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To: NYC Council - Here is a link to the Members of the Council: https://council.nyc.gov/districts/
Support NAACP PATHWAYS TO POLICE REFORM
Support and implement through advocacy, legislation, funding, programs and other means the NAACP 5-point Plan for Police Reform as set forth in the NAACP's PATHWAYS TO POLICE REFORM Community Mobilization Toolkit (2016).
The 5-Point Plan is listed below. A link to the entire toolkit is here: https://www.naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Toolkit.pdf
Protect and Preserve Our Lives Pledge
The NAACP is asking you to partner with us in changing policing in our communities
by taking the following pledge:
I commit to working to immediately implement the following reforms:
(1) No funding for discriminatory law enforcement: Cut off all funding for law
enforcement agencies that engage in a pattern or practice of discrimination.
(2) Effective investigation of law enforcement agencies: Create a commission to
investigate individual claims of discrimination and patterns of discrimination
within law enforcement agencies. This commission must be able to subpoena
records from these agencies.
(3) Full data reporting: Require all local law enforcement agencies to gather and
publish detailed information about traffic and pedestrian stops, the use of force,
and all individuals who have been killed by police or died in police custody.
(4) Minimum standards on the use of force: Create minimum standards that require
law enforcement officers to use de-escalation tactics and only allow the use of force
when absolutely necessary.
(5) Independent review of police shootings: Require police shootings to be investigated
by entities independent from the police department and prosecutor’s office where
the shooting occurred.
The 5-Point Plan is listed below. A link to the entire toolkit is here: https://www.naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Toolkit.pdf
Protect and Preserve Our Lives Pledge
The NAACP is asking you to partner with us in changing policing in our communities
by taking the following pledge:
I commit to working to immediately implement the following reforms:
(1) No funding for discriminatory law enforcement: Cut off all funding for law
enforcement agencies that engage in a pattern or practice of discrimination.
(2) Effective investigation of law enforcement agencies: Create a commission to
investigate individual claims of discrimination and patterns of discrimination
within law enforcement agencies. This commission must be able to subpoena
records from these agencies.
(3) Full data reporting: Require all local law enforcement agencies to gather and
publish detailed information about traffic and pedestrian stops, the use of force,
and all individuals who have been killed by police or died in police custody.
(4) Minimum standards on the use of force: Create minimum standards that require
law enforcement officers to use de-escalation tactics and only allow the use of force
when absolutely necessary.
(5) Independent review of police shootings: Require police shootings to be investigated
by entities independent from the police department and prosecutor’s office where
the shooting occurred.
Why is this important?
The criminal justice system cannot work if it is inherently biased. ALL Citizens cannot feel safe from random acts of police violence if there is no systematic accountability and protection from such acts. Time and again it has been demonstrated that the police and local officials have been unable to rein in such behavior that targets specific groups with racial bias, animosity and violence. It is time for reform and change. We are calling on the NYC Council to take action by implementing the 5-Point Plan.