Fueled by your support, we have been working overtime, pushing positive solutions forward. LEAP participated in more than 34 events on issues that included: accountability, police-community relations, police hiring/training/unions, qualified immunity, civilian oversight, re-funding communities, and racial disparities. We made nearly 200 appearances in the media on these same issues, published 15 op-eds, and our opinion was sought more than 40 times on the Derek Chauvin trial, including  ABC News, BBC, CNN, NBC, NYT, Newsweek, NPR, PBS, The Atlantic, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. LEAP provided testimony and advice on legislation regarding issues including use of force standards, police transparency and accountability, qualified immunity, and civilian oversight. And after working months in New York on the repeal of a Civil Rights Law which for more than four decades had shielded law enforcement disciplinary records of the largest police force in the country from public disclosure, the law was repealed - transparency prevailed.

We would not have accomplished all of this without your support, and this is only the beginning. As George Floyd’s final cries still resonate with so many of us, perhaps it is helpful to know that his death continues to inspire great change.  

Thank you for stepping up! Let’s keep moving forward together.

In solidarity,

Lt. Diane Goldstein (Ret.)
Executive Director

LEAP continues to make significant progress in at least 20 cities around the country interested in implementing our community responders model. This innovative approach gives cities a roadmap to establish a new branch of civilian first responders who would respond to lower-risk 911 calls related to mental health, addiction, and homelessness, and calls that include disturbances, suspicious persons, trespassing, noise complaints, and other neighborhood conflicts and quality-of-life concerns. Sending community responders instead of armed officers to calls like these will reduce the number of adverse outcomes, especially for vulnerable communities who have been disproportionately affected by the current system.