Issue Position: STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

Issue Position

A great city is defined by great neighborhoods. We must continue to invest in public infrastructure like sidewalks, parks, roads, and bridges. A great neighborhood also means a safe neighborhood. From police and fire services, to protecting our property values, we should make our Oklahoma City neighborhoods a priority.

This also means rethinking our criminal justice system. Keeping families together keeps communities strong, and too many low-level offenders are locked away for years instead of being rehabilitated, leaving families broken. Our prisons are overcrowded and underfunded. It's time, as they say, to "lock up the folks we're scared of, not the ones we're mad at."

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