The Ramifications of the Oct 2020 Police Accountability Measures
January 8, 2021
Democrats serving on the legislature’s Judiciary committee in Hartford are already telegraphing that they have zero interest in reversing any of the dangerous public policy that has led to the massive crime wave affecting our community. Instead, they want to weaken our criminal justice system further by erasing criminal records and prohibiting employers and landlords from using criminal record data in their decision making.
I will be proposing legislation to reverse many of the bad laws that have been enacted over the last decade, culminating with the so-called “police accountability bill” from last year. Added together, these misguided laws have undermined the rule of law in our state and emboldened criminals, particularly juvenile car thieves.
I will be counting on my community to help me create public pressure to force the majority party to have this conversation whether they want to or not. Stay tuned.