From ACLU Ohio: Police contract negotiations are complicated, technical, and usually occur behind closed doors. To make this process more accessible and transparent, we created a police negotiation toolkit for Columbus activists! Police union contracts often serve to protect police officers and help conceal abuses of power, and therefore work against the interests of our communities. While community members are directly impacted by decisions made during police union contract negotiations, the community itself rarely has any say or the ability to place pressure during these negotiations. With these new toolkits, we the people, will be better equipped to advocate against indefensible police violence against people of color. Our hope is that by making the police contract negotiation process more accessible, people will more easily be able to continue to place pressure where it can make a difference.