LA Vision Zero Alliance Calls for No Profiling Pledge

In early November,The Los Angeles Vision Zero Alliance submitted a coalition led letter to Chair Mike Bonin and members of the transportation committee on supporting their request for additional data for the Vision Zero Plan. The letter urges the committee “to​ ​hold​ ​LAPD’s​ ​Vision​ ​Zero​ ​enforcement​ ​efforts​ ​accountable​ ​to​ ​high community​ ​standards​ ​and​ ​establish​ ​protocols​ ​to​ ​mitigate​ ​over​ ​policing​ ​in​ ​low-income communities​ ​and​ ​communities​ ​of​ ​color”. The letter calls for the police to take an anti-profiling pledge and establish protocols to safeguard against racial profiling during enforcement in vulnerable communities. The letter highlights the Alliance’s belief that “​Vision Zero​ ​policies​ ​should​ ​not​ ​justify​ ​the​ ​over​ ​policing​ ​of​ ​communities​ ​of​ ​color​ ​and​ ​the criminalization​ ​of​ ​low-income​ ​individuals,​ ​immigrants,​ ​youth,​ ​and​ ​transgender​ ​and​ ​queer individuals​ ​on​ ​the​ ​basis​ ​of​ ​creating​ ​safer​ ​streets.”  The letter calls for the Committee and the Los Angeles Police Department to consider adopting equitable enforcement policies that prioritize education, build community awareness and end the criminalization of low-income communities of color. Read the letter here.

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