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On December 17th, @councilofdc's Judiciary and #PublicSafety committee will have an #oversight roundtable on exploring non-law enforcement alternatives to meeting community needs. Details - https://dccouncil.us/event/judiciary-public-safety-oversight-roundtable-4/ https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1333610050934468620
A summary of our recommendations for today's roundtable: http://dcjusticelab.org/reinvest
. @CMRobertWhiteDC noting the difference between actual safety and a feeling or false sense of safety + the difference between addressing the consequences of trauma instead of addressing the trauma itself.
Leonard Smith ( @TheTRIGGERProj): "We need to comfort the families before the bodies drop."
Tia Bell ( @TheTRIGGERProj): "Help me believe in this [legislative] process."
Every time students from Pathways to Power speak, they make the case for more Thurgood Marshall Academies.
Everything Ra'Mya just said. All of it.
Abdus Salaam Rashaad explains: The police should know they are here to protect and serve us, too--not just as security, as support. Introduce themselves, learn to communicate, learn our community before putting anything in action to change it. We have to be invited to the table.
Natacia Knapper now speaking on community care and a culture of peace.
...safe and permanent housing, access to food. DC is a wealthy city and it can afford these changes, with political courage.
. @MacaraegMegan from @mlovdc and Vendedores Unidos is still asking for street vending to be decriminalized. How has this not happened yet? https://ccrc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ccrc/publication/attachments/First-Draft-of-Report-47.pdf
Vinnie Cervantes is now explaining how Denver piloted its STAR program this year. Denver has a similar population size and similar homelessness rate. https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/06/denver-star-program-mental-health-police/
Michelle Perin says Oregon's CAHOOTS saves money, saves lives, and honors the dignity of our loved ones. https://whitebirdclinic.org/what-is-cahoots/
Monica Hopkins ( @ACLU_DC) says we need a @DCPoliceDept police chief who shares this vision of decentering police.
We appreciate the Council hearing from us on how DC should reinvest after #DefundMPD. Here is the familiar faces report we referenced: http://bit.ly/familiarfaces
Here are Brandon's slides, proposing a CAHOOTS-like program called LEAPS: http://bit.ly/LEAPS-DC
Cyndee Clay ( @HIPSDC) is right. The PAD program was trash because it wasn't built by the people who understand what's happening. 80 people for 800k? Yikes.
. @fatfairygodmuva from WFP emphasizes the importance of real investment of resources and brave leadership.
Recurring theme: DC has the orgs we need to do this. We just need to divest and reinvest.
Kendall Lawrenz ( @L4BLDC) raises an important point about safeguarding the privacy rights and 5th and 6th Amendment rights of people who call an alternative response model.
. @CMBrookePinto, Thank you for your follow up on our recommendations. We appreciate the interest.
Up now, Bob Bobb, co-chair of @DC_PRC. We serve on the committee charged with making recommendations on nonpolice responses and we look forward to the publication of its report next year.
Glad to see @concernedofdc represented at today's roundtable.
If you're multi-tasking, pause and pay attention to this. @DCPoliceDept refuses to collect, report, and analyze how it's spending its time. They certainly have the money to do it.
Remember this when you hear the department of the union speaking out about what laws and policies make us safer. Their opinions are completely unsupported by evidence and uninformed by data science.
Nonpolice traffic enforcement is an important change! Cities in Northern and Southern California are doing it. Mothers Against Drunk Driving endorses it. Let's go, DC.
