The proposed goal of the breakout was “to explore the inextricable link between police crimes and the prison industrial complex, which starts with school to prison pipeline and to find ways in which the movement to stop police crimes can augment the movement against mass incarceration.”
Co‐facilitators: Joseph
“Jazz”
Hayden
and
Daryle
Brown
co‐facilitators
Resolutions of the working group:
1. Modify the way confessions can be obtained and used, eliminating police confessions as evidence.
2. How to raise awareness of mental health issues and the effect on incarceration rates and community surveillance.
3. Improve police accountability to the community, police relations with the community, including community surveillance to document police activity.
4. Education on how to respond to police stops and arrests.
5.Enhance networking and communications of regional/local best practices for solutions.
Solutions/Actions
to
Address
Goals
1. Confessions
–
18USC242
(federal
statute)
a. Research
into
other
places
where
police
confessions
are
not
allowed
b. Design
model
legislation
or
policies
to
that
can
be
tweaked
for
regional/local
c. Attack
on
various
fronts
with
legislation
or
law
suits
d. Develop
a
fact
based
media
campaign,
including
competent
street
level
spokespeople
e. Develop
street
level
strategy
2. Mental
Health
a. Recruit
mental
health
expertise
to
quantify
the
issue
and
define
demographics,
particularly
children/youth
i. Use
public
health
students
to
investigate
and
write
papers
on
this
subject
b. Develop
economic
models
focused
on
life
time
supports
versus
incarceration
expense
c. Develop
policy
models
to
launch
in
various
locations
d. Develop
national
media
campaign
and
recruit
mental
health/human
interest
spokespeople
i. Include
investigation
of
mental
health
as
it
impacts
post
incarceration,
families
of
the
incarcerated
e. Develop
street
level
strategy
models
3. Improve
Police
Accountability
a. Police
Surveillance
i. Work
with
Joseph
Hayden
to
document
the
process
of
video
surveillance
of
police
that
was
developed
to
end
Stop
and
Frisk
in
NY
ii. Build
a
model
that
can
be
shared
with
communications
nationally
iii. Develop
a
media
campaign
and
tools
to
support
local
communities
in
their
efforts
to
monitor
police
work
b. Police
Accountable
i. Research
“non-‐police”
review
boards
and
community
satisfaction
(Austin,
TX
for
example)
ii. Develop
models
of
elected
and
civilian
police
review
boards
to
be
shared
nationally
iii. Develop
grassroots
strategies
for
implantation
4. Education
on
Police
Stops
and
Arrests
a. Develop
a
pocket
guide
(pdf)
for
national
distribution
b. Use
411
pamphlet,
document
from
(Austin,
TX
-‐
Nelson
Linder)
as
model
i. Don’t
run .
.
.
ii. Don’t
talk .
.
.
iii. Don’t
smart
off
.
.
.
iv. Treat
officer
with
respect .
.
.
5. Enhanced
Network
and
Communications
a. Develop
a
Google
group
to
allow
interested
organizations
to
keep
in
touch
and
monitor
progress
on
issues
To become involved in this working group:
Use the working groups sign-up form to select groups to get involved in.
