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DESCRIPTION:POLICE REFORM:  Alameda County Urban Shield/UASI Task Force   \nFor six 
 years, Bay Area activists have pushed to repurpose Homeland Security 
 disaster preparedness funds away from the hyper-militarized training 
 exercise Urban Shield. Finally the Alameda Board of Supervisors agreed and 
 convened a task force to end "Urban Shield as we know it".  The  task 
 force has provided dozens of recommendations to do exactly that.\n\nThere 
 is lots of pushback and lots more coming, according to the SF Chronicle, 
 which announced the Alameda County Sheriff's Department is "primed for 
 battle".  But this is our taxpayer money to protect us and help us 
 recover from disasters like catastrophic wildfires. We get a say in how it 
 is spent.\n\nYou can view some of the proposed recommendations here and 
 here. The recommendations follow years of problems with racial 
 profiling, right wing vigilantes, and environmental abuse. Your physical 
 presence on the 26th is important, but you can also use this easy action 
 alert to tell the Supervisors not to buckle to the pressure and really 
 change Urban Shield. Now:\n\nEasy Action Alert\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/01/18820938.php
SUMMARY:Urban Shield Fate to be Decided at Alameda County Board of Sups
LOCATION:Alameda County Administration Building, 5th Floor\n1221 Oak St., Oakland, 
 CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/01/18820938.php
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