Tell New Jersey Legislature: Rein in Police

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New Jersey has the opportunity to build real transparency and accountability to rein in police powers and reduce harms as we reimagine policing in the Garden State.

Tell lawmakers: New Jersey must take steps to advance significant police reforms to safeguard New Jerseyans, particularly communities of color that have historically been targeted by police with excessive, violent, and deadly practices.

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Senate President Nicholas Scutari
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin
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Your State Assembly Member

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At a pivotal moment for our country, New Jersey has the opportunity to join the vanguard of police reform by advancing legislation to expand transparency and accountability in policing, allow for robust civilian oversight of the police, and limit the use of force leveraged against New Jerseyans.

I ask you to act on urgent community calls to confront systemic racial injustices, police secrecy and lack of accountability, and the use of chokeholds and deadly force by advancing this police reform platform:

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Make Records of Police Misconduct and Tactics Public: Pass S371/A996.
Police departments shield information from the public about officers who commit misconduct. Concealing that information undercuts community control and prioritizes police who abuse power over the communities who bear the damage.

Embrace Strong Civilian Review Boards: Pass A1515
People must have the ability to create civilian oversight structures in cooperation with their local governments. These Civilian Review Boards must have authority to investigate, set policy, and hold officers responsible for their actions.

End Qualified Immunity
The legal principle of qualified immunity exists in New Jersey law, like in federal law, and makes it nearly impossible to hold police accountable when they use excessive force, commit crimes, or even kill people. We must end it. Pass S375/A1006.

Limit the Use of Chokeholds and Deadly Force: Pass A2431/S265 and A866.
Codifying limitations on the use of force by police is a key first step towards limiting chokeholds and deadly use of force.

New Jersey must take critical, urgent steps to reform police practices that shield misconduct, harm accountability and New Jerseyans, and perpetuate violence. The time for reform is now.

Please support this police reform platform and advance justice and community accountability.

Sincerely,

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Tell New Jersey Legislature: Rein in Police

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