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Police Practices
Good police practices, thorough training, carefully crafted policies, appropriate allocation of resources, and strong political and professional leadership can ensure public safety and prevent abuses in encounters between police officers and citizens.
The Latest
Police Identities Hidden Under Victims’ Rights Law: Marsy’s Law and access to police records
A transparent government can be an accountable government.
New Data Shows Over-Policing, Racial Disparities, and Lack of Accountability in Cincinnati Public Schools
Research unveiled from the 2021-2022 school year, showing how school police administer racially disparate discipline in Cincinnati Public Schools, perpetuating harm and reinforcing the school-to-prison pipeline.
Cases, Campaigns & Legislation
Mar 26, 2025
State v. Tolbert (amicus)
Law enforcement is increasingly using artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology to investigate crimes. However, the use of such technology to identify a suspect is akin to relying on an anonymous informant, which in and of itself is insufficient to establish probable cause.
Feb 12, 2021
Petitt v. Morrow, et al.
Nick Petitt filmed a Columbus Police SWAT team from his porch. Officers then entered onto Mr. Petitt’s property unlawfully, attacked him, arrested him, and seized his phone, in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Aug 03, 2017
Abdur-Rahim et al. v. City of Columbus et al.
Columbus police officers violated the Fourth Amendment prohibition on excessive use of force and the First Amendment rights to speech and assembly when they targeted and pepper sprayed peaceful, unarmed protesters who were in the process of complying with dispersal orders.
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