A small group of citizens stood with people representing Anonymous, a loosely associated international network of activists, in protest of police brutality against minorities at the 3rd Precinct Minneapolis Police Department on Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis December 6, 2014.

Guests Rick Mathwig: Police chief, Rosevile Police Department

Police chief, Rosevile Police Department Paul Schnell: Police chief, Maplewood Police Department

Police chief, Maplewood Police Department Brandt Williams: MPR News reporter

Protesters in Minneapolis took to the streets again this weekend to express their concern about policy brutality, joining a wave of demonstrations across the country.

The protests follow separate decisions by grand juries in Ferguson and New York not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men.

• PHOTOS: Protest shuts down I-35W

These high-profile incidents, along with the shooting last month of a 12-year-old African-American boy by police in Cleveland, have put long-running debates about race and policing back in the spotlight. Police departments nationwide are facing heightened scrutiny of their work.

Maplewood Police Chief Paul Schnell and Roseville Police Chief Rick Mathwig join The Daily Circuit to talk about how police are trained to handle confrontations, the relationship between police and communities of color, and how recent news is affecting their work.