Andrea Cabral spoke to Boston Public Radio on Thursday about the police reform bill Massachusetts state legislators passed on Tuesday. Among many of its reforms, the bill limits the use of "no-knock warrants," a search tactic police used preceding the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, KY. The legislation also bans chokeholds and limits the use of tear gas and rubber pellets during protests.
"I commend them on the comprehensiveness of the bill, but I also commend all of the activists and folks who have been pushing this, some of them in the legislature, relentlessly to get this done," Cabral said. "It's pretty comprehensive, there are certainly some thing that some folks are going to feel fall short, but in terms of what it covers, it's very long. It's got 123 sections, so I think it's pretty good, definitely a very, very solid start."
Gov. Charlie Baker has yet to comment on whether he will sign the bill into law by the 10-day deadline.
Cabral is the former secretary of public safety and sheriff of Suffolk County. She is currently the CEO of Ascend.
