LWV Presents "Changing Policing to Improve Public Safety"

Past event
Mar 10, 2021, 7 to 8:30 PM

Wednesday, March 10, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Zoom Event

This fourth and concluding program in the LWV policing series builds on the first three and emphasizes several current efforts to effect changes that will improve policing and public safety, with an eye to the immediate future and how citizens can become involved.

The panelists are:

- Dr. Etan Nasreddin-Longo, co-director of Fair & Impartial Policing and Community Affairs for the Vermont State Police and head of Vermont's Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel.
- Jay Diaz, senior staff attorney with ACLU of Vermont, which is promoting its Ten-Part Plan for Police Reform to the Vermont legislature.
- Robyn Freedner-Maguire, parent volunteer with Mental Health First for BTV (Burlington, VT), a grassroots organization seeking changes in how we serve children and young adults with mental health issues and disabilities.
- Tom McKone, former executive director of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, will be moderator.

Video recordings of the first three programs are available on the KHL website, under Adult Programs, Past Programs.

"How the U.S. Police Got Militarized" (November 2020)
"Policing and Mental Health" (January 2021)
"Racial Disparities in Policing & Juvenile Justice" (February 2021)

Register in advance for this Zoom program:
http://www.kellogghubbard.org/adult-programs

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