Here at the Policing Project, we are working across a host of issues—from use of force and racial profiling, to facial recognition, to reimagining public safety—as part of our mission to ensure just and effective policing through democratic accountability.
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Our model statute requiring policing agencies to take certain transparency measures around their use of AI, including disclosing in police reports, conducting an inventory of, and developing a publicly available policy for any use of AI.
Our independent audit of Baltimore Police Department’s Aerial Investigation Research Program (“AIR”) raising serious civil liberties concerns. Our audit was a factor in the city’s decision to end the program and was cited by the Fourth Circuit in its decision holding the program unconstitutional.
A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Agencies, Government, and Communities
By Barry Friedman for University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Working Paper)
Drafted by the Policing Project for the Camden County Police Department

Face Recognition Technology