Urge lawmakers to transform police culture and remove barriers to good policing.
When a government official willfully violates their sacred sworn oath to uphold and protect the rule of law, they present a dire challenge to our society.
We must end the acceptance of qualified immunity as a defense for willful violations of a person’s civil rights. The moral hazard that surrounds qualified immunity will continually manifest abhorrent behaviors and further erode the rule of law.
There is wide agreement across party and ideological lines that we need to reform policing in our state. To be effective, those reforms need to be comprehensive.
In addition to eliminating unnecessary criminalization to allow law enforcement to focus resources on preventing and solving serious crimes, we must transform police culture and remove structural barriers to good policing.
We need to reform and transform policing in our state.
H.B. 609 will do just that. It will end qualified immunity, which disincentivizes police forces from looking for the best candidates and training our public servants properly to enhance public safety and community cohesion.
Urge your lawmakers to support reasonable, safe, common-sense reforms and support H.B. 609!
When a government official willfully violates their sacred sworn oath to uphold and protect the rule of law, they present a dire challenge to our society.
We must end the acceptance of qualified immunity as a defense for willful violations of a person’s civil rights. The moral hazard that surrounds qualified immunity will continually manifest abhorrent behaviors and further erode the rule of law.
There is wide agreement across party and ideological lines that we need to reform policing in our state. To be effective, those reforms need to be comprehensive.
In addition to eliminating unnecessary criminalization to allow law enforcement to focus resources on preventing and solving serious crimes, we must transform police culture and remove structural barriers to good policing.
We need to reform and transform policing in our state.
H.B. 609 will do just that. It will end qualified immunity, which disincentivizes police forces from looking for the best candidates and training our public servants properly to enhance public safety and community cohesion.
Urge your lawmakers to support reasonable, safe, common-sense reforms and support H.B. 609!