mr. friedman, first explain for us what the policing project is all about. based on a premise that has escaped a lot of folks about the issue of policing reform, which is that we talk all the time about accountability. there are two different types of accountability in government. in most of government, we focus other.and policing the

mr. friedman, first explain for us what the policing project is all about. are based on a premise that has escaped a lot of folks about the issue of policing reform, which is that we talk all the time about accountability. there are two different types of accountability in government. in most of government, we focus other.and policing the policing accountability seems to be always about holding someone responsible after something has gone wrong. that includes criminal prosecutions and civil rights actions, civilian review boards and body cameras. government, of the cut accountability is about people having a voice upfront, their elected representatives passing laws transparently that govern different areas of whatever the regulated industry is with public input. we don't do that around policing. our organization is dedicated to changing that. host: what caught our attention was an op-ed you wrote in the "wall street journal," how to rethink policing is the headline. you write that cops should not be sent to deal with social problems like substance abuse, men

mr. friedman, first explain for us what the policing project is all about.ased on a premise that has escaped a lot of folks about the issue of policing reform, which is that we talk all the time about accountability. there are two different types of accountability in government. in most of government, we focus other.and policing the policing accountability seems to be always about holding someone responsible after something has gone wrong. that includes criminal prosecutions and civil rights actions, civilian review boards and body cameras. government, of the cut accountability is about people having a voice upfront, their elected representatives passing laws transparently that govern different areas of whatever the regulated industry is with public input. we don't do that around policing. our organization is dedicated to changing that. host: what caught our attention was an op-ed you wrote in the "wall street journal," how to rethink policing is the headline. you write that cops should not be sent to deal with social problems like substance abuse, mental il