MBLLC Co-Hosts Briefing on Peace Officers Standards & Training (POST)

On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 the MBLLC co-hosted a briefing with the ACLU of Massachusetts and Mass Police Reform. The briefing centered around the need for a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) system in Massachusetts: one of a few states without such a system. A strong POST system provides the ability to de-certify police and increase transparency and accountability.

Featured panelists included:

• Rahsaan Hall, Racial Justice Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts
• Jamarhl Crawford: founder of Mass Police Reform
• Professor Roger Goldman: Callis Family Professor of Law Emeritus Saint Louis University School of Law
• Sophia Hall: senior attorney Lawyers for Civil Rights
• Lisa Thurau: executive director of Strategies for Youth
• Dan Zivkovich: former ED of Municipal Police Training Commission and past president of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST)
• Rep. Russell Holmes: represents Massachusetts' 6th Suffolk District
• Rep. David Vieira: represents Massachusetts' 3rd Barnstable District