Police Responsibility & Accountability Forum

Moderator Gene B Herman, SJC activist and poet, will lead the panel presentation and discussion. We will define “Police Accountability”, and the following questions will be addressed: Who trains the Police to serve the public (is public defined)?; Who selects the Police Academy candidates?; What is the Police Academy syllabus?; Use of Force or Use of Words?; How do we end race-based policing?; Who allocates funding for your PD?; How many Police Academy candidates are ex-military?; How many served in Iraq or Afghanistan? How many of those have PTSD?; Should a Social Worker Degree be required for all Police Officers?; Should living in Berkeley be a requirement for all Berkeley Police Officers?

The Panel: Ms. Richie Smith, proverbial Mayor of South Berkeley/Long time member of NAACP/Retired Teacher/Great Grandmother; Ms. Amanda Weatherspoon, 3rd year Masters in Divinity student, Starr King School for the Ministry/Member Black Lives Matter; Mr. Jesse Arreguin, Member of Berkeley City Council; Andrea Pritchett, a multi-issue activist with 25 years of "on the job" experience at CopWatch. Singer-songwriter Andrea Pritchett was one of the recipients of the 2015 Tom Paine Courageous Spirit Award of the BFUU Social Justice Committee. For more information or to help in organizing this event, please contact: Gene Herman at 510-548-9840 or genebh [at] lmi.net

Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee
Suggested donation $5-$10. No one turned away.
Wheelchair accessible.

Ph:510-275-4272

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