Thursday NightOutcomes
Nurturing Radical Empathy in the field of Law Enforcement
C.A.R.E. Member and collaborator, London McBride has provided his suggestions for police reform. This list evolved after a Thursday night C.A.R.E. meeting on 9/10/2020. We are grateful for London and his experienced perspective to provide a starting point for police reform.
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The first thing is for police chiefs to acknowledge the ugly history behind the badge to move forward.
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REAL, educational, and informative cultural diversity and anti-bias training.
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Revamping the training academies to include more de-escalation and mental health training.
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Stop letting white officers use our neighborhoods as the proving grounds in which "good officers" are made. Revamp the field training program all officers enter after the academy.
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Development a more team approach plan of action to deal with mental health call outs (San Antonio Texas has a great method and UCLA has an amazing method they use).
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Annual or Bi-annual Psych appointments and test.
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Development of Restorative Practice Counselors to work in concert with School Resource Officers (SROs) on campus.
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Diversity within the command staff ranks of departments.
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Revamp the hiring process, including testing, interviews, and psych test. (What kind of officers are we looking for?)
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Use of force reform (already getting buzz with AB 1196).
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Truly implement Community Oriented Policing Policies.
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