Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill BZ | Judge: Carlos Taylor
I negate the Resolution Resolved: The United States ought to limit qualified immunity for police officers.
I value community safety.
Squires '1997
(Peter Squires. Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton. "CRIMINOLOGY AND THE 'COMMUNITY SAFETY' PARADIGM: SAFETY, POWER AND SUCCESS AND THE LIMITS OF THE LOCAL" http://www.britsoccrim.org/volume2/012.pdf)
The discourse on 'community safety'...against crime' (LGMB, 1996).

In order to uphold community safety, the criterion is reducing the risk of the individual. 

The source of the problems proposed by the aff is police training. Stoughton ’15:
Seth Stoughton, 12-12-2014, "How Police Training Contributes to Avoidable Deaths," Atlantic, http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-gun-shooting-training-ferguson/383681/
In most police shootings,...not even be aware of.

Competition

Qualified immunity reduces the risk of police officers, allowing them to perform their job without worrying about being sued. Schott ’12
Richard G. Schott, J.D., 2012, "Qualified Immunity: How It Protects Law Enforcement Officers," FBI, https://leb.fbi.gov/2012/september/qualified-immunity-how-it-protects-law-enforcement-officers
Law enforcement is a...knowingly violate the law.”

Decline of active and engaged policing is driving a record spike in crime, caused by police fear of backlash
Hofstetter 16
George Hofstetter (President of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs). “Proactive policing and the violent crime rate.” 2016. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1119707513166andca=4a80a442-8caf-45c4-97ca-745c0f1b6f88 Premier
This past week, FBI Director James...levels not seen in years.

Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill BZ | Judge: Carlos Taylor
Plan Text: The United States government institutes new training programs in police departments in an effort to minimize racial bias and police violence. 

Adv. Minimizes Bias

Empirical evidence shows implicit bias in police is found in training. Lopez ’16:
German Lopez, 9-20-2016, "Why police so often see unarmed black men as threats," Vox, http://www.vox.com/2014/8/28/6051971/police-implicit-bias-michael-brown-ferguson-missouri
Josh Correll, a University...likely to fail them."

The solution is to improve training to minimize the racial bias in police. Stoughton ’15:
Seth Stoughton, 12-12-2014, "How Police Training Contributes to Avoidable Deaths," Atlantic, http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-gun-shooting-training-ferguson/383681/
Training also needs to compensate...not even be aware of.

This will in-turn reduce violence because officers will no longer use force when it was never necessary. 

Solvency

Stoughton ’15:
Seth Stoughton, 12-12-2014, "How Police Training Contributes to Avoidable Deaths," Atlantic, http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-gun-shooting-training-ferguson/383681/
Use-of-force training should...no officers were injured.