This Week In Washington, Dane County Sending Troubled Kids Out Of State For Help, New Polls Shows Growing Interest In Community Policing

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Wisconsin counties are sending more children out of state for court-ordered treatment. We speak with a local reporter who covered the news. We also recap the biggest national stories of the week, including the proposed reintroduction of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug offenses, and the firing of FBI Director James Comey. And a new poll finds more people are interested in seeing community policing become the norm. We’ll get the details.

Featured in this Show

  • This Week In Washington – May 10, 2017

    In this week’s edition of This Week in Washington, we look at the firing of FBI Director James Comey and what the reactions are on Capitol Hill.

  • Dane County Sending Troubled Kids Out Of State For Help

    Counties throughout Wisconsin are sending troubled children out of state for treatment. We’ll speak with Jessie Opoien of The Capital Times about the piece that she wrote on the trend.

  • New Polls Shows Growing Interest In Community Policing

    According to a new Wisconsin Professional Police Association, a growing number of communities–notably minority communities–would like to see more community policing. We’ll speak with WPPA Executive Director Jim Palmer about the results and what it could mean for Wisconsin law enforcement.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Veronica Rueckert Host
  • Haleema Shah Producer
  • J. Carlisle Larsen Producer
  • Garrett Graff Guest
  • Jessie Opoien Guest
  • Jim Palmer Guest