Publications
Urban Peace/Policing

Available for download only!		 A Plan of Action For A Safer Memphis Community: Latinos, The Comunity, and Police Relations

The Latino community in Memphis, Tennessee is leading a campaign to address the urgent need for stronger community-police relations and a safer city. With Advancement Project’s Assistance, Fuerza Latina Unida, a grass roots group of community activists, has released this dual language proposal which calls for better police services to the diverse communities in Memphis. Click here to read the English and/or Spanish version of the report.

Neighborhood-Police Partnerships: A Proposal for New York City

With an eye on advancing the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) stated mission "to work in partnership with communities," on January 9, 2003, an inter-faith coalition and Advancement Project met with the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Community Affairs to present their plan of action - Neighborhood-Police Partnerships: A Proposal for New York City. The Coalition called on the Deputy Commissioner to set up a meeting with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly during which members of the Coalition would solicit Kelly's support for the concept of neighborhood-police partnerships, and request Kelly's assistance with the creation of a working group comprised of religious leaders, community activists and police that would meet and take steps to implement the plan.

Free of charge.		 COMMUNITY-CENTERED POLICING: A Force for Change

This report was released by PolicyLink in partnership with Advancement Project in May 2001. The report argues that fair, equitable and community-centered policing is fundamental to a democratic society, yet for far too many, this remains a promise unrealized.