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The Poor Get Prison: The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

Poor people, especially people of color, face a far greater risk of being fined, arrested, and even incarcerated for minor offenses than other Americans. A broken taillight, an unpaid parking ticket, a minor drug offense, sitting on a sidewalk, or sleeping in a park can all result...

Abolitionist Principles & Campaign Strategies for Prosecutor Organizing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Community Justice Exchange

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

"The following is a framework that seeks to draw out what “prosecutor organizing” looks like with an abolitionist lens. The first section outlines principles to hold us accountable to each other, so that there is shared agreement about what abolition means in organizing around prosecutors....

2020 Madison Ordinance 61252 Demilitarizing Police

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source The Common Council of the City of Madison

Policy Areas Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits the Madison Police Department from obtaining certain items from the Defense Logistics Agency under the 1033, including tear gas, bayonets, grenade launchers, explosives, etc. Under this ordinance MPD is prohibited from using any individual item valued over...

9 Components of a Strong Vision Zero Commitment

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Vision Zero Network

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries among all road users, and to ensure safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. This infographic compiles nine components that make up an effective high-level framework for communities considering a Vision...

2017 Sacramento Resolution 2017-0032 Vision Zero Goals

Type Ordinance

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Sacramento City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This resolution requires the City of Sacramento to adopt a “Vision Zero” goal. Vision Zero is a collaborative and data-driven effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries. Actions towards Vision Zero will be a comprehensive, collaborative, and equitable approach through...

Tracking Body Camera Implementation

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Campaign Zero

Policy Areas Public Safety, Data & Technology

Body cameras are rapidly becoming the norm in communities across the country. Campaign Zero reviewed available police department body camera policies from the largest 30 cities in America to determine whether this new technology is being implemented in ways that ensure accountability...

2006 Alameda County Resolution 389 Protecting Incarcerated Individuals Against Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) California

Source Alameda County Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employer discrimination against or otherwise denying employment to individuals with criminal records solely on the basis of those records....

Mitigating California Wildfire Impact Through Zoning and Housing Policy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source Journal of Science Policy & Governance

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Public Safety

Over the last fifty years, California has been facing an affordable housing crisis. In an attempted solution, government subsidies have driven housing development into untouched wildlands across the state. However, these developments are increasingly subject to destruction by wildfire...

Roadmap to Reform: Strengthening the Accountability Mechanisms of the San Francisco Police Department

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2003

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source American Civil Liberties Union of California

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Public Safety

This report addresses the broad problem of accountability within the San Francisco Police Department and outlines changes that can be made to build more effective systems of accountability. These changes include adopting stronger whistleblower protections, mandating compliance with...

2020 Seattle Ordinance 119803 Police Name Tags

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety

In 2000, the Seattle City Council passed legislation that requires police officers to wear unobscured name tags that display an officer’s first initial and last name. This ordinance amends the Seattle Municipal Code by prohibiting officers from using a mourning band to cover the serial...

Michigan needs a tune up

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Michigan League for Public Policy

Policy Areas Health, Housing, Public Safety, Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Food

Michigan need to improve healthcare, education, public health, immigration regulation, families, childcare, worker skills, employment, and wages. The report explains the problems and gives recommendation to each of them....

2012 New York City Initiative 881

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

This initiative establishes an office of the inspector general for the NYPD, which would serve as an independent investigatory unit for police misconduct. The initiative prohibits the Inspector General from being a member of the NYPD and makes the office independent from the mayor's...

Police Model Use of Force Policy

Type Model Law

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Campaign Zero

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety

Recognizing that systemic change can only be achieved through comprehensive action, Campaign Zero provides a model use of force policy to help reduce police violence in America. Among these, the policies that govern how and when officers are allowed to use force against civilians...

2012 New York City Initiative 800

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This initiative prohibits bias-based profiling by officers, which includes using certain personal factors such as race, color, ethnicity, national origin, immigration or citizenship status, socioeconomic status, or other defined characteristics as a basis of suspicion for unlawful...

Stun Gun Fallacy: How The Lack of Taser Regulation Endangers Lives

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2005

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source American Civil Liberties Union of California

Policy Areas Public Safety

An increasing number of people are dying in incidents involving the use of tasers by law enforcement. In spite of these rising fatalities, few police departments regulate the number of times officers may use a taser on an individual or provide sufficient training on appropriate taser...

Under the Radar: How Airline Outsourcing of Passenger Services Compromises Security and Service Quality at LAX

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health, Housing, Public Safety

The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) surveyed nearly 300 passenger service workers to determine the effects of contracting on public safety and service quality at the Los Angeles International Airport. Results show that airlines are compromising security at LAX by failing...

2020 Seattle Ordinance 119805 Banning Chemical Munitions

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety

This ordinance bans City departments from owning, purchasing, renting, or using crowd control weapons. “Crowd control weapons” consist of kinetic impact projectiles, chemical irritants, acoustic weapons, water cannons, or any device used to control crowds by causing pain or discomfort....

2010 King County Ordinance 16948 Advancing Equity and Justice

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level County

State(s) Washington

Source King County Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

The ordinance, in order to achieve the 'fair and just principle' embedded within the countywide strategic plan, requires that equity and justice be applied to every county action. The ordinance establishes an inter-branch team to facilitate accountability of and coordination by all...

Wasted Assets: The cost of excluding Ohioans with a record from work

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

It can be diffiuclt to have a record and find work in Ohio, collateral sanctions block Ohioans from housing, civic rights and jobs. Increasing criminalization through insufficient economic prospects, making collateral sanctions unsafe and decress opportunities for legitimate work....

Maximizing the Economic Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing While Mitigating the Risk to Human Health in Colorado

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) Colorado

Source Journal of Science Policy & Governance

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Public Safety, Health

This paper highlights the state of Colorado and the exponential growth of fracking in the state over the last two decades. The growth of fracking has benefitted the economy of the state and employs hundreds of thousands of residents, but fracking presents serious environmental and...

2018 Boulder Ordinance 8245 Regulating Assault Weapons

Type Ordinance

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado

Source Boulder City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits the possession and sale of assault weapons, large-capacity magazines, and multi-burst trigger activators. Certain exceptions to this ordinance are outlined....

Police Use of Force Policy Analysis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Campaign Zero

Policy Areas Public Safety

This review examines the use of force policies of police departments in 91 of America’s 100 largest cities. Drawing from their findings, which show that police departments with stricter restrictions on use of force kill significantly fewer citizens, Campaign Zero proposes ten categories...

2018 Deerfield Ordinance O-18-06 Regulating Assault Weapons

Type Ordinance

Year 2018

Level County

State(s) Illinois

Source Village of Deerfield

Policy Areas Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits the possession, manufacture, and sale of assault weapons in the Village of Deerfield. It does not apply to any law enforcement officer, member of the military, or qualified retired law enforcement officer....

Safety & Justice in Policing Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Public Safety

ProGov21's Safety & Justice in Policing Roadmap provides resources and information to aid local governments in rethinking their strategies towards crime reduction. In particular, it suggests progressive police reform that (1) acknowledges that punitive actions and armed responses...

Preventing Surveillance Cities: Developing a Set of Fundamental Privacy Provisions

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Journal of Science Policy & Governance

Policy Areas Public Safety, Data & Technology

This report explores five privacy provisions to mitigate the harms associated with exploiting smart city-data. The policy proposals include differentiating personally identifiable smart city data from de-identified data, creating a warrant requirement for personally identifiable smart...

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