CPE Blog
Welcome to the Center for Policing Equity blog, where we share insights to educate, inform, and inspire those who are working to reduce the harm caused by systemic racism and take bold action toward establishing equitable public safety systems.
A Roadmap for Safety and Accountability: New Justice Navigator Assessments for Los Angeles County
Eight new Justice Navigator Assessments for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provide localized data analyses on policing behavior as well as actionable steps to measure future progress and drive meaningful change.
Safety Is Everybody’s Business
Safe communities don’t happen by chance. From business investment to neighborhood design, every sector has a role to play in creating places where people and economies thrive.
Public Safety Starts Before Crisis
What if the most important public safety work happens before someone calls 911? Explore how faith leaders are redefining community safety by investing in the conditions that help communities thrive.
Advancing Transparency and Equity in Watertown: A New Justice Navigator Assessment
Watertown’s latest Justice Navigator Assessment highlights progress, persistent disparities, and actionable insights for a safer, more equitable community.
Alternatives to Traditional Policing are In Demand – But Need Support to Work
In the years following the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, communities across the country launched a wave of new alternatives to armed police. Today, many of those programs face a critical question: will they receive the support they need to succeed?
Gang Databases and Immigration Enforcement: A Growing Problem
Created as a tool to quickly identify and document people suspected of having a connection to gang violence, gang databases have become a pipeline for federal immigration enforcement. On paper, tools like these look efficient and innocuous, but are actually created based on unclear criteria and inconsistent practices. The end result is often inaccurate and inefficient data that leans on the weakest points of the immigration enforcement system. In our new white paper, Gang Databases and Immigration Enforcement, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) explores the disproportionate impact these databases have on marginalized communities and why the use of gang databases is an urgent problem. This blog post discusses this impact on communities and why the current political climate demands swift action to address these harms.
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