Legislation

The most frequent way that police come into contact with community members is through traffic enforcement. As with many types of policing, traffic enforcement disproportionately impacts Black and brown people.

The ACLU-CT believes that highly militarized policing should be defunded in favor of investing those funds into the programs, resources, and services that truly create stable, healthy, and safe communities. Highly militarized police units, like SWAT teams, turn communities into war zones.

Deceptive interrogation tactics are outdated and ineffective threats to justice. SB 1071 would be a first step toward ending this deceitful manipulation of children, who are some of the most vulnerable people in interrogations.

The ACLU-CT opposes criminal prohibition of drugs, including psilocybin and cannabis. There are better ways to control drug use, like harm reduction, that will ultimately lead to a healthier and freer society.

The ACLU-CT believes that in order to reduce the harm that policing is causing communities of color across the state, Connecticut must reduce the role, responsibilities, and presence of police. Police presence in schools is a key link in the school-to-prison pipeline.

The ACLU-CT believes that in order to reduce the harm that policing is causing communities of color across the state, Connecticut must reduce the role, responsibilities, and presence of systems of policing. Police presence in schools is a key link in the school-to-prison pipeline.

This bill seeks to ban the use of police deceptive interrogation tactics on children. No one, including children, should be imprisoned because police coerced them into a false confession.

The ACLU-CT is dedicated to ending mass incarceration. That effort includes examining all aspects of the criminal and civil legal systems, including fees and fines. Fines and fees in the criminal justice system are a practice that traps people into cycles of debt.

No animal should be abused or harmed for human entertainment. But rather than create a new misdemeanor, members of the Enviroment Committee should consider enforcement mechanisms that focus on penalizing the corporations and businesses behind the traveling animal acts.