If you / someone you know has had their rights violated during interactions with Providence Police, contact us ASAP! Providence Community Safety Act :: Key Points
If passed, the Providence Community Safety Act would:
+ Ban racial profiling and other forms of discriminatory policing.
+ Require police to verbally state the reason for a stop before asking for documents.
+ Require police to docume
nt the reason for every stop.
+ Ban arrests for driving without a license or other traffic violations.
+ Prevent police from interfering with civilians who are recording police activities.
+ Place restrictions on video recording and other surveillance BY the police .
+ Prevent the police for using the "consent search" loop hole when there is no probable cause of criminal activity.
+ Require police to ask each person what gender officer is appropriate to search them.
+ Prevent police from inquire about an individual's immigration status.
+ Require police to create clear policies for the "gang database," including criteria for being placed in it and a process for getting taken off.
+ Require police to provide better language access.
+ Prevent police from working with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
+ Establish a Community Safety Review Board with the power to reapportion Providence Police Department funds if they violate the ordinance.
