Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell joined Boston Public Radio on Tuesday about reallocating funding for police reform.
"Obviously in the wake of what's happening across the country, not just the murder of George Floyd, but so many others before that, folks are demanding that we transform systems so that they don't continue to harm communities and residents of color," she said.
Many are demanding that the policing sector be the first system to be transformed, Campbell noted.
"Right here in Boston there are absolutely ways in which we can make it so that our department is more transparent, more accountable, more diverse, and more racially just," she said. "This includes full implementation of body cameras, releasing data and making sure the data is available on public dashboards, diversifying our police department, reviewing our use of force policies, and ways in which we can demilitarize our department."
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced on Sunday that Boston will reallocate some of its police budget, but the city needs a precise action plan, Campbell added.
"No one thing is going to transform a system that for so long has oppressed, marginalized, and obviously murdered black men and women," she said. "So this is an opportunity for us to really dig in and put forth specific action plans to transform a system."
