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Legislation
Mar 31, 2022
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
  • Youth and Student Rights|
  • +3 Issues

H.B. 5392, An Act Concerning Possession of a Firearm on School Grounds By a Police Officer

Legislation
Mar 09, 2022
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
  • Racial Justice|
  • +4 Issues

S.B. 217, An Act Establishing a Unit Within the Division of State Police to Investigate Crimes and Criminal Acts Committed by Extremist Groups

We're committed to policy solutions that protect marginalized communities from violence. We cannot, though, support efforts that increase violence by increasing existing overpolicing of marginalized communities.
Legislation
Mar 09, 2022
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
  • Policing|
  • +1 Issue

Section Two, H.B. 5372, An Act Permitting Clinical Social Workers to Conduct Periodic Behavioral Health Assessments of Police Officers and Promoting the Increased Use of Clinical Social Workers By Law Enforcement Units When Issuing Emergency Certificates

We have significant concerns with House Bill 5372 because of the its failure to reduce the role of policing in our communities, particularly with regard to some of our most vulnerable residents when they are in need of medical care for a mental health crisis.
Legislation
Mar 09, 2022
  • Policing|
  • +3 Issues

S.B. 306, An Act Concerning Deceptive Interrogation Tactics

Deceptive interrogation tactics used by police are unconscionable, expensive, and most harm the people whom our state has made most vulnerable: people of color, youth, and people with mental or physical disabilities. S.B. 306 would take critical steps toward ending deceptive police interrogations.