Documenting cases where police dogs are deployed to brutalize suspects and inmates.
Areas of Focus
Each program adds another piece to the public record — built so that citizens, agencies, and prosecutors can act on what the data shows. Tap any initiative to learn more.
Documenting cases where police dogs are deployed to brutalize suspects and inmates.
Resources for due process and the protection of citizens' rights, and scholarships honoring courageous officers who upheld the law in spite of the wall of silence.
Documentaries that examine public policies of police use of force.
States that have enacted new public policy related to excessive force.
A project of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Thurgood Marshall Institute (2023). The database covers consent decrees, police department grants, and departments receiving military equipment.
Law enforcement agencies that have lost insurance coverage — or had policies modified — due to risky behavior including ill-advised vehicle pursuits, excessive force, and jail violence.
Ranking the response times of government agencies for open-records requests.
Names of unarmed women shot and killed by police in 2017, by ethnicity and by state.
Per-100,000 ranking of U.S. states by unarmed suspects killed by police.
Civil judgments and settlements for liability by law enforcement agencies involved in unarmed killings, by state.
Continuous total of settlements and jury awards — police misconduct lawsuits are hurting the public.
An active database of officers named in incidents involving the violation of constitutional rights.
Police chiefs are often forced to put officers fired for misconduct back on the streets.
Any organization that upholds law enforcement officers who have violated the 4th Amendment rights of United States citizens.
State-by-state Brady/Giglio list directories — officers prosecutors won't call.
Civil-rights leaders, scholars, and freedom fighters on the side of humanity.
The public should be aware of officers who have violated the 4th Amendment rights of citizens.
Landmark Supreme Court decisions shaping 4th Amendment jurisprudence.
A database of revocations of police officer certifications across California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and Washington State.
A formal warning issued to District Attorneys who fail to prosecute law enforcement officers for violating the constitutional rights of citizens.