REPORT: The Public Wants Non-Law Enforcement Emergency First Responders
June 22, 2020 ]MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com Polling shows roughly seven in ten voters (68%) support non-law enforcement emergency responder programs. Even more (70%) support…
NEW REPORT: Violence Interruption Programs Provide Effective Alternative to Policing
MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com Polling shows roughly four in five voters (78 percent) support violence interruption strategies for reducing violent crime and 65 percent of…
NEW REPORT: Qualified Immunity Must End so Healing Can Begin
MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com Polling shows that a majority of voters (53%) want to end qualified immunity, a doctrine that protects law enforcement from legal accountability…
Elected Officials, Faith Leaders, and Civil Rights Organizations Call on DNC to Cut Ties with Police Unions
MEDIA CONTACT: media@thejusticecollaborative.com A broad coalition of civil rights organizations, elected officials, faith leaders, academics, public defenders, and advocates sent a public letter to the…
More Than 200 Academics, Elected Officials, and Advocates Sign Open Letter to Local Government, Law Enforcement Groups Demanding Sweeping Police Reforms
MEDIA CONTACT: media@thejusticecollaborative.com A group of more than 200 academics, elected officials, and justice advocates on Friday sent open letters to the nations leading…
Over 200 Academics, Elected Officials, Advocates Urge AFL-CIO to Disavow Police Unions
MEDIA CONTACT: media@thejusticecollaborative.com A coalition of over 50 justice groups and over 150 academics, elected officials, and justice advocates on Friday sent an open letter…
New Report: ‘No-Knock’ Warrants Are Too Dangerous and a Majority of Voters Want Them to be Banned
MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com As protests against police violence and overreach continue across the nation, a report published on Friday details constitutional concerns and broad…
More Than 200 Civil Rights Leaders, Elected Officials, Faith Leaders, Academics, Public Defenders, and Advocates Call on Democratic Leadership to Defund Police
MEDIA CONTACT: media@thejusticecollaborative.com As nationwide protests over high-profile police killings enter their second week, a diverse group of more than 200 civil rights leaders, elected…
New Report Details How Anti-Homelessness Ordinances Violate the U.S. Constitution
MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to infect the nations homeless population and threatens to trigger a new wave of housing insecurity…
New Poll: Most New Yorkers Want Governor Cuomo to Increase Tipped Workers’ Wages Immediately
May 21, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: media@tjcinstitute.com With nearly 80% of New York state restaurant employees out of work, the Justice Collaborative Institute and Data…