On April 21, 2022 the La Jolla Town Council voted to oppose the PrOTECT Act (Preventing Overpolicing Through Equitable Community Treatment Act) despite community members asking for the vote to be postponed. Jared Wilson (the president of the San Diego Police Officers Association, the police officers union), is quoted in opposition of the PrOTECT Act, stating that it is “radical”, and is meant to “stop police officers from doing their jobs”. Geneviéve Jones-Wright, the executive director of Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance (MoGo) counters these claims, stating that ProTECT is a trailblazing act, that’s only goal is to prevent unconstitutional racial biases in policing.

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