One Bloomington Alderman Goes on the Record Regarding "Welcoming City" Ordinance

Bloomington Alderman Karen Schmidt is going on the record saying she cannot support a Welcoming City ordinance at this time because it places too many restrictions on legitimate police exchanges with the federal government. Schmidt says there are Class X felonies, such as kidnapping and armed robbery, which would not be permissible items to talk to the feds about saying she believes those are legitimate reasons for police to have conversations with other law enforcement agencies. Schmidt is going public with her opposition now because some people in the community are distorting the positions of aldermen with character attacks.