rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/end-k9-policing-in-takoma-park-md-tpdoggone?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-end-k9-policing-in-takoma-park-md-tpdoggone' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Takoma Park Mobilization https://actionnetwork.org/groups/takoma-park-mobilization https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/120/777/normal/TPdoggone1.png The City of Takoma Park should relegate K9 policing to the past. K9 units have been historically used to oppress and intimidate rather than to protect, particularly Black people, and Takoma Park's experience has been marked by horrific incidents. In 1998, a police dog attacked a Takoma Park woman while she slept in her bedroom and crushed several bones in her face, disfiguring her, and recently, in December 2018, a Takoma Park dog viciously attacked a woman at the CVS on Carroll St NW. Takoma Park doesn't need police dogs to ensure public safety, and we reject what they represent. Times are changing and public-safety best practices are evolving. Please sign on to tell Takoma Park City Manager Suzanne Ludlow and Police Chief Antonio DeVaul that it's time for Takoma Park to evolve and make police dogs a thing of the past. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/end-k9-policing-in-takoma-park-md-tpdoggone