01 Aug Pre-arrest diversion
Pre-arrest diversion requires contact with police before someone can be connected with services – a requirement that can place people experiencing mental health symptoms at greater risk of danger....
Issues
28 Jun Victims Compensation and Flexible Financial Assistance
Victims compensation is supposed to help survivors heal. Instead, too many crime survivors face barriers, delays, and denials when they need support the most....
10 Jun Station House Counsel
Search warrants are easy to obtain and easy to abuse....
01 Dec Search Warrants
Search warrants are easy to obtain and easy to abuse....
22 Oct Surveillance Technology
From social media mining to drones, DC police are watching residents, but who is watching them?...
12 Aug Codifying Diversion
Diversion is an “off-ramp” from the harms of the justice system, but in DC, there are only a few ways off the highway. ...
07 Aug Brady Obligations
DC prosecutors face few sanctions when they withhold evidence that could prove someone’s innocence or impact the severity of the punishment. ...
16 Jul DC Statehood
Without statehood, DC cannot deliver the prevention over punishment approach that residents deserve to be truly safe. ...
09 Jul Open File Discovery
DC’s current discovery rules are like “trial by ambush.” ...
01 Jul Return on Investment
Crime prevention has a stronger return on investment than jail or police spending. ...