On December 11, 2014, the National Urban League developed the following 10-Point Justice Plan for Police Reform and Accountability. These steps will be a major step forward in helping to repair police-community relations in cities across the United States by significantly reducing inappropriate use of excessive force by law enforcement, particularly against unarmed citizens, and in holding police accountable for misconduct:
Widespread use of body cameras and dashboard cameras
Broken windows reform and implementation of 21st-century community policing model
Review and revision of police use of deadly force policies
Comprehensive retraining of all police officers
Comprehensive review and strengthening of police hiring standards
Appointment of special prosecutors to investigate police misconduct
Mandatory, uniform FBI reporting and audit of lethal force incidents involving all law enforcement
Creation and audit of national database of citizen complaints against police
Revision of national police accreditation system for mandatory use by law enforcement to be eligible for federal funds
National comprehensive anti-racial profiling law
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, stated, “Millions of Americans have now taken to the streets and to social media not because the problems that have caused the outrage just began yesterday, but because sometimes difficult circumstances present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring about historic change. Now is that time. Now is our time.”
We know the problems before us. Now let us work toward solutions. The complete press release can be found at https://nul.iamempowered.com/content/ tbe48-10-point-justice-plan-national-urban-league-police-reform-and-accountability.
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