READING ROOM
We're always adding to our list of websites, apps, and resources to help you stay informed on what your rights are and provide you with information on how to protect them.
You'll find a wide variety of topics covered, but all of them are important!
Attorney Shield App
Encounters with law enforcement can be a stressful and scary experience. With the Attorney Shield® mobile app, expert legal assistance is only a few taps away. Our goal is to promote safety, protect your rights, and ensure the best possible outcome in these crucial moments.
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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Their mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought - essential qualities of liberty.
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The Institute for Justice
IJ is a nonprofit, public interest law firm. Their mission is to end widespread abuses of government power and secure the constitutional rights that allow all Americans to pursue their dreams.
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Mobile Justice App
The ACLU's free Mobile Justice smartphone application allows users to record encounters with public officials and law enforcement while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU and report any abuse by authorities to the ACLU and its networks.
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Americans Against Qualified Immunity
Americans Against Qualified Immunity is a grassroots initiative of the Institute for Justice’s Project on Immunity and Accountability, devoted to a simple idea: If we the people must follow the law, our government must follow the Constitution.
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Police Scorecard
The Scorecard calculates levels of police violence, accountability, racial bias and other policing outcomes for over 16,000 municipal and county law enforcement agencies, covering nearly 100% of the US population.
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Use of Force Stats
A comprehensive surveillance system to better characterize the magnitude of civilian and law enforcement injuries that occur each year in the U.S. and to guide policy reform that addresses police use of force tactics and strategies.
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Stanford Traffic Stop Stats
The Stanford Open Policing Project is collecting and standardizing data on vehicle and pedestrian stops from law enforcement departments across the country.
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