Massive Evidence Storage Facility Fire Sheds Light on Sloppy NYPD Practices
The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because there is no law stopping them from doing so.
Biden’s Safer America Plan Will Harm Already Hyper-Policed Communities
A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.
Students Need Emotional and Community Support, Not Cops in Schools
Some schools that removed police on campus following the 2020 uprisings are now asking for them to be reinstated.
NYC Advocates Fear More Police Violence, Homeless Criminalization Amid Forced Hospitalizations
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive this week that puts police at the center of renewed efforts to remove people exhibiting signs of mental illness from public…
Cops Are Asking To Kill People With Robots. What Could Go Wrong?
By Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation’s local police now seem eager to get in on…
Harvard Professors Call For 500k More Armed Cops
In a long and detailed Twitter thread, Alec Karakatsanis dives into a controversial academic article from two Harvard professors calling for the expansion of police.
Jail Telecom Company Offered Sheriffs Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats
Smart Communications, a for-profit Florida company that sells phone, videochat, and email-like services to prisons and jails, told at least one sheriff’s department that it can live “the resort life”…
FBI Crime Data Is Out. Here’s What You Need To Know
Lies, damned lies, and crime statistics.
The U.S. Sees an Unprecedented Investment in Policing Alternatives
Since 2021, around $500 million in new federal, state, and philanthropic funding has been directed toward initiatives that fall under the umbrella of so-called “community violence intervention,” or CVI.
DOJ Admits It Has No Idea How Many People Die in Law Enforcement Custody
Thousands of deaths in jails, prisons, and police custody have gone uncounted in recent years. Now the DOJ is calling for changes to federal law.
CNN’s New Police Expert—Formerly of the NYPD and FBI—Misleads Audience With Crime Claims
By Julie Hollar / FAIR In its latest move to the right, CNN recently hired former NYPD flack John Miller as its “chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst.” As Josmar…
Defund the Police Algorithms
Law enforcement is increasingly turning to software to surveil and anticipate crime. But a grassroots movement is emerging to resist algorithmic policing.
Facing Felony Trial, Joliet Police Whistleblower Who Exposed Black Man’s Death Retires
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A Joliet police sergeant in the state of Illinois, who leaked footage to the press and blew the whistle on the death of Eric…
VIDEO: Mainstream Media Says Copwatchers Are a Menace—Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Police Accountability Report hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis discuss a recent win to protect the right to record police in the second highest court in the land with guest…
VIDEO: Police Used This Dangerous Restraint During a Fatal Arrest, so Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About It?
The death of Christopher Robert Hensley while in custody of Fletcher, North Carolina, police has received little attention. PAR investigates the dangerous restraint police used during his arrest, and examines…