We are working across a host of issues—from use of force and racial profiling, to face recognition and surveillance technologies—as part of our mission to ensure just and effective policing through democratic accountability. Here you will find the central hub for our work, sorted by subject area. Please feel free to use or share, and contact us if you have any questions.
Our model statute requiring policing agencies to take certain transparency measures around their use of AI, including disclosing in police reports, conducting an inventory of, and developing a publicly available policy for any use of AI.
Our independent audit of Baltimore Police Department’s Aerial Investigation Research Program (“AIR”) raising serious civil liberties concerns. Our audit was a factor in the city’s decision to end the program and was cited by the Fourth Circuit in its decision holding the program unconstitutional.
A report by the resigning members of Axon’s AI Ethics Board setting forth the Board’s reasons for voting against Axon’s Project ION and resigning from Board.
A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Agencies, Government, and Communities
By Barry Friedman for University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Working Paper)
Drafted by the Policing Project for the Camden County Police Department
Face Recognition Technology