GLOSSARY – NOAH’s Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF)
(acronyms, abbreviations, etc.)
- 8 Can’t Wait (Campaign Zero’s suggested 8 policies that would improve policing w/ respect to treating people as human beings, not criminals; Together these policies can reduce police violence by 72%)
- Ban Chokeholds & Strangleholds
- Require De-Escalation
- Require Warning before Shooting
- Exhaust All Alternatives before Shooting
- Duty to Intervene
- Ban Shooting @ Moving Vehicles
- Establish Use of Force Continuum
- Require All Force be Reported
- BWC’s/DC’s (body worn cameras/dashcams)
- CALEB (Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality & Benevolence) – NOAH’s counterpart in Chattanooga
- CTC (Crisis Treatment Center – 24/7 mental health crisis facility run by Mental Health Cooperative)
- D.A. (District Attorney) – Glenn Funk, Current Director
- DOJ (Dept. of Justice - National agency in Washington, DC)
- DCSO – Davidson Co. Sheriff’s Office (Daron Hall, Sheriff – runs County & Metro Jail/ MDF = Metro Detention Facility); also runs Behavioral Care Center (for mental health & addiction Treatment – bldg. behind Jail)
- EXPO (Ex-Prisoners Organizing)
- FOP (Fraternal Order of Police - union for police officers in Nashville)
- GAMALIEL (national organization based in Chicago (www.gamaliel.org; 312-357-2639) - a grassroots network located in 44 cities & 17 states; members bring their faith into the public arena to ensure passage of public policies and systemic changes along a continuum of prevention to restoration of rights; Focus on Mass Incarceration, challenges systemic racism and classism in systems of education, employment, policing, courts, and corrections institutions; a 501-C3 non-profit; a separate entity, a 501-C4, Alliance for Justice, allows for grading & endorsing of candidates, so that if local members wish, they can consult w/ 501-C4 Alliance for Justice to utilize its tax-status in campaigns that target specific candidates or issues by way of endorsement. NOAH belongs to Gamaliel. Transformative Justice meetings are held monthly. Open to all.
- IMF (Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship)
- MDHA (Metro Development & Housing Agency)
- MHC (Mental Health Cooperative) – where the 24/7 Crisis Treatment Center is located
- MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action & Hope) - NOAH’s counterpart in Memphis
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MNCO (Metro Nashville Community Oversight - the agency w/ 11 paid staff)
- COB (volunteers who serve on The Board of Directors for MNCO)
- MNPD (Metro Nashville Police Dept.)
- MNPS (Metro Nashville Public Schools - Adrienne Battle, Director)
- MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) – an agreement between two agencies/organizations as to how they will work together
- MTMHI (Middle TN Mental Health Institute – public psychiatric hospital)
- NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
- NACOLE (National Association for Community Oversight of Law Enforcement)
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- NCRC (Nashville Conflict Resolution Center – Mediates complaints via referrals from Community Oversight)
- N.Y.U. Policing Project (New York University School of Law research & advisory agency that assists communities w/ improving better policing practices/ community engagement, neighborhood policing)
- OPA (Office of Professional Accountability - internal affairs for MNPD, who reviews allegations of police misconduct, complaints)
- P.D. (Public Defender – Martesha Johnson, Current Director)
- PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
- RMSI (Riverbend Maximum Security Institution)
- SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) – Restorative Justice in School Settings
- SRO’s (School Resource Officers - armed police officers inside public schools)
- TBI (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)
- TDOC (Tennessee Dept. of Corrections)
- TIRRC (Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (located @ Casa Azafran)
- UoF = Use of Force