Some notable things in the proposed legislation/blueprints:
Eliminate SWAT team funding
Many steps to basically fully defund the entire police department (no more new equipment or hiring, dissolving various departments and responsibilities, no more bonuses/strictly limited overtime, etc).
Transfer responsibilities of 911 dispatch, traffic/parking enforcement, emergency management out of SPD. 911 dispatch would go to a new civilian led group.
Decriminalize misdemeanors such as shoplifting, low-level drug charges, trespassing, disorderly conduct
Transfer underutilized public land for BIPOC community ownership
"All empty housing stock in the city should be used until any unhoused person who wants a place to live has one" (Private property seizure?)
Some notable things in the proposed legislation/blueprints:
- Eliminate SWAT team funding
- Many steps to basically fully defund the entire police department (no more new equipment or hiring, dissolving various departments and responsibilities, no more bonuses/strictly limited overtime, etc).
- Transfer responsibilities of 911 dispatch, traffic/parking enforcement, emergency management out of SPD. 911 dispatch would go to a new civilian led group.
- Decriminalize misdemeanors such as shoplifting, low-level drug charges, trespassing, disorderly conduct
- Transfer underutilized public land for BIPOC community ownership
- "All empty housing stock in the city should be used until any unhoused person who wants a place to live has one" (Private property seizure?)
Some notable things in the proposed legislation/blueprints:
Eliminate SWAT team funding
Many steps to basically fully defund the entire police department (no more new equipment or hiring, dissolving various departments and responsibilities, no more bonuses/strictly limited overtime, etc).
Transfer responsibilities of 911 dispatch, traffic/parking enforcement, emergency management out of SPD. 911 dispatch would go to a new civilian led group.
Decriminalize misdemeanors such as shoplifting, low-level drug charges, trespassing, disorderly conduct
Transfer underutilized public land for BIPOC community ownership
"All empty housing stock in the city should be used until any unhoused person who wants a place to live has one" (Private property seizure?)