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Re-imagining Public Safety and Actions to Hold the Police Accountable

Re-imagining Public Safety and Actions to Hold the Police Accountable

[A PDF version of this post is available here.] We’re approaching the anniversary of the George Floyd uprising, but miscarriages of justice remain: police officers continue to overpolice Black and other communities of color and murder the community members that they are paid and entrusted to protect while too often escaping accountability. We outlined some actions to demand police reforms last year, but here are some updated ones: Call for the establishment and funding of community based & non-law enforcement…

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Some Actions to Demand Police Reforms

Some Actions to Demand Police Reforms

As we mourn George Floyd and grieve the latest losses of black lives in our nation and communities due police brutality and anti-blackness, we can continue to demand actions. Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB 2054 which “will establish the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S.) Act pilot grant program, to fundamentally improve emergency responses for vulnerable populations in California, by strengthening, expanding and promoting community-based responses to emergency situations”. See…

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