Three South Florida police chiefs, along with several elected officials, said Wednesday said complicated rules, lack of national standards, and too little information stymie their efforts to rid their forces of the kind of officers who were responsible for the killing of George Floyd, or stood by and did nothing to stop it.
Chiefs Sean Brammer of Florida Atlantic University, Michael Gregory of Boynton Beach and Javaro Sims of Delray Beach offered their assessments of what does and doesn’t work, and recommendations for change in a wide-ranging video conference.
The three chiefs, all black veterans of law enforcement now leading some of the largest police agencies in Palm Beach County, indicated a willingness to cede some authority to outsiders, something police often resist.
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