Public safety impacts our communities, families, and economy. By addressing the root causes of crime through prevention, rehabilitation, and early intervention, we can reduce incarceration costs and build a safer, more just society where law enforcement is a last resort, not the first. In the legislature, I will fight to make our communities as safe as possible by: 

• Decreasing gun violence by limiting access to military grade firearms, requiring safer handling of guns, mandating gun-owner insurance, expanding use of our red flag laws, and empower private citizens to enforce gun laws in court.

• Imposing taxes on the manufacture and sale of guns to provide recourse for victims of gun violence.

• Eliminating private, for-profit prisons and incarceration centers. 

• Increasing funding for mental health and substance abuse and for programs that offer an alternative to law enforcement as a first response.

• Promoting economic opportunities and increasing funding for school and community-based activities.

• Ensuring we reward best practices in policing and adequately support our police officers while ensuring that officers who engage in excessive use of force or other violations are held accountable.