LEOBOR REFORM NOW

Sign Your Name to Support LEOBOR Reform

Despite widespread support across the state, Senate Bill 149, sponsored by Senator Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman and Representative Kendra Johnson, has stalled for the year – but the fight for increased police accountability and transparency through LEOBOR reform won’t slow down.

With the staggering number of police-involved shootings that occur each year in Delaware, officers must be held accountable to earn trust and protect public safety — but LEOBOR protects officers from accountability and shrouds police misconduct investigations in secrecy. SB 149 aims to amend LEOBOR to increase transparency and accountability. The bill would make police disciplinary records public and enable the creation of community oversight boards with the power to hear and decide police disciplinary matters.

The General Assembly must prioritize passage of SB 149 when the legislative session resumes in January 2022. Help us prepare for the fight to pass SB 149: Sign this petition to show your support!

Learn more about the Delaware: Police Accountability NOW Campaign by visiting our website.

Members of the General Assembly,

We are counting on you to pass Senate Bill 149, the LEOBOR reform bill, when you return to legislative session in January 2022. We want to see this bill pass without any amendments that would take away from the vital changes to the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEOBOR) that need to happen: making police disciplinary records public and enabling the creation of community oversight boards that will have the power to hear and decide police disciplinary matters.

These reforms have strong support across the state. 71% of Delawareans support creating community oversight boards that would investigate and advise on discipline for officers who engage in misconduct and 68% of Delawareans support making Delaware police officers’ disciplinary records available to the public.

We urge you to stand with the overwhelming amount of Delawareans who want these changes to LEOBOR. Please pass SB 149 when the legislative session returns in January 2022.

Signed,