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Similarly, as we elect progressive DAs and move toward dramatically reducing the amount of cases prosecuted, should we also push and expect to see a reduction in the size of district attorney's offices? Is that one of the measures of success? @shaunking
I think so too. I would want to see for starters a dramatic reduction in the number of prosecutors on staff that handle misdemeanors. The criminal justice system is a tax. In every municipality in America, when it comes to divide the budget, law enforcement eats first.
This is absolutely THE key issue. The goal of reform must be to SHRINK THE FOOTPRINT of the carceral state. Not to make it better, but to make it smaller. And then reinvest the money in programs: for addiction, mental illness, economic opportunity, dispute resolution.
Yes. I think one of the most interesting takes from @avitale's book End of Policing, that I would think many cops would agree with, is that the job of the police officer expanded to deal with basically all social ailments from poverty-homelessness-drugs-mental-illness
Instead of focusing on reforms that teach cops to deal with drug use, mental health, or homelessness, minimize the size of the police force and hire people who are actually qualified to deal with these situations and that could provide actual solutions.
ICYMI speaking of prosecutors:https://twitter.com/abgutman/status/1030525455538040832 …
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