Brennan Center for Justice and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | November 21, 2019 | Policing
The Brennan Center for Justice and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund are holding a full-day symposium on “Policing Race and Technology” on Dec. 3, 2019. The symposium aims to center the racial justice issues raised by modern surveillance...
Pauline Toboulidis | August 20, 2019 | Policing
On August 19, California’s Office of the Governor issued a press release announcing that Governor Newsom signed AB 392 into law. The bill enacts one of the strongest use-of-force laws in the country. The following is from the press release:Today, Governor Gavin...
Scott Shackford | October 2, 2018 | Policing
For decades, California has kept police misconduct records exempt from public records requests, denying citizens (and even prosecutors and defense attorneys in court cases) easy access to information about law enforcement behavior. Now that secrecy is coming to an...
