Scott is leading a group of GOP senators on police reform amid national protests over the killing of George Floyd and other black people by the police..
Calls for sweeping reform to policing come as demonstrations against racism and police brutality continue across the country.
"Is there a path forward that we take a look at the necessity of eliminating bad behavior within our law enforcement community? Is there a path forward? I think we'll find that," Scott said on NBC's "Meet the Press." House and Senate Democrats unveiled a bill last week that would ban chokeholds as well as no-knock warrants during drug investigations. The legislation would also create a database on police misconduct, make lynching a federal crime and end qualified immunity for police officers, which would make it easier to hold officers accused of misconduct accountable.
Scott also pointed out the lack of data on how no-knock warrants are served, citing the case of Breonna Taylor, a woman who was killed in her own home when officers crashed into the wrong home with a no-knock warrant and shot her.
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