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NLC Assembles Task Force of Local Leaders to Reimagine Public Safety in Communities Across the U.S.
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WASHINGTON – The National League of Cities (NLC), the nation’s oldest and largest organization devoted to helping local leaders build better communities, has convened a task force of mayors and councilmembers from across the country to reimagine how they ensure public safety in their communities.
Amid the multitude of challenges that cities, towns and villages faced in 2020 were calls to rethink and re-envision public safety in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of local law enforcement.
“Government can always improve the services it provides, and that includes public safety,” said
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1of3Montgomery County, Md., Police Chief Marcus Jones, left, with interim Prince George s County, Md., police chief Hector Velez during a news conference after a Montgomery County police detective was shot in November.Washington Post photo by Toni L. Sandys.Show MoreShow Less
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After the killing of George Floyd last year, residents of Maryland s Montgomery County held more than 120 protests against police violence, joining communities across the country in a wave of civil unrest not seen since the 1960s.
Recommendations also include eliminating school resource officer program By Dan Schere |
February 5, 2021
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A Montgomery County task force on police is calling for crisis training for recruits and an emphasis on Taser use among the 87 recommendations it shared on Thursday. The group also wants to eliminate the use of school-based police officers.
County Executive Marc Elrich formed the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force last summer to audit policies, procedures and data from the police department “in response to the nationwide and local furor over racial justice,” according to a summary in the report.
The 41-member task force is made up of area law enforcement agency representatives, county employees, union representatives and others in the community. It has been meeting since September, with Bernice Mireku-North and Marc Mauer as co-chairs.
Applications for the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, created in an effort to review the city’s current approach to community safety, are open and will be due Feb. 8.
The task force will consist of 17 members, with nine representatives appointed by the mayor and each member of Berkeley City Council. The Mental Health Commission, Police Review Commission and Youth Commission will each appoint one member, as will the ASUC and Berkeley Community Safety Coalition. The last three members will be selected through the application process.
“Low-income residents and communities of color, particularly queer and trans people of color, are the most impacted by traditional law enforcement practices, and historically have been excluded from policymaking and accountability processes,” said city councilmember Terry Taplin in an email.