Policing Project at NYU Law

Join us later this month for a webinar – Pretextual Traffic Stops: What The Public Should Know and Lawmakers Can Do ?– on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET, featuring Max Carter-Oberstone, Vice President of the San Francisco police commission; Charlotte Resing, Government Affairs Manager at the Center for Policing Equity; Jose Manuel Almanza Jr, Director of Advocacy & Movement Building at Equiticity; and Michael Harvey (Fmr.), Executive Director of the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy. The event will discuss the harms of pretextual traffic enforcement by police and what lawmakers can do to protect drivers and their communities. *This webinar is eligible for CLE credit in New York State for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys. Register today: https://lnkd.in/e8RaP8kd

Next month, join us for a webinar with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Americans for Prosperity on police use of vehicle surveillance systems, or automated license plate readers. We'll discuss privacy concerns, how AI has transformed the tech, and strategies for regulation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gCN6mXKf

WE ARE #HIRING: The Policing Project is hiring an experienced legal professional to join our legislative team as a Counsel or Senior Counsel. An ideal candidate will have an interest in and experience with legislative drafting and advocacy, as well as a passion for criminal legal system reform, racial justice, public safety, and related issues. For more information about the position and to apply: https://lnkd.in/eTHsE2Dp

WE ARE #HIRING: The Policing Project is hiring an experienced legal professional to join our legislative team as a Counsel or Senior Counsel. An ideal candidate will have both interest in, and experience with, legislative drafting and advocacy, as well as a passion for criminal legal system reform, racial justice, public safety, and related issues. For more information about the position and to apply: https://lnkd.in/eTHsE2Dp

Thank you to Tyler Perry for supporting our lawsuit against the Clayton County police department for its racially discriminatory airport stop program. As Perry notes: "[R]acial discrimination by law enforcement is wrong, and it’s against the law. Black people must have the freedom to travel without worrying about being stopped because of the color of our skin." Earlier this year, Perry joined a number of other Black actors and directors -- including Jamie Foxx, Jean Elie, Taraji Henson, Sterling K. Brown, and others -- as well as the ACLU of Georgia, the Cato Institute, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Institute for Justice, several empirical scholars, and a number of current and former law enforcement officials who filed friend-of-the-court briefs?supporting?our lawsuit with co-counsel?Jones Day,?Lawrence & Bundy, and?Peter Canfield?and our clients, Eric?André?and Clayton English. https://lnkd.in/gfzPF4XP

Read our senior advisor?Farhang Heydari's op-ed in The Hill?on a critical step the Biden Administration just took to advance traffic safety, public safety, and racial justice. More low-level traffic stops don't make us safer. They erode trust, violate civil liberties, and make roads more dangerous for Black drivers. In our study in Nashville, we found no relationship between the number of police stops and crime levels. The way to make our roads safer isn't through more enforcement of low-level violations. It's through evidence-based strategies like designing safer roads with better lighting, creating protected bike lanes and pedestrian crossings, and expanding access to public transportation. https://lnkd.in/gnBq2GYM

We are #Hiring an AI/Technology Policy Counsel to join our technology law and policy team to help promote sound policy making around AI-powered policing technologies. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gyRdcCAy

Last month, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a landmark policy putting in place long-overdue requirements on how federal agencies can – and cannot – use AI. The policy, which establishes a strong baseline for responsible AI procurement and use across all agencies of the federal government, is significant for a number of reasons, including for what it doesn’t do: exempt law enforcement. Here are our main takeaways relating to law enforcement. https://lnkd.in/gyRdQMWP #AI #LawEnforcement #FederalAgencies

TODAY: Pretextual Traffic Stops: What The Public Should Know and Lawmakers Can Do webinar today, Feb. 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET– featuring Max Carter-Oberstone, Vice President of the San Francisco Police Commission; Charlotte Resing, Government Affairs Manager at the Center for Policing Equity; Jose Manuel Almanza Jr, Director of Advocacy & Movement Building at Equiticity; and Michael Harvey(Fmr.), Executive Director of the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy – to discuss the harms of pretextual traffic enforcement by police and what lawmakers can do to protect drivers and their communities. *This webinar is eligible for CLE credit in New York State for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys. Register: https://lnkd.in/e8RaP8kd

TOMORROW: Pretextual Traffic Stops: What The Public Should Know and Lawmakers Can Do webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET– featuring Max Carter-Oberstone, Vice President of the San Francisco Police Commission; Charlotte Resing, Government Affairs Manager at the Center for Policing Equity; Jose Manuel Almanza, Director of Advocacy & Movement Building at Equiticity; and Captain Michael Harvey (Fmr.), Executive Director of the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy – to discuss the harms of pretextual traffic enforcement by police and what lawmakers can do to protect drivers and their communities. *This webinar is eligible for CLE credit in New York State for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys. Register today: https://lnkd.in/e8RaP8kd