Mayor Bowser announced the leadership of her ReOpen DC Advisory Group today. The Advisory Group is make up of 12 committee. Of interest to ReThink Justice is the Government Operations, Public Safety, and Criminal Justice.
This committee is organized as follows:
- Government Co-Chairperson
Kevin Donahue - Government Co-Chairperson
Karl Racine - Community Co-Chairperson
Robert Bobb - Community Co-Chairperson
LaRuby May - Associate Committee Director
Seterah Yelle
The Mission of the committee is given as:
Modifications to critical District operations occurred almost immediately in responding to COVID-19. Mayor Bowser ordered the District to switch to an unprecedented telework posture — where beginning March 16th, 60 percent of DC government employees became teleworkers and many critical services became available online only, including the DMV, DCRA, Planning, and Housing. Similarly, the District’s unique criminal justice system (both local and federal) worked to efficiently handle criminal justice matters, including filing online police reports, remote papering, releasing misdemeanants with enhanced good time credits, and working with Court-appointed inspectors on best practices for detention facilities facing infectious disease.
VIEW DC Advisory Group Committee for Government Operations, Public Safety, and Criminal Justice