Greens branded 'mad' after calling for police to give up Tasers and pepper spray
According to reports, the proposals are to be put through the party's formal process prior to the their conference in October.
The Green Party will call on tasers and pepper spray to be removed from police officers in a policy branded "madness" by critics.
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A motion drawn up by the party's crime and justice working group also proposes scrapping Prevent, the government's counterterrorism programme.
Other measures would include moving money away from police and prisons, the end of police presence in schools and working towards the new party aim to close all prisons "through systemic obsolescence".
Political opponents have criticised the proposals, saying they raise new questions about the Greens' commitment to protecting the public from terrorists and violent criminals - with shadow home secretary Chris Philp saying the plans were the Greens' "latest madness".
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According to reports, the proposals are to be put through the party's formal process prior to the their conference in October.
The policy proposal says the party should pledge to "withdraw lethal tools and tactics, eg tasers, pepper spray" from police and should reduce reliance on police "with the aim of eliminating this reliance".
It also calls for the party to move money and investment away from "policing, prison and surveillance", and the scrapping of policy programmed targeting specific communities, citing Prevent as an example.
Prevent is a counterterrorism programme focused on detecting and intervening in instances where an individual is at risk of being radicalised.
Currently, police officers routinely carry Pava spray - commonly known as pepper spray - as standard protective equipment, and only specific officers with special training can carry Tasers, including frontline response or firearms officers.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski recently came under fire after reporting a message criticising police who responded to a man suspected of stabbing two men in Golders Green in north London back in April.
The post on X, formerly known as Twitter, read: "Essentially [Met Police] officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by Taser."
Footage showed two police officers using a taser on Essa Suleiman and kicking him in the head whilst they attempted to pry a knife from his hand.
The repost was called out by Sir Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, who accused him of fuelling "rising tensions" against the Jewish community.
Suleiman will stand trial in March 2027 on three charges of attempted murder.
The Green Party have clarified that all motions were currently at an early draft stage and wording was not yet finalised, adding that not all of the 150 submitted motions were to be debated at conference due to the sheer volume.
A Green Party spokesman added: "Conference is still weeks away and members have only just begun submitting motions.
"There is a prioritisation process, and not every motion submitted will be debated. Only motions passed by conference become Green Party police."