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UNYAC2021.3 - Support New York Senate Bill S.2960/Assembly Bill A.4565, also known as “Residential Policing” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Book of Discipline (¶): 162A; 164H Book of Resolutions paragraph (¶): 3379; 5031 Conference Committee/Agency that would be affected by/responsible for implementation if passed: Conference Secretary Financial Implications: None Brief Rationale: The people of the UMC support efforts to humanize the criminal justice system, which will be accomplished, in part, by the passage of S.2960/A.4565, which would allow the city of Rochester to require newly-hired officers of the Rochester Police Department to live in the community they serve. Whereas the biblical view of the criminal justice system is one that should be characterized by accessibility to all (Deuteronomy 1:17; 16:18), impartiality (Exodus 22:1-3), honesty (Exodus 23:7), (Exodus 23:7), integrity (Exodus 23:6, 8), and fairness to all without regard to status (Leviticus 19:15); and Whereas ¶162A of the 2016 Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church names racism and the ways it manifests in both personal and institutional forms as sin and affirms the support of the United Methodist Church in efforts to “implement compensatory programs that redress long-standing, systemic social deprivation of racial and ethnic persons.”; and Whereas ¶164H of the 2016 Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church names the need for “positive interaction between law enforcement officials and members of the community at large,” and identifies that “most criminal justice systems around the world are retributive.”; and Whereas Resolution 5031 of the 2016 Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church identifies that “Systems of retribution breed only violence and isolation,” leading to “misinformed and biased public perceptions of racial and ethnic minorities,” that “justify excessively punitive policies.”; and Whereas Resolution 5031 of the 2016 Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church calls for the composition of police forces to “reflect the communities that they serve, including geographic residence, diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.”; and Whereas Resolution 5031 of the 2016 Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church urges police departments to “publicly establish standards of police conduct and policies for promotion that incorporate training in peacekeeping, life-protecting, other service roles, and law enforcement,” and that these “standards must include strict limits on the deadly use of force.”; and Whereas Resolution 3379 of the 2016 Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church states, “Overpolicing erodes community trust in law enforcement and sends a clear message to police that not all Americans are equal under law, as people in targeted communities do not have the same communities do not have the same constitutional protections other Americans enjoy.”; and
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