COMPREHENSIVE REFORM
Over 40 years of research supports the conclusion that more restrictive use of force standards reduce police violence, yet that is not enough! What we need is comprehensive reform beyond merely the Police! We need comprehensive reform of our entire society itself! Critics may consider abolition of the need for police and prisons unrealistic and perhaps it is in today’s world, but shouldn’t that be our overriding goal for a better society and world!
Immediate Harm Reduction Use of Force Policies Demilitarization DOJ Consent Decrees Police Union Contracts
Develop Comprehensive Community Safety Divest from Police Invest in Community (Housing, Jobs, Education) Pay Living Wages Dramatically Reduce Jail and Prison Populations Restorative Justice
Move Society Toward Abolition Fund Community Safety Defund Police End the Carceral State Resource Healthy Community Practices & Needs
Sources & Organizations
American Friends Service Committee
Matthew Hoh – North Carolina Senate Candidate
Specific Information
AB 988 – THE MILES HALL LIFELINE ACT – MHF
Black Demands in Light of COVID-19 and Rates of Black Death – APTP
DEADLY FORCE & POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY – AI
Defund Concord PD Action Team – CCA
End Broken Windows Policy – CZ
Help FOSATH Create Change – MHF
Local police-related ballot measures following the killing of and protests about George Floyd – BP
MH First (Mental Health First Response) – APTP
Notable local police-related ballot measures (2021) – B
OAKLAND IS REimagining PUBLIC SAFETY – APTP
Oakland Should Lead the Way: Proposal for Effective Police Oversight – APTP
Police Accountability, Surveillance, and Incarceration – OGP
Political Education Resources on Policing & Alternatives
Reimagining Public Safety – CCA
Stop Militarizing Our Communities: An Activist Guide – WWW
Stop Violence- Based Solutions as Governments’ Default Policies – MH
THE CALIFORNIA ACT TO SAVE LIVES (AB 392) – APTP
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POLICE BRUTALITY VICTIMS – NATIONWIDE (SOME OF THE THOUSANDS)
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