Official Statements

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, the first Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will give his inaugural lecture on “Justice as a Second…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement on the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, Jr., who died in…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement about President Obama's remarks today on community policing. Read full release here.
As part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve and protect, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Birmingham, AL;…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement about the shooting of two St. Louis County Police officers in the line of…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement about the Department of Justice’s report on the Ferguson Police Department: "The Department of…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision not to bring civil rights charges against…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement on the new Brennan Center for Justice report, What Caused the Crime Decline? View…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement following Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey's speech at Georgetown University on…
The Center for Policing Equity has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the nation’s first police profiling database. Over 40 national law enforcement agencies…