Legal and Ethical Issues Around Vehicle Surveillance Systems

Our expert panel explored how AI has transformed VSS, discussed Fourth Amendment concerns, and examined state-level regulations.

30x30 Webinar with Assistant Chief Alice White of the Women in Blue Documentary

Removing Barriers to Law Enforcement Officer Accountability

A webinar on our model statute An Act to Remove Barriers to Accountability and Facilitate Robust Oversight.

Using Medicaid and Private Insurance to Pay for Alternative First Response

A conversation co-hosted by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and the Vera Institute of Justice on how to effectively leverage innovative funding sources for alternative first response programs.

Promotion of Women Officer

Promising Practices From 30x30 Agencies

Recruitment Strategies

Specialty Assignments

Personal and Professional Development for Women Officers

Pretextual Traffic Stops: What The Public Should Know and Lawmakers Can Do

A discussion on the harms of pretextual traffic stops and what lawmakers can do to protect drivers and their communities.

When Not to Send the Police: A Conversation with LAPD Chief Michel Moore

An in-depth discussion of a proposal by the LA police officers’ union to eliminate police response from 28 call categories—ranging from parking violations to mental health calls.

SCALING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PROGRAMS

A webinar discussion co-hosted with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab exploring different aspects of scaling alternative response programs.

Focusing on Responders: Recruitment, Training and Wellness

A webinar discussion on the workforce of alternative responder programs.

What Makes a Community Safe Webinar

A webinar discussion on the role of police and alternative response in addressing real community safety concerns.

Regulating Police Use of Face Recognition Technology

Report on Axon's Project ION

CBA of Vehicle Pursuit Policies in Roanake County and Roanoke City, VA (Report)

CBA of Vehicle Pursuit Policies in Roanake County and Roanoke City, VA (Resource)

An Assessment of Traffic Stops and Policing Strategies in Nashville

Collecting, Analyzing, and Responding to Stop Data

A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Agencies, Government, and Communities

Community Advisory Boards: What Works and What Doesn’t

Lessons from a National Study

Amicus Brief in Killgore v. City of South El Monte

The brief addresses the "pervasively-regulated industry" doctrine

Amicus Brief in Sievers v. Nebraska

Re: “Information-Seeking” Stops

Measuring the Effects of Shotspotter on Gunfire in St. Louis County, MO

Cost-Benefit Analysis in Action

Cost-benefit analysis' first step is simply to list the costs and benefits of a particular technology or practice.

Reimagining Public Safety: First Convening Report

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Audit of Baltimore's Aerial Investigation Research (AIR) Program

An Act Regulating the Use of Force By Law Enforcement Officers

Working Draft

Policing Protests to Protect Constitutional Rights and Public Safety

Disaggregating the Police Function

By Barry Friedman for University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Working Paper)

Axon AI Ethics Board 2020 End of Year Report

How to Rethink the Police Function

Data Collection and Transparency Statute

Working Draft

Community Engagement During Times of Crisis

Guidance for COVID-19 and Beyond

Stay-at-Home and Social Distancing Enforcement

Guidance for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authorized Policing Technology (APT) Act

Working Draft for Public Review

Achieving Sound Policing

The Promise and Challenges of Cost-Benefit Analysis of Public Safety

Authorized Databases and Police Technology (ADAPT) Act

Working Draft For Public Review

Axon AI Ethics Board: 2020 End of Year Report

Second Report of the Axon AI Ethics Board

Automated License Plate Readers

First Report of the Axon AI Ethics Board

Face Recognition Technology

Privacy Audit & Assessment of ShotSpotter, Inc.’s Gunshot Detection Technology

NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology: Tech and Policing Panel

The Growing World of Face Recognition Legislation

Trends, Gaps and What You Should Know About Your Local Laws

Five-Minute Biometrics Primers: Rapid DNA

Five-Minute Biometrics Primers: Face Recognition

Five-Minute Biometrics Primers: Iris Recognition

Use of Force Policy Guidelines

Developed for the Toolkit for Prosecutors and Communities to Address and Prevent Police-Involved Fatalities

Camden County Revised Use of Force Policy

Drafted by the Policing Project for the Camden County Police Department

Principles of Law: Use of Force

From the American Law Institute’s Principles of Law, Policing

We spend $100 billion on policing. We have no idea what works.

By Barry Friedman for The Washington Post

Testimony of Barry Friedman to the NYC Council Committee on Public Safety

“Creating Comprehensive Reporting and Oversight of NYPD Surveillance Technologies Hearing,” December 18, 2019

CBA In Action

10 Questions To Ask

Filming the Police

Tips for Police Officers and Those Who Film Them

The Benefits (and Costs) of Policing

Fall 2018 Conference

Beyond the Conversation

Ensuring Meaningful Police-Community Engagement

Five Questions to Ensure Meaningful Engagement

Testimony of Barry Friedman to the Chicago City Council Committee on Public Safety

“Creating a Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability,” January 23, 2020

A CBA Discussion of Body-Worn Cameras

Statement on the Principles of Democratic Policing

Brief of the Policing Project as Amicus Curiae, U.S. Microsoft No 17-2 (US 2018)

The Policing Project Youth Engagement Guidebook

Report to the Tampa Citizen Review Board

Summarizing Public Feedback on Tampa Police Department

Cleveland 2019 Community and Problem-Oriented Policing Plan

Winter 2017 CBA Conference

Report to the NYPD

Summarizing Public Feedback on its Proposed Body-Worn Camera Policy

Report to the Los Angeles Police Commission

Summarizing Public Feedback on LAPD Video Release Policies

LAPD Body-Worn Camera Video Release

Policy Fact Sheet

Should Police Departments Release Video After Officer-Involved Shootings?

Democratic Accountability and Policing

By Maria Ponomarenko and Barry Friedman for Reforming Criminal Justice. Vol. 2, Policing (Erik Luna, ed.)

Public Feedback on the CCPD’s Body Worn Camera Policy

Report on the Comments Received and the CCPD’s Response

Barry Friedman Interview With ALI

An Overview of the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law, Policing

A Framework for Community Policing in Cleveland

Cleveland Police Monitoring Team Report on Community & Problem-Oriented Policing

Summary of Feedback & Recommendations

Conference on Democratic Policing

November 12-13, 2015 Conference Summary Report

NYPD Body-Worn Camera Community Survey

LAPD Body-Worn Camera Community Survey

Democratic Policing

By Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko for New York University Law Review

The Worrisome Future of Policing Technology

By Barry Friedman for The New York Times

Pulling the Public into Police Accountability

By Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko for Gotham Gazette

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public Safety: Facing the Methodological Challenges

By Maria Ponomarenko and Barry Friedman for Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis

Five-Minute Biometrics Primers: Rapid DNA

Policing Project Comment in Response to the LAPD’s Revised Use of Force Policy

The Manuals Initiative

Want to fix policing? Start with a better 911 system.

Vox — August 10, 2020

Amid Calls to ‘Defund,’ How to Rethink Policing

By Barry Friedman for the Wall Street Journal

What Does Police Oversight Look Like?

Data & Transparency Framework For Policing Agencies

Implementation Strategies with Amber Jordan USPIS