North Iowa Reporter

After the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Rep. Sandy Salmon released a newsletter supporting the nation's law enforcement. 

Gov. Kim Reynolds brought forward a bill to "prohibit the use of a choke-hold, except in limited circumstances where death or serious injury is likely; Prevent law enforcement officers who have been fired for serious misconduct from future employment as a law enforcement officer in Iowa; Allow the option of the Attorney General to investigate when someone is killed by a police officer and prosecute if a criminal act has been committed and requires law enforcement to go through annual training regarding reduction of bias based on race and employment of de-escalation techniques," according to Salmon's newsletter. 

Salmon said she doesn't support racism and said many of the practices in the bill approved and signed into law are already used in law enforcement, whether officially or unofficially. 

"But due to recent events where the shocking and ludicrous battle cry came 'defund the police,' I want people to know that no serious thought was given by anyone in the legislature that I am aware of that we should not fully fund our law enforcement operations," Salmon said in her newsletter. "All I knew were wholeheartedly supportive of fully funding our state’s law enforcement operations. I can’t speak for cities or counties but am speaking of our legislature regarding our state’s law enforcement agencies, the Dept. of Public Safety, the Iowa State Highway Patrol, the Dept. of Criminal Investigations, etc."