DefundWPD
@DefundWPD
Independent collective of Worcester community members committed to divestment from police and investment in community-led safety initiatives and social services
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October 10 at Worcester State Univ. Hear directly from the people who have endured the consequences of two decades of failed leadership at the Worcester Police Department. betterworcester.org/oct-10-worcest…
Today back in 2021, family of Phet Gouvonvong pushing for City and DA to release the name of the officer who shot and killed family member. telegram.com/story/news/loc…
a general rule of thumb for abolitionists: if cops in your city are getting (or trying to get) military gear, surveillance tools, or anything that expands their power - and there's nothing regulating them - you'd be better off fighting for a ban rather than oversight/transparency
This is such striking graphic from @DefundWPD. You budget for what you prioritize. This is sickening. “Top 100 highest paid employees in Worcester: blue is police, red is fire department, yellow is school district and white is city hall administrative. (Click image to see all)”
NEW: Mass wants to build a new $50 million prison to replace MCI #Framingham, the oldest women's prison in the country. These activists are fighting to stop it—and they want to close the old prison too. #NoNewWomensPrison #FreeHer andrewqmr.substack.com/p/no-new-women…
For a year we’ve been banging the drum that ShotSpotter flouts basic scientific standards. It has never actually tested its system for false alerts, keeps basic info about its system secret, and relentlessly promotes obviously bogus stats.
ICYMI, the 97% claim is based on no testing or data. They just *assume* every alert is a gunshot unless police contact ShotSpotter with a complaint about a specific false alert/missed gunshot. CPD admitted during the hearing that they *never* file complaints about false alerts
This guy, @slayercapital, has been in my replies for a year with vicious insults every time I drop facts about ShotSpotter, including our finding that ~90% of ShotSpotter alerts turn up *no gun incident whatsoever*. Turns out this Twitter troll was a ShotSpotter exec.
Since ShotSpotter likes to be litigious, I suppose I should outline the publicly available data that led to me speculating @/slayercapital was their Vice President of Engineering, Doug McFarlin Let's start at the beginning... 1/
The Denver program to send social workers instead of police (STAR) has responded to over 2,200 calls low-level/intox/MH calls. They have never called for police back-up due to a safety issue. Never. Think about that.
The @THEWOONAACP statement on the appointment of acting city manager: drive.google.com/file/d/1A-dL2d… #WorcPoli
Today back in 2021, Retired Worcester Police Officer, "‘This is systemic’: City leaders, former officer highlight racism within Worcester Police Department while union president denies its existence masslive.com/worcester/2021…
masslive.com
Worcester police union denies racism exists within department
Several people of color spoke of racist actions of the Worcester police department that they experienced.
CALL TO ACTION: 3 items on the City Council agenda for this week need your voice! 10.11A Surveillance Drone Program 10.38J Paying for Body Cams out of contingency fund 12.A Appointing interim city manager w/o a search or transparent process 🧵👇
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