Campaign Zero

Campaign Zero
PurposePolice reform
Websitejoincampaignzero.org

Campaign Zero is an American[1] police reform campaign launched on August 21, 2015.[2] The plan consists of ten proposals, all of which are aimed at reducing police violence.[3] The campaign's planning team includes Brittany Packnett, Samuel Sinyangwe, DeRay Mckesson, and Johnetta Elzie.[4][5] The activists who produced the proposals did so in response to critics who asked them to make specific policy proposals.[3] Subsequent critics of Campaign Zero and of their 8 Can't Wait project point out that some of the policies it recommends are already in place as best practice policies at many police departments. Some of these include the Milwaukee policing survey[6] and the PRIDE act.[7][8] However, a 2016 study by Campaign Zero found that only three of the eight policy recommendations were adopted by the average police department and that no law enforcement agency had adopted all eight.[8]

  1. ^ "Campaign Zero Official". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ Swaine, Jon (21 August 2015). "Protesters unveil demands for stricter US policing laws as political reach grows". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b Cornish, Audie (26 August 2015). "Black Lives Matter Publishes 'Campaign Zero' Plan To Reduce Police Violence". NPR. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ^ Pollack, Harold (24 August 2015). "A Crime and Policing Expert Critiques Black Lives Matter's Police-Reform Plan". New York Magazine. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Planning Team". Campaign Zero. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  6. ^ US Senate (2 June 2015). "City of Milwaukee Police Satisfaction Survey" (PDF). Center of Urban Initiatives and Research. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ^ Joseph Cera and Atiera Coleman (2014). "PRIDE Act". Senate Bill 1476. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 8rs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).