Sentences with phrase «need for police reform»

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We need a plan for social security reform, stronger protection for workers and a repeal of the trade union act, and a wide review on workers rights, a real living wage, investment in local services, and reversing Tory cuts to policing.

At 10:30 a.m., the Assembly will hold a public hearing to examine the need for reforms to the criminal justice system to ensure fairness, improve community / police relations and to protect the safety of law enforcement officers, Assembly Hearing Room 1923, 19th Floor, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

A group of police reform advocates were escorted out of Chambers for repeatedly interrupting Bratton, shouting their distain for the commissioner and telling Council members the city doesn't want or need new officers.

The urgent need for this reform was highlighted by the recent news that disgraced former Suffolk County police Chief James Burke is collecting an annual pension of $ 145,485.

We need repeal of union give - aways like the Triborough Amendment which rigs union contracts and benefits, repeal of the Wicks Law which raises public construction costs, reform of binding arbitration rules affecting police and fire contracts, and movement toward defined contribution pension plans for public employees.»

For caucus lawmakers, the Gray case is just the latest example in the need to reform criminal justice and policing.

In a recent Mount Vernon City Council Work Session Meeting, Damon K. Jones (Blacks In Law Enforcement of America) and Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., (Westchester Coalition For Police Reform) addressed the Council on both the importance and the need for a Civilian Complaint Review Board in Mount Vernon and all of Westchester County for that mattFor Police Reform) addressed the Council on both the importance and the need for a Civilian Complaint Review Board in Mount Vernon and all of Westchester County for that mattfor a Civilian Complaint Review Board in Mount Vernon and all of Westchester County for that mattfor that matter.

For their part, activists against police abuse and brutality say the need for real reform can not be discountFor their part, activists against police abuse and brutality say the need for real reform can not be discountfor real reform can not be discounted.

«This deal to increase the NYPD headcount seems like politics at its worst, and is not in the best interest of the safety or long - term needs of our communities,» said Monifa Bandele, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform.

This coming Mon., Apr. 13th, community activists and leaders will embark on a 250 - mile walk through five states to deliver to Congress what they call «Justice Package» — a set of criminal justice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community investment.

«Never before has the CCRB been so active and so successful, giving New Yorkers the confidence that there was an effective police oversight system in place, and so what is really needed is for the reforms that he brought about to continue,» Dadey said.

Once again, we have a sobering reminder of the need for gun reform, mental health awareness, and improved community and police relations in our country.

She thinks she added to talk about the need for increased policing and ethics reform.

Milwaukee sorely needs those reforms, as does the rest of Wisconsin.Walker does deserve credit for signing into a requirement that deaths at the hand of police officers are to be handled by independent investigators.

Child health professionals and their professional associations can advocate for policy action on the social determinants that support parents» capacity and ability to care for children.46 We need child health professionals to advocate for more equitable welfare reforms, with the test that they must protect children as the most vulnerable members of our society.2 This will include labour market, tax and transfer polices that aim to lift all families with children out of poverty.