Additional Resources

The Officer Involved Fatalities Working Group Toolkit
The IIP's Toolkit on Officer-Involved Fatalities and Critical Incidents addresses this question with concrete action that prosecutors can take and communities can advocate for in order to reduce use-of-force, and to provide a path to accountability for unjustified force.

Prosecutors and Officer-Involved Fatalities
This paper uplifts the interconnected stories of three people directly impacted by officer-involved fatalities: Valerie Bell, whose son, Sean Bell, was killed by NYPD in 2006; John Choi, who brought charges against a police officer for the death of Philando Castile, the first such charges in Minnesota history; and Roy L. Austin, Jr., a former federal civil rights attorney and Deputy Assistant to President Obama, who is currently representing a family whose son was killed by police.

Organizations

Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops - https://www.allianceforsafetrafficstops.org/
Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops understands that there is strength in numbers and has joined forces with like-minded organizations whose missions and visions are to de-escalate and reduce physical harms during traffic stops.

Campaign Zero - https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
We can live in a world where the police don't kill people by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability.

Center for Policing Equity - https://policingequity.org/
Over the last 10 years, CPE has partnered with 25+ police departments nationwide and demonstrated the transformative impact of data-driven interventions.

The Justice Committee - https://www.justicecommittee.org/
The Justice Committee (JC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to building a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City and empowering low-income Latino/as and other people of color to address these issues.

Color of Change - https://colorofchange.org/
Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. We challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform our world.

Communities United for Police Reform - https://www.changethenypd.org/
Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York, bringing together a movement of community members, lawyers, researchers and activists to work for change. The partners in this campaign come from all 5 boroughs, from all walks of life and represent many of those most unfairly targeted by the NYPD.

Legislation

Section 50-A - Personnel records of police officers, firefighters and correction officers

Justice in Policing Act 2020

Safer New York Act - The Safer NY Act is a package of bills in the New York State Legislature that would help increase police transparency and help increase accountability to New Yorkers' most common encounters with police.