Official Statements
November 11 2020
Center for Policing Equity this Veteran's Day
This Veteran’s Day, the Center for Policing Equity honors all who have served and sacrificed for the sake of American self-determination. For us, that means working to bring the United…
November 07 2020
Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff Statement on the Results of the 2020 Presidential Election
Today, Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement on the results of the 2020 presidential election. We offer our best wishes to…
October 21 2020
Center for Policing Equity’s Compstat for Justice Program Announces Partnership with Seattle Police Department
Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE)’s COMPSTAT for Justice (C4J) program and the Seattle Police Department (SPD) announced a partnership to reduce, with the goal of eliminating, racially disparate…
October 21 2020
Center for Policing Equity Releases the Guiding Principles for Crowd Management Policy to Assist Law Enforcement with De-Escalation Efforts
Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) released the Guiding Principles for Crowd Management Policy, a set of guidelines designed to help law enforcement agencies align their policies with best…
September 30 2020
Policing Experts Release Guidebook for Stop Data Implementation: Guidebook to Serve as Resource for Implementing New Systems of Public Safety
Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) and the Policing Project at New York University School of Law released a guidebook for law enforcement agencies, government officials and communities with best practices…
September 23 2020
Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff Statement on the Announcement Regarding Police Officers Involved in Breonna Taylor’s Death
Today, Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement following Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s announcement regarding the police officers involved in Breonna…
Today, the Center for Policing Equity released the following statement on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer from Brooklyn who made it to the…
September 17 2020
Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff Statement on the Attempted Assassination of Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies
Today, Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement on the attempted assassination of two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies. The ambush and attempted…
September 17 2020
Center for Policing Equity Statement on the shooting of Jacob Blake and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Today, the Center for Policing Equity released the following statement on the shooting of Jacob Blake and violence in Kenosha: While we remain thankful for Jacob Blake’s survival, we stand…
July 27 2020
Center for Policing Equity Releases Critical Steps for Exploring How Public Safety Resources are Allocated
Today, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) released a set of recommendations for communities considering new models of public safety. Nationwide demonstrations against police violence have sparked long overdue conversations…
Today, Center for Policing Equity Co-founder and CEO Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement about the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. “George Floyd’s death was…
September 23 2019
Center for Policing Equity President Named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year
Phillip Atiba Goff, Co-founder and CEO of Center for Policing Equity and Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was honored today as…
September 18 2019
Justice Department Announces National Effort to Build Trust Between Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve
Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the launch of the Justice Department’s National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. Funded through a $4.75 million grant, the initiative will create…
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September 11 2019
Center for Policing Equity and Justice Collaboratory Release Five-Step Policy Action Plan for Policing in America
A joint effort between Center for Policing Equity and Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School is calling for a new conversation concerning police reform in America. Today the organizations released…
August 09 2019
Nation's Largest Project to Improve Police-Community Relationships Finds Progress in Perceptions of Bias and Safety
The evaluation of the nation’s largest demonstration project aimed at developing strategies to increase trust between communities and the criminal justice system was released to the public this week. During…
Today, Center for Policing Equity President and Co-founder Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff released the following statement about the police-involved episode in McKinney, Texas: "In the wake of the recent police-involved…
What if science could eliminate racial bias in policing? Today, this question was answered by the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) as the focus of its big idea funded through…
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Black and Latino boys who are stopped more often by police are more likely to commit crimes six, 12, and 18 months later. And that association is stronger the younger…
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January 30 2019
Players Coalition Charitable Foundation Awards $350,000 Grant to the Center for Policing Equity
Today, ahead of Super Bowl LIII, the Players Coalition Charitable Foundation awarded $350,000 to Center for Policing Equity (CPE). Players Coalition Charitable Foundation, is a collective of both current and…
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Co-founder and CEO of Center for Policing Equity, released the following statement today regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s new National Use-of-Force Data Collection: “We commend…
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October 05 2018
Statement on the Conviction of Officer Jason Van Dyke for the Fatal 2014 Shooting of Laquan Mcdonald
Today, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Co-founder and CEO of Center for Policing Equity (CPE), released the following statement regarding the verdict in the murder trial of the People v. Jason…
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August 24 2018
Body Cameras Do Not Increase Community Trust in Baltimore, New Center for Policing Equity Research Finds
Body-worn cameras do not increase trust between police and community according to a June study published in the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. The study, which…
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Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, President and Co-Founder of Center for Policing Equity, released the following statement in commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr.…
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May 29 2018
More than 300 Criminal Justice Experts, Practitioners, and Advocates Attend Two Day Convening
May 24 2018
Statement on Sterling Brown Video
Today, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, president and co-founder of the Center for Policing Equity, released the following statement on the Sterling Brown video release: “‘Contempt of cop’ is neither illegal…
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