In January the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy’s (IMRP) Police Transparency & Accountability Task Force (PTATF) issued its final report of recommendations. After two years of evaluating how the State’s police do their jobs, their report was unanimously approved.
The Force’s proposals was sent for consideration at the start of this year’s legislative session, which began Wednesday. Their recommendations include:
- Diversification and Community Involvement Goals
- State-level Dissemination of Promising Practices to Support Diversification
- Establish a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Unit within POSTC
- Explore Diversity among Civilian Staff
- Allowing LCSW to Conduct Behavioral Health Assessments
- Training Regarding Interactions with the Disability Community
- A- 7.F Assessment and Improvements to Pre-Police Contact Measures
- A – 8.H: Improvements to Police Contact through Police Programs, Resources, and Services
- Funding for Pre-Police Contact Improvements
- Implementation of the Federal 988 Crisis Hotline
- Appointment of the Inspector General
- Non-Compliance with Mandatory Decertification Reporting
- Mandatory State CLESP Tier III Accreditation
- Citizen Compliant System
- Civilian Review Board Standards
- Internal Affairs Investigation Training
- Primary and Secondary Stop Proposal
- Police Census Data
- Public Availability of Police Policies
- Civilian Interview Panels
- A – 21.B: Police Peer Intervention/Duty to Intervene Training
The Force includes police officials, reform advocates and a representative of people with disabilities. Earlier this year the report was covered by the Associated Press.
Acronyms defined
POSTC: Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council
LCSW: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
CLESP: Connecticut Law Enforcement Standards and Practice