AFSC and Council on American-Islamic Relations – SF Bay Area invite you to a virtual training event
Are police and sheriffs in your community allowed to tear gas children or protesters? To send the SWAT team to serve a drug warrant? What militarized equipment does your local police or sheriff have? When are they allowed to use it and against whom?
A new state law gives Californians a new window of opportunity to influence what militarized equipment local police agencies use.
Join our March 31 Zoom training to find out how. You’ll learn:
- What is AB481? How does it apply to my community?
- How do I find the relevant policy and hearing date for my city or county?
- What are effective talking points for speaking up?
You can also use our AB 481 Advocacy Toolkit.
Register here for our 45-minute training session, Advocate for your community: AB481, militarized police, and you.
While Oakland and Berkeley have local ordinances on military equipment used by police, sheriff and police departments across the state, they are now required to comply with similar state legislation, AB 481, and will submit policies to city councils and county supervisors within the next five weeks.
Please consider joining us and spreading the word.