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Policing Expert: Protests Are 'Opportunity to Solidify Relationships' Between Law Enforcement, Communities

As police departments across Arizona and around the country respond to protests, questions have arisen about the best ways for law enforcement to do so, and what role they may play in keeping peaceful protests from becoming violent.

Arizona Voices: Race, Diversity And The Black Lives Matter Movement

The Show spoke with Ed Maguire, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at ASU and the associate director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, about how he feels police departments have been handling the protests.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.