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Rebuilding trust with the Boise Police Department

Over the last year the Boise Police Department has seen its fair share of scandal with a relatively new Boise Police Chief being asked to resign and a former captain giving voice to racism, which triggered an independent investigation into the department. Interim Police Chief Ron Winegar sits down to talk the investigation into former BPD captain Matt Bryngelson, rebuilding trust and the future.

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26 Jan 2023
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Just a year ago Ryan Lee was the Chief of the Boise Police Department and not many people knew of then-Captain Matt Bryngelson.

Fast forward to 2023 and Lee has since resigned in the shadow of one controversy. Two months later, racist remarks linked to Bryngelson further rocked the department.

Boise City Council President Holli Woodings calls the controversy shocking. Our Morning Edition host George Prentice talked to several people, including Woodings, about the long and wide shadow over the police department.