Rick Scott stressing best practices, transparency in police reform talks

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Sunday stressed best practices and transparency when asked about the ongoing debate on police reform. 

“Well, I think what we ought to do is let’s find best practices. I think if you go back to what [Sen.] Tim Scott [R-S.C.]  proposed, let’s have more transparency so we can find out what’s working and what’s not working. In his bill, we had incentives to … stop chokeholds, as an example,” Scott told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.”

“But I think you start with more transparency, and I think … you do what I’ve done when I was governor. You sit down with law enforcement and say, ‘Okay, what can we do to be better, and why are some officers better, some departments better than others?’ Rather than saying, ‘Oh, everybody is doing the wrong thing.”

Sen. Rick Scott tells @GStephanopoulos for police reform negotiations, “I think what we ought to do is, let’s find best practices … let’s have more transparency so we can find out what’s working and what’s not working.” https://t.co/zhHlOdbFOz pic.twitter.com/GPjrr53lzk

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Stephanopoulus asked Scott on what he wants to hear from President Joe Biden during his first address to Congress on Wednesday night.

“Well, first off, you know, I’m sure he’s going to talk about unity and bipartisanship, which he’s not done since he’s been up there. I wish he would talk about the crisis on the border, which he created. I mean, it’s a crisis. I’ve been down there with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to see. That he’s created this crisis,” Scott said. “I like him to talk about why aren’t all of our schools opened? Why would he — why would — why are we — what is he going to do about $33 trillion in debt, and this inflation that’s picking up? Gas prices up since he got his election, significantly over 70 cents a gallon. I hope he talks about that.”