Topic: Data Collection/Reporting

Unpacking the Boston Police Budget

Here in Boston, substantial pressure is building to #DefundPolice. Due to monumental organizing efforts by groups such as the Muslim...

Smart Borders or a Humane World?

This report delves into the rhetoric of “smart borders” to explore their ties to a broad regime of border policing...

Building Safe, Thriving Communities: Research-Based Strategies for Public Safety

This report examines the way our criminal legal systems have driven up incarceration rates, disproportionately harmed communities of color, and...

Confronting Crime and Criminalization: Race, Gender and Policing in Minneapolis

In the 16 months since police officers murdered George Perry Floyd Jr. in Minneapolis, grassroots activists and community members have...

Evidencia la Violencia

Evidencia la violencia is a documentation tool to collect testimonies and stories in which police or public safety agents intervene...

Biking Where Black: Connecting Transportation Planning and Infrastructure to Disproportionate Policing

This study asks whether deficiencies in transportation are associated with disproportionate policing in Chicago using the case of cycling. The...

40,000 Police Interventions: A Five-Year Look-Back On Policing in NYC Public Schools

As a result of years of persistent multi-organizational advocacy, the public has access to data on policing in New York...

The Chicago Police Department’s Use of ShotSpotter Technology

In this report, OIG details ShotSpotter’s functionality and descriptive statistics regarding law enforcement activity related to CPD’s response to ShotSpotter...

Cops Don’t Stop Violence: Combating Narratives Used to Defend Police Instead of Defunding Them

Police are facing one of the greatest crises of legitimacy in a generation. In the wake of the largest uprisings...

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