New training mandates in the Police Reform Bill.
Justice
animal welfare, civil law and procedure, criminal law, disability, drug policy, family law, freedom of speech, guardianship, gun violence, housing law, immigration, lgbtq rights, policing, privacy, sexual child abuse, terrorism, women's rights
State Police Reform
State Police reform provisions in An Act relative to justice, equity, and accountability in law enforcement in the Commonwealth.
Proposed Use of Force Rules
The Senate’s Reform, Shift, + Build Act creates a new statutory framework, where none currently exists, to govern use of force by law enforcement.
Police Office Standards and Accreditation Committee
We need an independent state board with authority to certify police officers, receive civilian complaints, investigate serious police misconduct, and decertify officers when serious misconduct or a pattern of lesser misconduct is proven.
State Police Reform in the Reform, Shift + Build Act
Details of the state police reforms incorporated in the Reform, Shift + Build Act.
Qualified Immunity
The changes to qualified immunity that are proposed by the Senate’s policing bill responsible and overdue. I support them as written, but I am not opposed to clarifying amendments.