Personal Security and Criminal Justice. We believe that preventing and punishing crime is an essential public service. As public servants, law enforcement officers should be supported and held to the highest standards of professionalism. We are alarmed by increasing rates of arrest and incarceration and conflicts between police and communities. We recognize a pattern of disproportionate incarceration among minority communities reflects a culture of personal and institutional racism. In enforcing laws against non-violent offenses, we must ensure vulnerable groups are not re-victimized by the criminal justice system. Airing on July 28, 2017.

We, therefore, support:
Measures to increase transparency and trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, including the use of body cameras and civilian review boards, models of community policing, and the diversification of local police forces.
Strict accountability for the use of lethal force by law enforcement officers.
Ending the privatization of law enforcement and penal institutions.
Ending arbitrary legal requirements in sentencing for nonviolent offenses that result in long-term imprisonment, such as mandatory minimum sentences and three-strikes laws.
Prosecution and punishment of drug-related crimes that focuses on distribution, impaired performance, or endangerment, rather than possession and use.
Redirecting funds allotted for the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of illicit drug users towards prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Mandatory rehabilitation programs in lieu of imprisonment, to the extent that local jurisdictions determine that arresting illicit substance users for possession is practicable and a wise use of crime prevention resources.
More vigorous and holistic measures to end human trafficking, including stricter and more uniform penalties for those who purchase or arrange for the purchase of sex.
Protection for people forced into the sex trade, and the provision of rehabilitation and employment training to those who are exploited by it.
Treating the proliferation and ease of access to pornography, and the exploitation and commodification it entails, as a public health crisis.
Strict measures to better protect minors from pornography and the use of state resources to educate the public about the dangers of pornography
Ending government involvement in the promotion of legal vices such as gambling, and strict regulation of gambling when permitted.
Taxation of casinos to support gambling recovery and rehabilitation programs.
Ending the exploitation and commodification of women’s bodies that is inherent in for-profit gestational surrogacy contracts, and a ban on such arrangements.