Criminal Justice Coalition Submits Comments on Policing

These comments are submitted on behalf of the Justice Roundtable’s Law Enforcement Reform Working Group (LERWG). The Justice Roundtable is a broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations working to reform federal criminal justice laws and policies The Roundtable was founded in 2002 to coordinate the federal legislative and other efforts of the justice advocacy community.[1] LERWG is co-chaired by Kanya Bennett of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Sakira Cook of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR). Organizations represented in LERWG also include Drug Policy…

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