QUOTES
01:20 "Officers used a spike strip to disable the bus and end the chase on the President George Bush Turnpike about noon, officials said. Villagomez left the bus and was shot as he exchanged gunfire with officers."
03:22 "Officers will be stationed at checkpoints in each of the city's 22 police districts to stop drivers and hand out flyers reminding people not to make unnecessary trips outside their home."
05:57 "'It is critical that public health concerns should not be used as a cover for race-based enforcement schemes or other heavy-handed police tactics,' Yohnka said."
08:24 "We are not only getting a public servant of the highest order. . . . We are also getting a man whose values and own lived experience make him ideally suited for the long-term challenges we are working to solve."
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SUMMARY
In this episode of the National Police Association Podcast, a gunman hijacks a DART bus in North Texas, wounds 3 officers, and is fatally shot.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, police have announced checkpoints in all 22 police districts amidst public backlash. The city also welcomes its new police superintendent who has set moonshot goals in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
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HIGHLIGHTS
00:23 DART bus hijacked in North Texas, suspect fatally shot
03:09 Chicago police to set up checkpoints; faces backlash
07:12 New Chicago superintendent sets high goals, says 'we're headed to the moon'
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