Policing & Criminal Justice

The Policing & Criminal Justice Committee:

  • seeks to eliminate harsh and unfair sentencing practices that are responsible for mass incarceration and racial disparities in the prison system;

  • supports and seeks to increase trust and public safety by advancing effective law enforcement practices;

  • fights for the restoration of the voting rights of formerly incarcerated people and the removal of barriers to employment;

  • elevates the voices of crime victim survivors in order to identify and advances systemic breakdowns existing in the criminal justice system that ​perpetuate crime;

  • resolves to end the war on drugs for its disproportionate collateral consequences harm communities of color;

  • seeks the institution and availability of alternatives to incarceration including education, employment, and mental health services;

  • eliminates zero tolerance policies implemented in our schools which are keeping kids out of the classroom and putting them on a path from the schoolhouse to the jailhouse;

  • investigates programs implemented in our local law enforcement agencies which derail from their main purpose of safety and order to conduct the work of federal agencies for which they do not have the capacity; and

  • seeks budget modifications in states where incarceration receives more funding than education.