Resources

This report examines racial disparities, policing landscapes, and budgets in twelve jurisdictions across the country, comparing the city and county spending priorities with
those of community organizations and their members. It also provides an invest/divest framework and “Budget 101” to help readers understand some of the terms
reflected in this report, and provide a general framework of budget analysis and advocacy. The report also highlights the potential impact of participatory budgeting.

Between 2001-2016, Fresno PD officers were involved in 146 officer-involved shootings. This high number of shootings, its disparate impact on low-income communities and communities of color, and the department’s policies and practices have significantly damaged police-community relationships. This report incorporates the voices of community stakeholders and recommends a hierarchy of reforms based on their financial feasibility.

A report that has found that Wisconsin has unusually high rates of community corrections supervision and reincarceration, adding considerably to the state’s prison populations and costing Wisconsin taxpayers millions annually.

This report represents the culmination of 18 months of research, field work, and national discussions on police use of force, especially in situations involving persons with mental illness and cases where subjects do not have firearms.

A report with recommendations for reforming policing, each with action items organized around six main topic areas or “pillars:” Building Trust and Legitimacy, Policy and Oversight, Technology and Social Media, Community Policing and Crime Reduction, Officer Training and Education, and Officer Safety and Wellness.

A report with commentary by Barack Obama that gives an overview of the criminal justice landscape and need for reform, how the President can lead this reform on a Federal level, and how the President can influence change on the state and local level.

A report on the history and efforts by the Invisible Institute to gain access to internal police files, an important chapter in the struggle for civil rights in Chicago.

The country cannot incarcerate its way out of violence. As a violence intervention strategy, prison fails to deliver the safety, justice, and accountability all people deserve, and at great human and financial cost. Increasingly, this message is being shared not only by justice reformers, but by crime survivors themselves.

A report on police deadly use of force with recommendations to reduce use of force in the US. The report roots police use of deadly force as a threat to human rights.