CEO Statement on ICE Murder in Minneapolis
Minneapolis is grieving once again because a member of its community has been killed through unnecessary violence by someone acting under color of law. A U.S. citizen, Renee Nicole Good, is dead after being shot by a federal immigration enforcement officer. The most surprising aspect of it is that it took this long for federal actions to be so visibly lethal. What compounds this tragedy is not only the loss of life, but the speed with which familiar and dangerous narratives have emerged to excuse it before any investigations have even begun. We are already hearing that this is a lesson in why people should not “provoke,” should not “obstruct,” should not assert their rights in moments of fear. This logic is not merely wrong; it is deadly. It suggests that exercising constitutionally protected rights, or reacting with fear to armed state agents—who the Vice President of the United States
CPE Statement on the Homicide of Minneapolis Protester Renee Nicole Good
On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, was shot and killed by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a protest against the largest federal immigration enforcement deployment to date. Good, a mother of three, was present as a legal observer. According to reports, Good was murdered in her vehicle as she attempted to drive away. ICE officer Jonathan Ross fired three shots at Good, causing her to lose control of her car. The killing of an American citizen while exercising her right to protest is horrific, and, tragically, entirely predictable given months of escalating rhetoric, fear-mongering, and aggressive immigration enforcement tactics under the Trump Administration. Moreover, we find ourselves in the constant flow of premature discourse and ambitious analyses, multiple cellphone videos, conflicting perspectives, and devastated families and loved ones after an unnecessary tragedy— none of this is
CPE’s New Data Brief Offers Data-Driven Overview of Alternative Response Programs in the U.S.
Using a novel database, CPE’s data brief analyzes 216 alternative response programs across the country and offers a starting point for local leaders to innovate new, community-centric models of public safety. In the aftermath of several high-profile police killings, alternative response programs (ARPs) such as Oregon’s CAHOOTS program and Denver STAR have grown in popularity, but gaps in information about scale, reach, and program design make it difficult to replicate areas of success and to mitigate challenges. The Center for Policing Equity’s (CPE) new data brief, Nonpolice Alternative Response Programs Across the United States: A National Portrait, offers one of the first overviews of ARPs to help local leaders, researchers, and other decision-makers lay the groundwork for future innovation and expansion of ARPs that are responsive to community needs and values. CPE analyzed 216 ARPs spanning 40 states using a novel database of program characteristics including cities and counties served,
Center for Policing Equity CPE’s Latest White Paper Outlines Evidence-Based Strategies for Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt to Resist ICE Overreach
CPE’s white paper offers four strategies LEAs and communities can adopt to assert autonomy over their public safety systems and protect vulnerable community members. Los Angeles, CA — Recent federal tactics have put local law enforcement agencies (LEAs) under enormous pressure to comply with immigration enforcement efforts, with potentially serious consequences for public safety. In the Center for Policing Equity’s (CPE) new white paper titled, Cooperation Between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, we assess where collaboration between LEAs and ICE is required and where it is not, and propose four evidence-based strategies LEAs can adopt to push back against federal attempts to commandeer local resources. Fear of losing funding and other repercussions can lead LEAs to cooperate with ICE beyond what is required by law. This not only erodes trust with communities — potentially suppressing crime reporting and diminishing due process protections —