In Congress, Carolyn will work to:

• Establish a system of data collection on cases of police violence and establish a National Registry of Police Misconduct

• Pass legislation that ends the transfer of military weaponry to local offices, bans racial and religious profiling, and establishes federal use of force standards for police 

• Pass the Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2019 

There have been 5,000 fatal shootings by the police in America since 2015. Black Americans are killed by the police at a rate twice as high as white people. This is not acceptable. 

The federal government does not track police violence with any kind of reliable data collection and local police offices only have to report cases of police brutality on a voluntary basis. Carolyn will work to implement an effective program of data collection on the federal level. This will allow the federal government to track statistics, identify patterns, and investigate police misconduct across the country. 

Carolyn will also fight to establish a National Registry of Police Misconduct. This registry should house records of every example of police misconduct from across the country. By giving every local police office in the country access to this information, we can prevent officers who were fired for violence from relocating themselves and perpetuating their brutality. 

Additionally, Carolyn will work to pass H.R. 4408, also known as the Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act. This bill amends existing law and bans the use of chokeholds by police officers. 

Carolyn also supports passing legislation that ends the transfer of military weaponry to local police; formally bans racial and religious profiling; and establishes federal use of force standards for police, with provisions that define clear legal consequences for offenders and ensure third-party investigation into offences.