Defund the police infographic pdf#
Defund the police infographic full#

Defund the police infographic full#

You can find the full listing of board members here.Īs Leiper points out in his article, while City Council ultimately approves or rejects the Ottawa Police Services budget, the Ontario Police Services Act stipulates that they cannot approve or reject individual items in the budget. The OPSB has seven members, three of whom are city councillors (currently Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Diane Deans, and Councillor Carol Anne Meehan), and four of whom are citizen representatives (one appointed by City Council and the remaining three appointed by the provincial government). It is then voted on by the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) and then presented to City Council for approval. We put together what we found into the infographic you can find below.Ī yearly operations budget is first established by the Ottawa Police Services (OPS). Wanting to know more, we did some of our own research to map out how police funding in Ottawa works. Specifically, Leiper highlights the Community Safety Well Being Plan as something we should focus on. Like us, you might have read the opinion piece by City Councillor Jeff Leiper which provides some helpful information about how police budgets are decided in Ottawa.* Leiper’s piece, and some of the comments by other progressive City Councillors, seem to suggest that because Council doesn’t control the Ottawa Police Services (it is not a City department), we should direct calls to defund the police toward other political work. The decision-making process for how police budgets are established and approved differs between jurisdictions. But if we’re serious about defunding the police as a goal, we need to know where to apply pressure to make it happen. You can also print this one on 8.5×11 paper yourself.In recent weeks we’ve seen a serious uptick in discussions about defunding the police, which is wonderful! Defunding the police is an important step towards police abolition and creating forms of community safety that actually keep us safe.

Defund the police infographic pdf#

View the PDF online or email us for a print version. Check out and share media coverage on the Ending Police Violence website (see sidebar)!īring this worksheet to your community groups and organizations to learn about this win and to put it to use in your campaigns! This pamphlet shares ideas about the action steps, organizing talking points, and a worksheet for implementing the APHA statement where you are. Voting representatives of the APHA, a body of over 25,000 public health professionals, overwhelmingly adopted a policy statement that identifies the violence of policing as a public health issue, and consequently advocates for decriminalization measures, divestment from law enforcement, and alternatives to policing. In November 2018, Critical Resistance (CR) was proud to be amongst health workers and anti-policing organizers as we achieved a huge victory at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual conference. “Abolish the Police, Now!” interview with Mohamed Shehk (in OkayAfrica, November 17, 2017).

“Unraveling the Fraying Edges of Zero Tolerance” by Rachel Herzing (in Counterpunch, January 14, 2013).

“Resisting the Bratton Brand: Lessons from the US” by Rachel Herzing (in Institute of Race Relations, August 24, 2011).

“From BART to SWAT: Reflections on Anti-Policing Organizing in Oakland” by former Critical Resistance members Rachel Herzing and Isaac Ontiveros on the Oscar Grant Movement and origins of today’s anti-policing movement (in Left Turn, July 1, 2009):.

A Book Chapter on the fight to Stop Gang Injunctions in Oakland– Our Oakland, Our Solutions: Stop the Injunctions Coalition.

Truthout Article on Abolitionist developments in Minneapolis: “Minneapolis Organizers Are Already Building the Tools for Safety Without Police”.

Problems with Community Control of Police & Proposals for Alternatives, by CR Members, Community Advisors, and friends (PDF):.

Resources en Español / Lxs Recursxs en EspañolĪrticles & Reports for Analysis & Study for Abolishing Policing:.

Subscribe to The Abolitionist Newspaper.

Story Telling & Organizing Project (STOP).

Workshops & Community Political Education.