According to the Connecticut Post, since 2001 there have been 76 inquiries into police use of deadly force or deaths in police custody. The position is very powerful, as it provides support to Connecticut’s 13 state’s attorneys, oversees the Division of Criminal Justice’s administrative responsibilities and plays a big role in crafting the state’s criminal justice policies. Many, including the ACLU, saw a new chief state’s attorney as a chance to build on past criminal justice reforms, and to further reduce racial inequities in the state’s criminal legal system. Floyd’s death and the state’s subsequent soul-searching gave Colangelo one of his first major tests as chief state’s attorney. The second part requires an officers’ fear to have been “objectively reasonable” when they issued deadly force.