News & Commentary about Public Safety and Freedom from Police Overreach
We want a world in which people have an equal right to go about their lives without invasive, humiliating, or violent encounters with the police regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or disability. To achieve this world, the ACLU works to increase individual rights against police violence and oppression, while shifting power to people impacted by police overreach to build better models for public safety.
Jun 24, 2026
Surveillance is Driving a Corporatization of Police Departments
Jun 16, 2026
Trump Administration Hijacks Police Grants to Leverage Local Police For Its Authoritarian Ends
Oct 3, 2025
Sweeping Ban on Drone Flights Across Chicago Looks Suspiciously Like an Attempt to Ban Press Coverage