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October 18, 2017
Law enforcement group pressing Trump Administration to support criminal justice reform
As detailed via this press release, a notable group of law enforcement leaders is making a notable push for federal criminal justice reform efforts. Here are the basics (with a few links) from the press release:
More than 80 of the nation’s leading police chiefs, prosecutors, and sheriffs will gather today in the nation’s capital for the National Law Enforcement Summit on Crime in 2017.
The Group hosting the summit [program here], Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration, released an open letter and five-point policy plan this morning to President Trump and Attorney General Sessions, urging them to shift away from a “tough on crime” agenda. They urge them to, instead, join the current bipartisan movement for criminal justice reform that’s reemerging as a Congressional priority.
The Summit comes on the same morning Attorney General Sessions testifies at his first oversight hearing before Congress. U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), former Attorney General Eric Holder, and former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates are headlining the event.
“We are grateful to the Trump Administration for prioritizing the cause of fighting crime and violence. They have consistently supported our mission, and acknowledged the difficulties and dangers of our profession. We stand ready to work with the White House and Justice Department on constructive policies to advance public safety,” said Ronal Serpas, Founding Chairman of Law Enforcement Leaders and former Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department. “As members of law enforcement, we do not believe that public safety is served by a return to tactics that punish without strong purpose. From decades of experience on the front lines, we have learned first-hand that these responses are ineffective to reduce crime. There is an alternative to these counterproductive policies. That’s what we are here to discuss today.”
At the Summit, prominent law enforcement officials will discuss their views on why overly punitive policies are counterproductive to public safety, and will profile the work they have done in their localities to advance more modern strategies.
October 18, 2017 at 11:07 AM | Permalink
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Top Priority:
Abolish the Sex Offender Registry as it currently exists which does not provide any measure of safety and whose many traps re-incarcerate those whose only crime is a minor point of non-compliance. This will also allow re-entry into society.
The real SO's, M. Foley, WJC, J. Walsh, H. Weinstein and perhaps D. Trump himself, among many, many others already walk freely among us. They just haven't been caught and made to plea deal.
Posted by: albeed | Oct 18, 2017 11:46:13 AM
The police chiefs should have a disclosure. We need higher crime to keep our jobs, and to increase our budgets.
Posted by: David Behar | Oct 18, 2017 9:09:56 PM
