Reimagining Policing: Building Community Safety & Police Accountability

As communities across the country debate police defunding and the future role of police, Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration invites you to an online forum on community-oriented public safety strategies and law enforcement accountability to discuss tangible, concrete recommendations for local governments and municipalities to effect law enforcement reform.

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Panel I
Panel II

Virtual Event & Discussion
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
12:30 PM to 4:00 PM

12:30 – 12:45
Welcome Remarks & Introductions
12:45 – 2:15
Panel I: Policing the Police: Police Training, Discipline, Unions &  Misconduct
2:30 – 4:00
Panel II: Community Oriented Public Safety Strategies and Calls for Police Defunding

*All times are in EDT

Welcoming Remarks

Taryn Merkl, Senior Counsel, Law Enforcement Leaders

Ronal Serpas, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Leaders

James E. Johnson, Former Undersecretary for Enforcement, Department of the Treasury

Panelists

Panel I

Moderator: Hassan Aden, Federal Consent Decree Monitor, Cleveland, Ohio and Baltimore, Maryland

Speakers:
Ronal Serpas, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Leaders
Carmen Best, Police Chief, Seattle, Washington
Darrel Stephens, Executive Director, Major Cities Chiefs’ Association
John Choi, County Attorney, Ramsay County, Minnesota
Sue Rahr, Executive Director, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission

Panel II

Moderator: Brendan Cox, Director of Policing Strategies, LEAD National Bureau

Speakers:
Ronald Davis, Former Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
Stephanie Morales, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Portsmouth, Virginia
Peter J. Koutoujian, Sheriff, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Margie Balfour, MD, Ph.D., Chief of Quality & Clinical Innovation at Connections Health Solutions (Tucson)

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We currently have nearly 200 members hailing from around the country, from all divisions of law enforcement, and from across the political spectrum.

Members Include:

  • Brett Tolman

    Former U.S. Attorney, District of Utah

  • Sim Gill

    District Attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah

  • Paul Schnell

    Commissioner, Department of Corrections, Minnesota

    Former Police Chief, Maplewood, Minnesota

    Former Police Chief, Hastings, Minnesota

  • William Scott

    Police Chief, San Francisco, California

  • Jerry Clayton

    Sheriff, Washtenaw County, Michigan

  • Diana Becton

    District Attorney, Contra Costa County, California;Former Presiding Judge, Contra Costa Superior Court, California

  • Beth McCann

    District Attorney, Denver, Colorado

  • Peter Koutoujian

    Sheriff, Middlesex County, Massachusetts


    Former President, Major County Sheriffs of America


    Former President, Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association

  • Brendan Cox

    Director of Policing Strategies, LEAD National Support Bureau
    Former Police Chief, Albany, New York

  • Carmen Best

    Former Police Chief, Seattle, Washington

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