Keep Police Out of Political Theater
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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Redesigning PubIic Safety
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 However, the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has rescinded federal funding for CVI, putting many of these innovative programs at risk.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.
A Progress Report on Redesigning Public Safety
in St. Louis
The ongoing work in St. Louis to co-create and implement evidence-based public safety solutions reflects community-led redesign efforts that could serve as a model for cities nationwide.
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Beyoncé, the Renaissance World Tour,
and the Principles of Public Safety
Beyoncé reminded us at every stop of her tour that public safety is about so much more than simply the absence of crime. It’s about being able to be our free and liberated selves, without fear.
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St. Louis Redesigns Public Safety
Community members in St. Louis have worked for years to redesign their public safety systems; CPE was proud to partner with stakeholders to study those systems and offer science-based recommendations for change.
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Not a Goal Met, But a Vital First Step
CPE’s Hans Menos writes that a recent audit of the Philadelphia Police Department validates what Black and Brown residents have said for years: the city’s public safety system is fundamentally inequitable and their communities do not feel safe.
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