Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office to hand out 'not reaching' document pouches to drivers as part of statewide program

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Our goal is to reinforce practices law enforcement recommends and prefers during an encounter with a valid permit-to-carry holder.
51% : Holien said when teaching his permit-to-carry classes, he particularly discusses, in detail, how to deal with law enforcement and what law enforcement can do during encounters.
50% : "I train all instructors what the law is, but also what is best practices to prevent being shot during law enforcement encounters.
44% : Carter is the president of the Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops, a national nonprofit whose mission is to de-escalate tensions and eliminate physical harm among motorists and law enforcement during traffic stops.
40% : The initiative for the "Not-Reaching Pouch," created by Valerie Castile and Jacquelyn Carter, is intended to reduce deadly force encounters by law enforcement during traffic stops.
39% : "The plan is to distribute pouches to all patrol deputies to hand out if and when they come across permit-to-carry holders, with emphasis on those with questionable interaction skills with law enforcement during law enforcement contacts, usually traffic stops," Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Holien wrote in an email.
34% : This will decrease the likelihood that deadly force will be used due to a permit-to-carry holder's negligence or failure to notify law enforcement of being armed during the encounter," Holien wrote.

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