Two new executives have joined the Mayor’s administration to work on initiatives aimed at advancing criminal justice reform in the city
Debbie Allen and Wilford Pinkney are members of the FUSE Executive Fellowship Program. FUSE is a national nonprofit that partners with cities and counties to craft new policies, initiate new public services and improve existing programs.
Pinkney will focus on developing alternatives to cash bail. Allen will focus on establishing a Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, a panel made up of elected and criminal justice leaders who meet regularly with the goal of improving criminal justice outcomes.
The City will hire a third FUSE fellow in April 2019 to work on the recruitment and retention of minority police officers. Allen and Pinkney will began their respective 12-month fellowship this week. Funding for the fellowships comes from the Missouri Foundation for Health, Incarnate Word Foundation, the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, St. Louis Community Foundation, Daughters of Charity Foundation of St. Louis, and the Saint Louis Mental Health Board.