ProGov21 Policy Library

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...

2017 Sacramento Resolution 2017-0032 Vision Zero Goals

Type Ordinance or Resolution

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...

State College Ordinance Prohibiting Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source State College Borough Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employment discrimination. It ensures that all persons receive equal opportunities for employment regardless of their perceived or actual race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status,...

2013 New York City Local Law 1080 Prohibiting Officers from Engaging in Bias-Based Profiling

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source City of New York

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

This local law prohibits law officers from engaging in biased-based profiling on the grounds of actual or perceived race, national origin, color, creed, age, alienage or citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or housing status. It establishes avenues for persons...

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 or Resolution

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...

2011 Chicago Ordinance 6503 Regulating Police Board Powers and Duties

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety

This ordinance sets term limits for the Chicago Police Board; no board member shall serve more than two consecutive five year terms. It also grants the board authority to make recommendations to the Superintendent of Police and the Chair of the City Council Committees on Public Safety...

Case Brief: Pittsburgh Tree of Life Shooting

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source United on Guns

Policy Areas Public Safety

This brief discusses the 2018 mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, where the perpetrator killed 11 people and wounded six others. It outlines the preparedness of the City prior to the incident; the immediate actions taken by the City in response to the shooting; and further...

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 or Resolution

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...

2003 Arcata Ordinance 1339 Prohibiting Unlawful Detentions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2003

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Arcata City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits City employees from engaging in or permitting unlawful detentions or profiling based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or political or religious association. It also prohibits them from cooperating with investigations, interrogations,...

Seattle Bicycle Master Plan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan outlines the city's plan for tripling the amount of bicycle ridership in the city and implementing new safety measures. This document includes graphics detailing potential bike lane networks, cost estimates, a biannual progress schedule, and more. ...

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 or Resolution

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...

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...

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....

2012 New York City Initiative 801 Requiring Police Officers to Identify Themselves in Interactions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

The initiative requires all NYPD officers to identify themselves in every law enforcement related interaction. The initiative requires officers to state the reason for the contact and provide contact information for the civil review board when the contact does not end in arrest....

Bail Reform

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Innovation Exchange

Policy Areas Public Safety, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report examines issues with the cash bail system and proposes policy solutions for reforming pretrial detention and release practices. It highlights that many individuals are detained in local jails pretrial, despite being legally innocent, particularly affecting low-income individuals...

Debunking the Myth of Sanctuary Cities: Community Policing Policies Protect American Communities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source American Immigration Law Foundation Immigration Policy Center

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

This report examines current trends in local enforcement of immigration law to deconstruct the myth of sanctuary cities....

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...

Mass Shooting Protocol: The First 24 Hours

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source United on Guns

Policy Areas Children & Families, Health, Public Safety

The first 24 hours after a mass shooting requires an immediate and effective response from local officials. This report outlines steps mayors and city managers can take to minimize harm and save lives in the event of a mass shooting and links to additional resources as needed. It...

2018 Deerfield Ordinance O-18-06 Regulating Assault Weapons

Type Ordinance or Resolution

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....

Case Brief: El Paso Walmart Shooting

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source United on Guns

Policy Areas Public Safety

This brief discusses the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, where the perpetrator killed 23 people and injured 23 others. It outlines the preparedness of the City prior to the incident, the immediate actions taken by the City in response to the shooting, and further actions...

Strategic Plan for the North Central Texas Council of Governments 2021-2025

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Texas

Source North Central Texas Council of Governments

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

This report outlines proposed interagency collaborations addressing climate change mitigation development, public safety, and transits. Programs include sustainable watershed management efforts, improving the regional 9-11 system, and coordinating transit services for seniors, disabled...

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