Camron Segalla

Criminal Justice / Public Safety I will also be looking for a new Police Chief. We need a Chief who will create a safety and public service culture in the police department. We need a Police Chief who will discourage and fire officers who abuse their power, overstep boundaries, break the law, and blatantly cover up their misbehavior. We need a Police Chief who will release the body cam footage of officers who are involved in controversial arrests. We need a Police Chief who will encourage their officers to seek mental health treatment if that officer needs it. We need a Police Chief who is focused on not only creating a better public perception of the police force but also fostering a police force that the public can respect and be proud of. A Police Chief that will help their officers PROTECT and SERVE the public. The police force also needs reform. Officers need to have consistent training on multiple fronts. They need training in de-escalation tactics and racial biased training. They need training on how to handle situations involving people with disabilitiesand people dealing with mental health disorders. They need access to mental health resources. Officers deal with the worst situations happening in our city, and they need access to therapists specializing in PTSD and other trauma-based therapies. There are many good officers out there, we need to hold them up as an example to the others. This is how we foster a better environment, not only for the police force but for our residents. We also need more funding for our Fire Department. These are the first responders to fires and medical emergencies, and we need to ensure they have all the resources they need to get the job done. We shouldn't be closing fire stations; we should be expanding the existing ones and creating new ones to cover more areas in the city. I will work closely with the fire department to ensure they have all the resources they need. Education We need to invest more in our students who require special education. We need to increase investment in all special education programs throughout Pawtucket. We need to increase investment in early intervention so that parents with young children with disabilities can get the resources they need to ensure their child receives the best school experience they can. We need increased investment in a whole new school for special education students with all the necessary resources and trained professionals they need to receive the highest quality education possible. We currently need to improve in providing those resources. We must make civics and basic government classes mandatory for all high school students. We must bring back a strong home economics class and require every high schooler to take it. We need a class that teaches financial skills used in the real world: taxes, building credit, starting a business, etc. Schools need to prepare students to become productive participants in our Democracy and to teach students how to survive in the adult world. After-school programs need more funding. Teachers who stay after school to help run those programs should be paid for that work to encourage them to always have teachers' supervision. Housing I support Representative Stewart's bill (2024-H 7304), which "would require that landlords give tenants 90 days' notice of any rent increase, or 120 days if the tenant is over age 62. Current law requires only 30 days' notice, and 60 days for tenants over 62." (rilegislature.gov) That is a great start, but we must also see rental prices go down. Taxes / Budget I would like to see a 10% reduction of the current tax rates in place across the board. Also, there should be a lower tax rate for new businesses to encourage people to start small businesses in our city. This lower rate should last at least five years to allow the company to thrive. Government Reform We need term limits for the Mayor and City Council.