Official Statements
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces the publication of a new community resource guide under the Community Up program titled Do We Need Police in Schools? The resource guide…
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces Dr. Khalilah M. Harris as the Chief Strategic Advisor to the CEO. In her role, Dr. Harris will be responsible for directing the…
NEW HAVEN-- Noted social scientist and social entrepreneur Phillip Atiba Goff, Ph.D., has legally changed his name to Phillip Atiba Solomon. Solomon is the Chair and Carl I. Hovland Professor…
On Saturday, a White supremacist entered a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, FL, and massacred three Black people. Moments earlier, the murderer had been told to leave the campus of…
For generations, Black and Brown communities have been silenced by systemic racism, our needs and knowledge ignored by entrenched power, our neighborhoods, homes, and bodies subject to violent control and…
On Monday, six White former law enforcement officers pleaded guilty to lying about their torture of two Black men, brutality that was intended to terrorize their victims into getting out…
West Hollywood, CA - Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) joins the City of West Hollywood and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) West Hollywood Station to announce…
Last week, two news stories broke with enormous significance not just for redesigning public safety in the United States, but for beginning to redress racialized trauma older than the country…
The ultimate goals of these analyses will be the thorough implementation of AB 256, the California Racial Justice Act for All, and to improve services and outcomes for Contra Costa…
July 01 2023
CPE Statement on the Ongoing Violence in France
The horrific broad-daylight killing of Nahel M., a 17-year-old boy of Moroccan and Algerian descent, by French police demonstrates something we know all too well—violence against Black folks is not…
Today's disturbing Supreme Court ruling demonstrates clearly the need for the very thing it strikes down: national redress for the ongoing legacy of enslavement, Jim Crow, and the court's 2013…
June 28 2023
CPE Launches Community Up: A New Community Resource Opens for On-the-Ground Public Safety Innovation
Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces the launch of Community Up, a dynamic resource to support communities interested in building equitable, effective, and holistic public safety systems for…
June 16 2023
CPE Statement on MPD DOJ Findings
Three years ago, a police officer murdered Mr. George Floyd in a Minneapolis street while three other officers watched. The country erupted in rage, grief, and righteous determination to change…
June 07 2023
Connecticut’s Clinton Police Department Announces the Release of a New CPE’s Justice Navigator Assessment
Clinton, CT - Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) joins the Clinton Police Department (CPD) to announce the release of the CPD Justice Navigator Assessment, a data-driven analysis that identifies racial…
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces the publication of Redesigning Public Safety: K-12 Schools, the third white paper in our ongoing Redesigning Public Safety Resource Series. The safety of…
May 30 2023
Fare Evasion Enforcement Analysis Work Begins in California's Bay Area with Racial Equity as a Focus
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Office of the Independent Police Auditor (OIPA), in continuation of their collaborative partnership, will…
Three years. It’s been three years since the world stopped for a second time in 2020. After nearly three months of lockdown, with increasingly scary news about the potential scope…
Earlier this week the Connecticut State Senate passed, with bipartisan support, the Driving Equity Bill (SB 1195), legislation intended to end traffic stops for certain low-level infractions. The Center for…
April 25 2023
Statement on the Passing of Harry Belafonte Civil Rights Giant and Pioneering Black Entertainer
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) mourns the loss of Harry Belafonte, a giant in the Civil Rights Movement who dedicated his voice not only to indelible performances that shaped,…
April 21 2023
CPE Statement on Revelations of Openly Racist Policy Maintained by Florida State Attorney's Office
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) greets with anger, but little surprise, reports that a State Attorney’s Office in Monticello, FL had until this week a written policy recommending harsher…
April 10 2023
CPE statement on Gun Violence in Louisville, KY
This morning's mass shooting in Louisville, KY was–possibly–the 150th mass shooting in 2023's first 100 days. As of this writing, four victims have died, three are critically injured, and six…
April 10 2023
CPE Statement on the Federal Civil Rights Investigation into the Police Killing of Dalaneo Martin
Last week the U.S. Parks Police and Washington Metropolitan Police released bodycam footage that shows officers attacking and killing Dalaneo Martin, a Black 17-year-old they found asleep in the driver's…
April 07 2023
CPE Statement on the Expulsion of Two Black Lawmakers from the Tennessee State Legislature
Yesterday the Republican caucus of the Tennessee state legislature voted to expel from that body two young Black Democrats, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Justin Pearson, over actions they took…
March 22 2023
CPE Announces the Launch of the Elected Leaders Council
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces the launch of the Elected Leaders Council, a peer-to-peer learning community for elected officials from across the country dedicated to spearheading innovative efforts to…
Surveillance video was released today that shows several law enforcement officers killing 28-year-old Irvo Otieno at a Virginia state hospital, days after he experienced a mental health crisis near his…