Wyoming is known as the "Equality State," but for many in the Hispanic and Latino community, this promise feels like a lie. Right here in Laramie County, a culture of fear is being actively created by a coordinated system of discriminatory policing that targets people based on the color of their skin.

This is not the work of one rogue officer or a single department. It is a systemic machine of harassment involving the Cheyenne Police Department (CPD), the Laramie County Sheriff's Department (LCSD), the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), and even federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Local and state officers are using minor traffic stops as pretexts to question, search, and intimidate both U.S. citizens and immigrants, creating a two-tiered system of justice.

If you are brown in Laramie County, you are treated as a suspect first and a citizen second. This is unacceptable. We refuse to allow our neighbors, friends, and family to be treated this way. We will not stand by while our state's motto is made a mockery by the very people sworn to protect us all equally.

This petition is not a simple request. It is a formal demand for an end to this injustice and the dismantling of this discriminatory system.

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FORMAL DEMANDS TO END SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION
This petition serves as a formal notice and demand to all responsible parties: the Laramie County Board of Commissioners, the Laramie County Sheriff's Department, the Cheyenne City Council, the Cheyenne Police Department, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), and our State Legislature.

We, the undersigned residents of Wyoming, demand an end to the coordinated, discriminatory targeting of our state's Hispanic and Latino communities. We demand the following concrete actions with strict deadlines.
•   DEMAND 1: End Local-Federal Collaboration in Immigration Enforcement. We demand that both the Cheyenne City Council and the Laramie County Board of Commissioners immediately pass binding resolutions to: ◦   Terminate any and all agreements (like 287(g)) or partnerships that deputize local police or sheriff's deputies to act as ICE agents. ◦   Prohibit the use of local resources, funds, and personnel for the purpose of federal civil immigration enforcement. ◦   Forbid inquiring about the immigration status of any individual unless directly and materially relevant to a specific criminal investigation. ◦   DEADLINE for initiating review: 15 Business Days ◦   DEADLINE for public vote on resolutions: 45 Business Days  •   DEMAND 2: Full and Separate Data Transparency. We demand that BOTH the Cheyenne Police Department and the Laramie County Sheriff's Department independently release a full, public report on all traffic and pedestrian stops for the past 24 months. Each report must include: ◦   The perceived race/ethnicity of the person stopped. ◦   The reason given for the stop. ◦   The outcome of the stop (warning, ticket, search, arrest, or referral to another agency like ICE). ◦   DEADLINE: 30 Business Days  •   DEMAND 3: A Public Hearing on Policing Tactics. We demand a joint public hearing hosted by the Cheyenne City Council and Laramie County Commissioners. The Chief of Police and the Sheriff must attend and answer for their departments' tactics, including pretextual stops and their collaboration with state (DCI) and federal (ICE) agencies. ◦   DEADLINE for scheduling the hearing: 20 Business Days 
Sign this petition to demand that Wyoming lives up to its name as the "Equality State" and dismantles this system of discrimination, now.