Measures to ban solitary confinement, no-knock warrants approved in Allegheny County and Pittsburgh

In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, voters approved a ballot initiative to prohibit solitary confinement in the county jail. The ballot initiative received 70% of the vote. In Pittsburgh, which is also located in Allegheny County, voters approved a ballot initiative to prohibit the police from executing warrants without knocking or announcing themselves. It received 81% of the vote.

Ballotpedia has tracked five local ballot measures in 2021 concerning

1. police oversight;
2. the powers and structure of oversight commissions;
3. police and incarceration practices;
4. law enforcement department structure and administration;
5. reductions in or restrictions on law enforcement budgets;
6. law enforcement training requirements; or
7. body and dashboard camera footage.

Ballotpedia identified 20 local police-related ballot measures on the ballot for the election on November 3, 2020, that qualified following the death of George Floyd.

Additional reading:

• Notable local police-related ballot measures (2021)

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