Rep. Don BeyerVerified account

Officers need to connect with their communities, get to know community leaders and citizens. One suggestion: a certain number of hours per week or month should be set aside for community engagement or volunteer work, particularly in higher crime areas.

at the current evidence fire all police and fire the military, Jehovah God has got it from here; they will be replaced by we the people for the people will police and militarize ourselves.

There seems to be a very fine line between militarizing and radicalizing some of these "officers."

Absolutely right! We also need to disband the US Park Police. They murdered Bijan Ghaisar (who committed no crime) in cold blood not far from George Washington’s home & then Tear Gassed Americans exercising their Constitutional rights to protest at the White House.

Surplus military gear going to police forces has always been such an awful idea. So long overdue. Feels like there’s a generation’s worth of good ideas that go to die in the Senate bought by the craven and callous @SenateGOP #justicereformnow #gunreformnow #BLM

HR 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act currently has only 88 cosponsors in the House...is your member on it? If not, why? Will it solve all...NO, but it's one small step to correcting a lot of wrongs. Call your member of Congress & ask them to cosponsor and enact it.

Bingo. I was in downtown Portland yesterday with my sons and two trucks full of armed PortlandPolice rolled up next to us. My 4 year old legitimately thought he was going to be shot and was begging to leave. It was 7 PM and quiet.