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RING CIVIL RIGHTS AUDIT RELEASED
The resulting report represents nearly two years of work to examine the potential harms of Ring’s products and services and make recommendations to mitigate those risks.
OREGON SUED OVER DOMESTIC SPYING OPERATION
Farrell-Smith v. Oregon seeks to end Oregon’s TITAN Fusion Center, an illegal surveillance operation.
N.Y. Times Op-Ed
To Rein In Abuse by the Police, Lawmakers Must Do What the Supreme Court Will Not
Chicago Passes Legislation to Create a Community Oversight Board for Public Safety
The move comes after a years-long push for police reform from community activists and civic leaders.
Our Statement Regarding The Derek Chauvin Verdict
The work is not done, and if anything is only just beginning.
Policing Priorities for the New Administration
How to ensure policing that is effective, non-discriminatory, fair, minimally harmful, and democratically accountable
Baltimore’s Aerial Investigation Research (AIR) Program
The Policing Project served as the independent evaluator of AIR’s civil rights and civil liberties implications.
Axon AI Ethics Board End of Year Report
The report details the work of the independent advisory body over the course of calendar year 2020.
How to Police Protests to Protect Public Safety and Democratic Freedoms
Our new guidance emphasizes communication, de-escalation, and relationship-building.
Our Statement on Policing in the U.S.
Police reform and accountability as we have understood and implemented them simply are not working.
New transparency and accountability resources
Our new tools offer guidance in critical areas of policing agencies’ policy manuals, community oversight, and agency transparency.
New guidebook on key steps for stop data implementation
The Policing Project and the Center for Policing Equity offer new guidance on data about traffic and pedestrian stops by law enforcement—a critical but often overlooked aspect of policing.
Changing the Law to Change Policing
Policing Project co-founders join other law academics in issuing urgent reforms for American policing.
Our new report finds that police militarization is more complex than we thought — but meaningful reform is possible by strengthening democratic accountability.
Ring, one of the nation’s largest home security companies, engaged the Policing Project at New York University School of Law in civil rights and civil liberties audit, leading to substantial changes.
The Oregon TITAN Fusion Center is a covert domestic spying program run by the Oregon Department of Justice that targets the people of Oregon with aggressive and illegal surveillance. Our lawsuit, Farrell-Smith v. Oregon, is brought by environmental, indigenous rights, and social justice advocates who peacefully protested a $10 billion fossil fuel pipeline and were targeted by TITAN.
The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability needs experts from a variety of fields, including law, organizing and public safety. We must demand that the mayor and council members find the best residents, as there may be no more important issue facing the city than the safety of our residents.
Philadelphia’s just became the first major city to ban traffic stops for minor violations. The “driving equality” law presents a real opportunity to improve police-community relations and reduce dangerous encounters between officers and motorists. While the city’s decision to decrease these types of stops should be applauded, real change must happen at the state level.