Defending the Police: The Court of Public Opinion with Congressman Jim Banks

Policing in America is facing an existential threat that will take years to overcome. Officers are leaving our profession at an alarming rate while at the same time, fewer candidates are seeking policing as a profession. On this episode of the Blue View, National FOP President Patrick Yoes sits down with Representative Jim Banks who represents Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District. In the House, Congressman Banks is a member of the Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Education and Labor, and Committee on Veterans Affairs. Previously, he served as a member of the Indiana Senate from 2010 to 2016 taking a temporary leave in 2014 to fulfill his military deployment to Afghanistan.