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Tell Your Local Officials How to End Police Violence
A sample letter to send off today
Police departments, sheriff's offices, state troopers and highway patrol offices are administered at the municipal, county, or state level. Making detailed changes locally is often a swifter process than trying to change things at a national level. Goals like #prisonabolition and #policeabolition can’t be achieved overnight. If you want to work toward ending police violence, try starting locally.
To have an impact locally, let your elected officials know your thoughts. Below is a draft email or letter to elected officials with a number of alternatives laid out. Feel free to copy, share, change, ignore, or adapt for another type of audience. And check out www.joincampaignzero.org for more ideas!
Dear [Your Town or County or State] Elected Officials [find them here]
My name is [insert name]. I am a resident of [State/City] and I am emailing today because we must end police violence. I’m asking you to put our community’s resources into the things our community needs most, like [health care, climate change preparation, violence prevention, affordable housing, resources for youth, clean air and water, and substance abuse treatment.]
