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We fight for Community Control of the Police
We fight for Community Control of the Police
TCC4J has been working since 2017 to establish community control of the Minneapolis Police Department. Starting with legislation borrowed from Chicago. We organized community meetings to discuss what Minneapolis residents want community control to look like, and started rewriting it to fit our needs and priorities.
After the murder of George Floyd, some city council members talked about defunding or dismantling the MPD. We intensified our call for community control over whatever forces patrol our city streets. We quickly released our draft long version of legislation for an all-elected Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) in Minneapolis. (You can read that earlier draft here - PDF | DOC ).
Since summer 2020, we've focused our attention on how to bring CPAC to life in Minneapolis. That has to begin with an amendment to the city charter, which places all control over police in the hands of the mayor. That system has failed us, and we need to change it. We now have draft language for a charter amendment to establish an-elected Civilian Police Accountability Commission (CPAC) in Minneapolis and we have built a coalition of support behind the campaign, Minneapolis for Community Control of Police.
What is CPAC?
What is CPAC?
The Civilian Police Accountability Council won’t be another rubber-stamp agency.
It will change the rules entirely.
The Civilian Police Accountability Council won’t be another rubber-stamp agency.
It will change the rules entirely.
CPAC will make decisions & rules. Unlike the City Council or the Mayor, CPAC’s only job will be to control the police. With CPAC, bad cops will be prosecuted. Law-abiding cops can come forward, be hired, and stay in their jobs.
Harassment, abuse, and murder by police officers and departments will have consequences.
When CPAC is law in Minneapolis, the community will be able to:
Elect all its members - civilians only, no cops or former cops.
Rewrite the police rulebook, including use-of-force guidelines & training.
Appoint the chief of police. No longer would a single person, the Mayor, hold this power.
Set the rules for hiring, based on what the community wants in their officers (for example, we might decide that officers must live in the city they serve, etc.)
Investigate ALL complaints - shootings, harassment, acts of racist policing, crimes by police, etc. Investigations will be completely transparent so the public knows what's going on.
Be the final authority on discipline in the MPD - discipline & fire bad cops.
If the police are paid to serve and protect, then CPAC will make sure they do that, and only that.
If the police are paid to serve and protect, then CPAC will make sure they do that, and only that.
*Note: the CPAC legislation has been updated to name the board Civilian Police Accountability Commission instead of Council
What can I do to Make CPAC happen?
What can I do to Make CPAC happen?
Contact us to schedule a CPAC discussion at your church, Union, school or organization
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