Policing the Capitol (with Scott Thomson & Charles Ramsey)

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🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this special episode of Stay Tuned, “Policing the Capitol,” former New Jersey Attorney General and CAFE Insider co-host Anne Milgram interviews former Camden, NJ Police Chief Scott Thomson and former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey, both of whom have had influential careers in law enforcement and championed blueprints for police reform. They discuss the police response to the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, how to prepare for the worst, and why departments need to address the problem of officers having ties to hate groups. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/policing-the-capitol-with-scott-thomson-charles-ramsey To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider at: CAFE.com/Insider Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis by Elie Honig, and features by CAFE staff: CAFE.com/brief And if you haven’t already, sign up to receive a link to this week’s election focused episode of CAFE Insider: cafe.com/preet As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Nat Weiner; Editorial Producer: Noa Azulai. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Anne Milgram here. This week we're bringing you a special episode of Stay Tune.
0:06.9	Last Wednesday's attacks on our nation's capital have brought the debate about the appropriate
0:11.6	police response into sharp focus. And so I'm joined today by my friends and former colleagues,
0:18.1	former police chiefs Scott Thompson and Chuck Ramsey. Scott Thompson serves the Camden Department
0:24.1	in New Jersey for 25 years before retiring in 2019. I appointed Scott as chief when I served
0:31.0	as New Jersey Attorney General and together we dismantled the city's troubled police department
0:36.3	and rebuilt it from the ground up. Scott deserves all the credit for the amazing work he's done
0:41.1	there and today crime rates are at an historic low in the city. I spoke to Scott on Stay Tune over
0:47.2	the summer as the conversation around police reform gripped the country. Chuck Ramsey was the
0:52.3	commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department and before that the DC Police Chief. He's now an
0:58.2	influential voice on issues of policing and frequently appears as a contributor on CNN. Chuck
1:04.1	also was involved with President Obama's 21st century task force on policing. As the country
1:10.6	faces potential for more violence and the president has now been impeached a second time,
1:16.3	I thought it was the perfect time to come together with Scott and Chuck to help us make sense of
1:21.2	what's happening in the pathway forward. Welcome Chief Thompson and Ramsey.
1:32.5	There is nobody I'd rather talk to about what's happening in the United States and what happened
1:37.1	last Wednesday at the Capitol from a law enforcement perspective than the two of you. You are my
1:42.0	two favorite police chiefs in America and so both of you are not retired which is why we get to have
1:47.3	this conversation but of course Chief Ramsey oversaw the DC Metropolitan Police Department,
1:53.2	the Chicago Police Department and I think when I met you you were in charge of the Philadelphia
1:58.4	Police Department at that time and of course you were just across the river from Camden where
2:02.9	Scott Thompson was the Chief of Police for more than a decade and of course as many of our listeners
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