CPE’s social scientists, data scientists, analysts, and technologists work in close collaboration with our community engagement, policy, and public safety teams to expand the knowledge base on racial equity in public safety. Together, we generate new scientific insights grounded in lived experience that serve communities working towards justice.

Our scientific work, conducted in collaboration with the CPE lab at Yale University, employs an interdisciplinary approach. We draw on analytic tools from fields such as social psychology, sociology, demography, ethnography, political science, economics, data science, statistics, and public health. Our research utilizes data from law enforcement agencies, public safety systems, community surveys, and focus groups and targets a broad audience and aims to achieve multiple purposes.

We partner with law enforcement agencies to analyze departmental data, crime data, and other relevant information to identify policing inequities and risk factors for systemic biases. Through a data-driven process, we facilitate meaningful changes in public safety systems. By engaging in research and data partnerships, we provide robust insights that directly inform policy and practice changes to reduce police-related harm. Our approach ensures that academic findings are translated into actionable and practical recommendations for implementation on the ground.