Here are the very mild police reform proposal from the Legislative Black Caucus last year.
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Pass Senate Bill 191, a bill introduced in February, which would start the process of amending the Delaware Constitution to protect against discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin.
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Create an African American Task Force that would look at racial inequities in Delaware and propose ways to change those inequities. The task force would also commit to investing in historically black communities over the next five years.
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Prohibit law enforcement from releasing mugshots or other photographs of juvenile defendants.
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Require all Delaware law enforcement to video-record all interrogations of juvenile suspects and defendants, except under certain circumstances.
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Amend the Delaware Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights to allow criminal defendants’ legal counsel to receive internal affairs investigative records of law enforcement officers accused of wrongdoing.
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Create a Law Enforcement Accountability Task Force made up of stakeholders, including police officers and impacted citizens, who would consider issues and proposals regarding the use of force, civil rights protections, transparency and community policing.
My sense is that these very mild police reforms evaporated into thin air around the time they were proposed.