Find your Mayor and their contact info here: https://www.usmayors.org/mayors/

Below is my email to them, which I made using a letter sent by the NAACP, found here. Adjust as needed, this is just a template and can be improved as you see fit. Please remember to change the info within the [brackets] before you send.

A comprehensive doc of 200+ Petitions to sign once you’re done: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtEzRsImXxMjOTp1DEHDJvIeuU89dSfszxxZuFsBr4k/edit

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Good afternoon Mayor _____,

My name is [your name] and I am a resident and [insert your importance in the city aka whatever job you hold or if you go to school here]. I am emailing you today to formally request that you and your team implement immediate emergency police reform and intervention policies to combat the growing issues surrounding police brutality and racial targeting by police.

This is an incredibly serious issue in [your city], as I'm sure you have seen from the various protests held across the city recently. Here is a list of reforms that I am requesting you take action on immediately:

1. Revise law enforcement policies and training to emphasize de-escalation and alternatives to arrests;

2. Mandate external and independent investigations of police use-of-force incidents resulting in death or injury;

3. Create use-of-force policies that clearly state what information will be released publicly;

4. Establish a Serious Incident Review Board consisting of sworn staff and community members who will review cases involving officer-involved shootings and other serious incidents that have the potential to damage community trust;

5. Partner with the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training to contribute to its National Decertification Index, which collects information about officers who have had their licenses or certifications revoked; and

6. Retain a nationally recognized police department implicit bias trainer who could work with the city's current consultant.

I would also like to request that you make a clear and public stand for the Black Lives Matter movement, and put into place programs/funds that advance this organization within our city. Without these changes, we cannot live a safe and peaceful life in the city of [your city]. I am heavily inclined to move myself and [something you provide to the city, like your business] out of this city if these changes are not made in a timely manner. Thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing your public response to these pressing issues.