
Platform
Police Reform
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Expand Academy to a 2 year program with possibility to gain a 2 year college degree.
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Relieve police of non violent non criminal investigations/situations by allowing local governments to create new departments to respond to these calls through grants and incentives.
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Provide more funding to smaller police departments for non lethal non criminal crisis management.
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Eliminate bureaucracy from dismissing, discharging and/or firing an officer. Often the bureaucracy prevents departments from discharging problem officers.
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Allow officers to opt out of mandates/ orders based on individual, religious or medical reasons
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Prevent officers from transferring to a new department or division while under investigation or after being discharged while under investigation.
Criminal Justice Reform:
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Remove mandatory sentencing
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Remove private prisons and jails.
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Create a legal divide between courts and prosecutorial entities so that the court systems are not influenced by District attorneys.
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Provide greater funding for Legal Aid and other public defender organizations.
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Require new attorneys to complete 1 to 2 years of service as a public defender
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Create a new investigative and prosecutorial office in the DOJ and DHS to investigate misconduct and illegal activity in the DA’s office.
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Eliminate redundant investigative and prosecutorial offices from the govt.
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Narrow qualified immunity for police officers, agents, attorneys and other investigative and prosecutorial agencies.
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Eliminate pseudo science from law enforcement practices such as field sobriety tests, on field drug testing and canine contraband detection.
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Agents of all levels of govt should face harsher charges when breaking the law.
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Term limits for DA’s
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Prevent law enforcement agencies from withholding currency or other monetary items on the speculation that a crime was committed to acquire those items.
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Eliminate eminent domain.
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Eliminate wage garnishment.
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Remove court fees at all levels of govt.
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Remove poverty requirements for Public Defender requests
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Healthcare Reform
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Open Medicare and Medicaid to all residents and citizens.
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Eliminate copays and deductibles
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Allow healthcare facilities and offices to accept all insurances
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Remove for profit medical centers
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Make grants more accessible to rural medical centers.
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Eliminate for profit ambulance services
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Include vision and dental care in all insurances
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Have a ten year private insurance phase out period to transition to universal healthcare