
The document advocates for greater accountability by reforming the Brattleboro Police Department’s complaint system, acknowledging systemic racism, strengthening support networks or structures, and looking at how to help meet people’s basic needs. Now available on, the final report will be discussed at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting. The Select Board then appointed a paid nine-member advisory committee for the project. In September, Megas-Russell and Witzberger were hired by the town as facilitators to take on the effort after a request for proposals went out at a time when residents were calling to “defund the police” or scrutinize the department’s budget in the wake of protests related to the killing of George Floyd at police hands in Minneapolis. “Our community eagerly awaits the opportunity to explore what is possible in our town, and to get to work making it happen in ways that honor and build on the legacy of this process.” “It would be a great disservice and cause further harm to those who so bravely and vulnerably shared their stories, many of which invoke deep pain, fear and trauma, for this review process not to materialize actual change,” Emily Megas-Russell and Shea Witzberger wrote in the 224-page document released Friday. Service agents that administer drug and alcohol tests can find general information and other resources here.BRATTLEBORO - A report that looks at safety, danger and harm within policing and community safety systems urges action on a variety of measures.

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