Bill 2010-0234 WILL IMPROVE COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS
Support the ‘Police Reporting and Accountability Bill’ #2010-0234

Attend the June 22nd City Council Standing Committee Meeting [City County Building - 414 Grant Street - @ 10am]! Councilman Burgess will be reintroducing the Bill 2010-0234. City residents may make a public comment up to 3 minutes in length.

Sign the Online Petition – Download a printable petition on this page

In 2010, Ricky Burgess, Ninth District City Council member introduced legislation, Bill #2010-0234 (read full text at the end of this page), that mandates that the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and Department of Safety publish an Annual Report on police activities and crime statistics. A volunteer group of professional and lay law enforcement experts and concerned citizens have worked in collaboration with Reverend Burgess since that time to draft an amended version of Bill 2010-0234 – to be called the Police Reporting and Accountability Bill – expanding the reporting requirements and strengthening policies effecting off-duty police behavior and other areas of City law enforcement policy.
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