CPE Co-founder and COO, Tracie L. Keesee, joined experts from the United Nations Independent Mechanism to Promote Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement to collect testimony and investigate the link between racial profiling and law enforcement practices. An excerpt from the article published on World Today News:
Law enforcement. They carry out delicate work and for this reason they need additional support services for their health and that of their families, underlines the American Tracie L. Keesee, President of the Center for Policing Equity and member of the Mechanism during a press conference in Rome. Comprehensive race-based information is lacking in Italy, and this is a gap that hinders efforts to address racial disparities. Also because – comments the Argentine professor Juan Mendez, also on the panel of experts – the collection, publication and analysis of data disaggregated by race or ethnic origin, in all aspects of life but in particular regarding interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system, is an essential element in designing and evaluating responses to systemic racism.
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