Resources

A collection of questions and resources to assist individuals in addressing situations without immediate reliance on police.

Your neighbor is setting off fireworks at 3am, or there’s intimate partner violence happening outside your window, or you see someone hit their child in public…What do you do? What do you do instead of calling the police? How do you keep yourself safe without seeking protection from a system that is predicated upon the surveillance and extermination of others? This is an in-progress list of resources on alternatives to policing, which range from the theoretical to the practical.

A toolkit with a list of alternatives to calling the police, which can be a traumatic experience at best and unnecessarily put lives in danger—or worse. Important note: While the resources below offer alternative solutions to calling the police, there is no guarantee that these organizations will not involve law enforcement as they deem necessary.

A report that surveyed 12 local community organizations in Portland, Oregon about the harms of policing and their visions for building real community care and resources.

The Oakland Power Projects (OPP) are an initiative to engage Oakland residents in building community power and wellbeing without relying on cops. CR Oakland has been fighting against the violence of policing for more than 10 years, and we hope you’ll join us in this next phase.

A toolkit from the Safe Outside the System (SOS) program with a collection of strategies to build safety in party spaces without relying on the police or state systems. The Safe Party Toolkit can support you, partygoers, and throwers in: creating a space in which partygoers self determination and safety are prioritized, preventing and intervening in violence before it escalates, making a community atmosphere where violence isn’t acceptable, encouraging others to intervene/prevent violence from happening, and supporting survivors of violence.

In September 2018, the City of Austin’s Auditor released a report titled “APD’s Response to Mental Health-Related Incidents,” which found that of the 15 largest U.S. cities, Austin had the highest per capita rate of people killed by police responding to mental health calls. This human rights report was written in response to the Auditor’s report.

This guide will give survivors of this violence and community members tools – like safety tips, Know Your Rights information and Community Action strategies – to respond to incidents of violence, to the culture of anti-LGBTQ and HIV-affected violence and to support LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors and communities.

Tips for conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and keeping your and other communities safe without the police!