Pillar Six
Officer Wellness & Safety
• Multifaceted officer safety and wellness initiative • Promote officer wellness and safety at every level • Scientifically supported shift lengths • Tactical first aid kit and training • Anti-ballistic vests for every officer • Collect information on injuries and near misses as well as officer deaths • Require officers to wear seat belts and bulletproof vests • Pass peer review error management legislation
• Smart car technology to reduce accidents
1. Ensure early intervention through assistance, correction action and discipline
2. Implement psychological evaluation of officers into the recertification process
Next Steps: Additional priorities for consideration
Review recommendations from:
• Justice Reinvestment Framework for Corrections built out to incorporate the entire CJ system (including policing)
• Equal Justice Initiative’s 2020 Report on Reforming Policing in America (Bryan Stevenson was a member of 21st Century Policing Task Force)
• 1999 Police-Involved Shooting Investigations: The Governors' Law Enforcement Council Report
How to organize work:
• Subcommittees
- Structure
- Adding Community Members
- Legislative, Administrative, and general recommendations
• Community listening sessions
• Final Report