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 —

Research spanning nearly two decades reveals stark racial disparities and underscores urgent need for data-driven public safety reform. New Haven, CT – The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) has released a new national study titled Racial and Ethnic Inequalities for Nonfatal Legal Intervention Injuries Treated in US Emergency Departments.  Authored by CPE staff members Dr. Mina Kim, Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon, CEO and Co-Founder; and Dr. Justin Feldman, Principal Research Scientist, the study examines nearly two decades of emergency department data revealing that injuries inflicted by law enforcement represent a major, ongoing public health concern — and a significant driver of racial health inequities in the United States. While fatal police encounters often dominate headlines, the study finds that nonfatal injuries caused by police are far more common, with an estimated 1.5 million emergency department visits for “legal intervention injuries” between 2004 and 2021. The findings suggest