A discussion with Mike Sauro, Ann Viitala, Bill Lewinski, and Robin Magee on police discipline

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December 15, 1993
Cathy Wurzer - Host and Moderator, Mike Sauro - Panelist, Ann Viitala - Panelist, Bill Lewinski - Panelist, Robin Magee - Panelist
Listen: Panel #4 - Mike Sauro, Ann Viitala, Bill Lewinski, and Robin Magee on discipline
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Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer moderates a panel discussion with Mike Sauro, a lieutenant for the Minneapolis Police Department; Ann Viitala, lawyer and chairwoman of Civilian Police Review Authority; Bill Lewinski, a police use-of-force expert; and Robin Magee, law professor at Hamline University. The group discuss and debate local police officer discipline efforts.

While a sergeant, Sauro led the 1989 mistaken raid on the home of an elderly couple who were killed in a fire set off by the officers' use of a "flash bang" grenade. The incident reinforced distrust of the police in the Black community and led to the creation of the Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA).

This audio is excerpted from “Keeping the Peace, part 2” https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1993/12/15/keeping-the-peace-part-2

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