We are hoping football season starts here in a few weeks,
0:42.4	so if it does, we'll be able to get some football guests on, cross your fingers.
0:47.0	But I wanted to do this one as a, for a variety of reasons, one of which is when I had defense attorney Steve
0:54.3	Romines on back a couple months ago I know a lot of you folks really liked it but I
0:59.6	had a lot of people say I think correctly okay Matt we you're going to have him on you need to have
1:04.4	somebody to speak kind of for and on the side of police and I said I would that was a very
1:10.6	fair request so number of people recommended this gentleman and I appreciate him taking the time. He's a former state police commissioner and currently the police chief in Jeffersontown. Rick Sanders and I'm going to call you Rick if that's okay, but thank you very much for taking the time.
1:28.0	That's fine, man. It's a pleasure being with you.
1:31.0	Okay, well, let's start with this. I, you know
1:34.0	know just as a broad point all that has happened since that video back in
1:39.8	early June with the George Floyd situation.
1:44.8	It has really been a very difficult few months.
1:47.6	I would think for everyone, talk to me
1:49.8	about what it's been like from the side of law enforcement specifically since all this
1:55.8	began well I think it dates back even further than that you know when when Michael
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