Delaware officials announced Wednesday support for a series of legal changes and community reform programs aimed at regulating police activity and examining racial disparities in the state.

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings.

The Justice for All Agenda, announced by the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus, garnered support from Attorney General Kathy Jennings, Gov. John Carney and a number of state agencies that collaborated on the proposals.

"This is a time of tremendous pain for our country, particularly for Black and Brown Americans who have suffered a seemingly endless march of brutality and tragedy," Jennings said. "But it's a time of equally tremendous hope. It has been decades since I've seen a moment like this one where righteous anger is married to the motivation for timely change."

One goal outlined in the agenda is to pass Senate Bill 191, which would amend the Delaware constitution to bar discrimination based on race or ethnicity.

The agenda also proposed the establishment of two task forces. One, the Law Enforcement Accountability Task Force, is aimed at consideration of issues such as the use of force and community policing and would be made up of police and affected citizens; the other, an African American Task Force, would be responsible for identifying and proposing solutions to issues faced by people of color in Delaware.

Part of the agenda is focused specifically on law enforcement, with banning the use of pressure on the neck unless deadly force is required and prohibiting the release of juveniles' mug shots among the objectives listed. The agenda includes requiring all Delaware law enforcement agencies to use body cameras and activate them throughout an interaction, as well as to record interrogations of juvenile suspects. Changes proposed would also amend the Delaware Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights to allow criminal defendants' attorneys to access internal affairs investigation records on law enforcement.

In a statement issued Wednesday, the ACLU of Delaware commended the proposed reforms but said the organization hopes to push Delaware officials to take additional actions such as diverting police funding to community programs, replacing police presence in schools with additional counselors for juveniles with disabilities or who have experienced trauma, reforming the aspects of probation that make it difficult for people to get back to life outside the criminal justice system, investing in the collection and publication of data on police practices and examining the effects of units such as Operation Safe Streets and the Governor's Task Force.

"We hope that the mass outrage and cries for justice occasioned by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery will echo in the minds of our elected officials long enough to bring about transformational change and not mere platitudes and symbolic changes," said Mike Brickner, executive director for the ACLU of Delaware.