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Topic: Use of Force

Labor Contract Library

A searchable database of police, sheriffs, and other public safety agencies' contracts....

The Throwaways: Police enlist young offenders as confidential informants. But the work is high-risk, largely unregulated, and sometimes fatal.

Informants are the foot soldiers in the government’s war on drugs. By some estimates, up to 80% of all drug...

Timeline of How Police Groups Undermine AB 392 (California)

Since the historic passage of AB 392, which sets a higher standard for deadly use of force by officers in...

“A Compassionate City:” Over-Policing of Black and Latinx Youth in Pomona, California

In collaboration with Rutgers Graduate School of Education and the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice, this...

Pomona Police Department’s Crusade Against Black and Latinx Youth

In 2021, Gente Organizada released a first-of-its-kind report on racial profiling practices in local law enforcement in the City of...

Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist

Gun violence in Philadelphia has reached a boiling point. Politicians, police, and community members are searching for ways to curb...

Assault At Spring Valley Report: An analysis of police violence against Black and Latine students in public schools

In this report, we present the findings of a combined quantitative/qualitative data analysis of over 200 incidents of police assaults...

Reformist Reforms vs. Abolitionist Steps to End Imprisonment

A chart that breaks down the difference between reformist reforms which continue or expand the reach of policing, and abolitionist...

DHS Open for Business: How Tech Corporations Bring the War on Terror to Our Neighborhoods

In the aftermath of 9/11, the George W. Bush administration launched the global “War on Terror,” capitalizing on public fears...