• Take disciplinary matters out of police chiefs’ and civilian oversight bodies’ hands.
• Prevent officers from being interrogated immediately after being involved in an incident.
• Give officers accused of misconduct access to all investigative materials.
• Require officers who kill or seriously injure people to continue to be paid while under investigation or on suspension.
• Require taxpayers to pay costs related to police misconduct including legal fees and the costs of settlements with victims of police violence and their families.
• Allow police to erase or remove disciplinary records from their own files.

A recent University of Chicago study found that between 1996 and 2015, newly unionized law enforcement agencies saw a 27% increase in misconduct complaints as a result of officer protections in union contracts.