Policing Project - NYU School of Law

Policing Project - NYU School of Law We partner with communities and police to enhance public safety through transparency, equity, and democratic accountability.

The Policing Project is dedicated to strengthening policing through democratic governance. Policing agencies play a vital role in ensuring a safe and secure society. To see that they function effectively, we must, and do, grant them vast powers. We allow police to restrict people’s freedom of movement, take them into custody, search their person and their property, and engage in surveillance. But

these powers are not granted lightly; it is widely recognized that if used wrongly they can imperil the very society that policing officials are pledged to protect. We believe it is essential to maximize the effectiveness of policing, and minimize the risks, by applying time-honored techniques of democratic governance.

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The Policing Project at NYU Law

Public safety is the first job of government. It is essential to economic advancement and community well being. Policing agencies cannot do their work without community support. Yet, as many have noted in recent years, there is a lack of trust and legitimacy around policing in some communities—often in challenged communities that need effective policing the most.

The Policing Project at New York University School of Law is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening policing by bringing the ordinary processes of democratic accountability to bear. In particular, we work to ensure that the community’s voice, and sound decision making techniques, are part of policing.

Learn more about our work and mission on our website: policingproject.org