AZ SCR1001

Legislature supports focused deterrence strategies and blight reduction efforts as proven methods to effectively prevent and reduce violent crime.

Legislature opposes defunding police and calls for adequately funding law enforcement agencies through transparent budgetary processes rather than relying on fines, fees, and forfeitures.

Legislature supports providing law enforcement with co-responder models and additional tools to address mental health and substance abuse issues as alternatives to police-only responses.

Legislature opposes categorical refusal to prosecute quality-of-life offenses and supports evidence-based reforms that reduce recidivism while focusing resources on high-risk offenders.

Legislature supports expanding rehabilitative programming and alternatives to incarceration while ensuring accountability for violent offenders.