Policing Project

Our country has a long tradition of peaceful demonstration. The Policing Project is releasing new guidance on how protests should be policed in a way that protects these democratic freedoms while also ensuring public safety. View our full report and best practices brief on our website: https://www.policingproject.org/protests

The Policing Project has released suite of resources outlining concrete steps policing agencies, elected officials, and communities can take to improve policing transparency and accountability. These materials provide clear and reasonable guidance on three critical areas: accessibility of agency policy manuals, community oversight, and agency transparency.

Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) and the Policing Project at New York University School of Law released a new guidebook for law enforcement agencies, government officials and communities with best practices for collecting, analyzing and responding to data about traffic and pedestrian stops by law enforcementa critical but often overlooked aspect of policing.

Critical events this summer sparked many elected officials to promise new legislation aimed at making systemic changes to policing. But what has happened since? Our externs scanned recent legislation to provide a snapshot of what isand isn'tbeing done.

Our Executive Director Farhang Heydari talked to Government Technology News about our responsible tech audits, and how to push for public safety innovations that are accountable to communities and responsive to civil liberties, racial justice, and privacy concerns.

"Policing -- everyday policing -- is about social services: domestic violence cases, dealing with people's mental health problems, getting victims to open up, negotiating. But recruitment ads you see for police are still using that macho guy with a gun." Check out our Chief of Staff Maureen McGough in this excellent piece from CNN.