Police in schools/policing youth
Committee description
This Committee on Police in Schools/Policing Youth will address the role of police in schools, potential alternatives to police in schools, and issues related to policing of youth outside schools.
Committee Members
- Elena Bell
- Samantha Davis
- Herb Gray
- Emily Gunston
- Ronald Hampton
- LaShunda Hill
- Naïké Savain
- Sultan Shakir
- Mignon Smith
Assessing and Expanding Violence Reduction Efforts
Committee Description
The Committee on Assessing and Expanding Violence Reduction Efforts will review the District’s violence reduction efforts to determine how they should be supported or increased to reduce harm and to augment or replace current approaches.
Committee Members
- Robert Bennett
- Samantha Davis
- Emily Gunston
- Ronald Hampton
- LaShunda Hill
- Corwin Knight
- Sultan Shakir
Building Up Non-Police Health And Safety Interventions
Committee Description
The Committee on Building Up Non-Police Community Health and Safety Interventions will review the District’s alternatives to police responses to incidents involving to behavioral health crises, homelessness, and addiction to determine whether or how to support or increase the availability of such services to reduce the need for a police response.
Committee members
- Elena Bell
- Kent Boese
- Tina Frundt
- Pastor Delonte Gholston
- Herb Gray
- Emily Gunston
- Jeffrey Richardson
- Patrice Sulton
Reforms to Metropolitan Police Department Practices
Committee description
The Committee on Reforms to Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Practices will focus on particular MPD practices such as police use of force and stop-and-frisk, including whether they are effective in promoting public safety, and what costs or harms are associated with the practice.
Committee Members
- Kent Boese
- George Lambert
- Jeffrey Richardson
- Mignon Smith
- Patrice Sulton
- Kurt Vorndran
Metropolitan police Department Accountability and Oversight
Committee Description
The Committee on Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Accountability and Oversight will focus on current mechanisms for internal and external oversight of MPD to determine whether additional or different mechanisms are needed, and what structural changes are needed to promote accountability at both the individual officer and agency levels.
Committee Members
- Robert Bennett
- Tina Frundt
- Pastor Delonte Gholston
- Corwin Knight
- George Lambert
- Naïké Savain
- Kurt Vorndran