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Peoria law enforcement, NAACP to sign 10 principles to improve policing in community - CIProud.com

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The NAACP Peoria Branch, Peoria Police Department, and the Peoria County Sheriff Department are holding a press conference Tuesday where they are signing the 10 shared principles aiming to improve policing in the community.

The 10 Shared Principles are listed below:

  1. We value the life of every person and consider life to be of the highest value.
  2. All persons should be treated with dignity and respect.
  3. We reject discrimination toward any person that is based on race, ethnicity, religion, color,
    nationality, immigrant status, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or familial status.
  4. We endorse the six pillars in the report of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century
    Policing. The first pillar is to build and rebuild trust through procedural justice, transparency,
    accountability, and honest recognition of past and present obstacles.
  5. We endorse the four pillars of procedural justice, which are fairness, voice, transparency, and
    impartiality.
  6. We endorse the values inherent in community policing, which includes community
    partnerships involving law enforcement, engagement of police officers with residents outside of
    interaction specific to enforcement of laws, and problem-solving that is collaborative, not one
    sided.
  7. We believe that developing strong ongoing relationships between law enforcement and
    communities of color at the leadership level and street level will be the keys to diminishing and
    eliminating racial tension.
  8. We believe that law enforcement and community leaders have a mutual responsibility to
    encourage all citizens to gain a better understanding and knowledge of the law to assist them in
    their interactions with law enforcement officers.
  9. We support diversity in police departments and in the law enforcement profession. Law
    enforcement and communities have a mutual responsibility and should work together to make a
    concerted effort to recruit diverse police departments.
  10. We believe de-escalation training should be required to ensure the safety of community
    members and officers. We endorse using de-escalation tactics to reduce the potential for
    confrontations that endanger law enforcement officers and community members; and the
    principle that human life should be taken only as a last resort.


source: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/watch-live-peoria-law-enforcement-naacp-to-sign-10-principles-to-improve-policing-in-community/

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