Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc

TO UNITE THE VOICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PURSUIT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS THAT WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

THE PROGRAM DEPARTMENT RESEARCHED, RECRUITED, AND TRAINED 13 NEW SPEAKERS, WHO ARE POLICE, PROSECUTORS, SHERIFFS, FEDERAL AGENTS, AND CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO MADE NEW CONNECTIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM 78 ALLY ORGANIZATIONS TO INFORM THEM ABOUT HOW LEAP SPEAKERS CAN SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. MANY OF THE SPEAKERS BUREAU AND LEGISLATIVE OPPORTUNITIES CAME TO US BY WAY OF THESE ALLY CONNECTIONS. WE ALSO SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE WITH OFFICIALS FROM 40 CITIES TO HELP ADVISE THEM ON CREATING A CIVILIAN FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM FOR LOW-RISK 911 CALLS, WHICH WE CALL A "COMMUNITY RESPONDER MODEL."

IN 2021, LEAP SPEAKERS APPEARED ON MAJOR NETWORK TELEVISION, RADIO, AND WEB OUTLETS AS WELL AS IN NEWSPAPERS, DOCUMENTARIES, AND PRESS CONFERENCES 146 TIMES. A FEW OF THE TOP OUTLETS INCLUDED: ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE ATLANTIC, BBC, CRAIN'S FORUM: CHICAGO, CNN, THE HILL, LA TIMES, MSNBC, THE NATION, NBC, NEW YORK TIMES, PBS, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE WASHINGTON POST, AND VICE. OUR SPEAKERS PUBLISHED 33 OPEDS, WITH OUR PUBLICATIONS RUNNING IN OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND A FEW BEING SYNDICATED TO RUN WITH MULTIPLE OUTLETS IN DIFFERENT MEDIA MARKETS. THEY WERE FEATURED EXTENSIVELY IN CALIFORNIA ON A VARIETY OF DECRIMINALIZATION AND HARM REDUCTION MATTERS; THEY WERE ACTIVE IN THE MIDWEST SPEAKING ON PRETRIAL BAIL REFORM; AND WE SAW AN INFLUX OF REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON QUALIFIED IMMUNITY REFORM. OUR SPEAKERS ALSO WROTE ABOUT THE FDA'S PROPOSED MENTHOL TOBACCO BAN AND WERE FEATURED IN SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS DISCUSSING THE RACIAL JUSTICE RAMIFICATIONS SUCH A BAN WOULD HAVEIN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

LEAP'S VOLUNTEER LAW ENFORCEMENT SPEAKERS WERE FEATURED AT 88 EVENTS HELD BY ALLY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER EVENT HOSTS, INCLUDING IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PANEL PRESENTATIONS, SPEECHES, HEARINGS, AND TOWN HALLS. LEAP SPEAKERS ALSO DELIVERED WRITTEN TESTIMONY, MADE PHONE CALLS AND WROTE LETTERS TO KEY OFFICIALS, SIGNED AMICUS BRIEFS, AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON LEGISLATION.