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Building What We Need: Lessons from Elected Leaders on Community-Centered Safety

Our Elected Leaders Council (ELC) webinar highlights key reflections from meetings with the Spring 2025 ELC on what’s driving success and what challenges remain as they work to implement, expand, and sustain community safety strategies that focus on a public health and social support response.

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Cuts Don’t Protect Communities–Investment Does

Community Violence Intervention (CVI) reduces violence through programs that are centered in the community and based on evidence, offering more effective and successful alternatives to traditional law enforcement. However, the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has rescinded federal funding for CVI, putting many of these innovative programs at risk.

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CPE Publishes Report on Improving BART Fare Enforcement Operations

The Bay Area Rapid Transit agency (BART) partnered with the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) to investigate the impact of fare evasion enforcement on public safety, racial equity, and public access. A full cost-benefit analysis of BART’s current fare enforcement operations was conducted to complement the scope of this work.

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Innovation in Public Safety: How CPE and the Contra Costa Public Defender’s Office Are Leveraging Court Data for Change

CPE’s partnership with CCPD provides a unique opportunity to work with a different data ecosystem and truly center the community in our analysis and recommendations.

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