Thoughts on Reforming Policing in America

"Defunding" the Police is Misleading
Thoughts about Reforming Police

• Police should not enforce victimless crimes
• End the "War on Drugs"
• Train Police to de-escalate situations
• Re-direct some Police Funding to social programs
• If you must address 'objectionable behavior' issue tickets, not jail
• Eliminate bail (aka 'debtors prison')
• Police should be encouraged to pursue at least a 2 year college degree
• Eliminate "No Knock" warrants and raids
• Under the"Castle Doctrine" & 4th Amendment they are unconstitutional
• Reduce the use of or Eliminate SWAT Teams
• End the 1033 Program that militarizes the police
• Eliminate Police Union Contracts that make it hard to discipline Police
• Eliminate Union "slush funds" to pay Individuals' Settlements
• Stop removing/expunging valid complaints from Officer's files
• More public transparency of complaints against the police
• Establish a national registry of repeat Officer offenders
• Eliminate Qualified Immunity
• Require individual Officers to carry self-funded liability insurance
• Eliminate Asset Forfeiture
• Restore Voting Rights to Felons who have completed their Sentences
• Ban the use of Facial Recognition Technology for Governmental Use