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GoVia

Multi-function AI assistant for police accountability, including real-time legal advice and crowdsourcing on policemen's behaviors

USA
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Legal tech, Open justice
policing, police violence
https://hkaccountability.org/Active

Hong Kong Accountability Archive

Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA) is an independent, searchable, and secure database that documents the policing of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong
Advocacy tech, Archives, Open justice, Specific campaigns
Hong Kong protests, police violence
https://techies4rj.org/Active

Techies 4 Reproductive Justice (T4RJ)

A hub of technologists dedicated to building technology for Reproductive Justice

USA
2022
Help out, Pro bono and volunteer
Gender Equality, experiments, trans rights, maternal health, women's health, health, human rights, immigration, surveillance, LGBTQI, police violence, Community
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-22/lapd-to-use-ai-to-analyze-body-cam-videos-for-officers-language-useActive

LAPD to use AI to analyze body cam videos for officers' language use

One of multiple studies in the US using artificial intelligence to analyze the tone and word choice police officers use, to determine whether it leads to unnecessarily escalations with the public.

Los Angeles, CA
2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Govtech, Machine learning, Open justice
policing, labor, police violence
https://policescorecard.org/Active

Police Scorecard

We analyzed data on 13,147 US police departments.

2024
Civic data, Data science for social good, Data visualization
campaigns, 2023 Webby Awards, criminal justice, racial equity, 2024 Webby Awards, police violence
https://www.policingproject.org/policing-tech-landingActive

The Policing Project

The adoption of policing technologies must be guided by democratic legitimacy and an imperative to minimize harm.

New York City
Open justice
police violence
https://www.veza.org.za/Active

Veza

The Veza online tool is an open data platform developed by Corruption Watch with the goal of improving transparency and accountability in the South African Police Service (SAPS).

South Africa
2020
Government transparency, Open justice, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging government
policing, police violence
https://www.aclusocal.org/en/mobilejusticeActive

Mobile Justice

Watchdogging apps for voter suppression, police brutality, and bullying

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA
2012
Civic data, Communicating with the government, Crowdsourcing, Issue reporting
criminal justice, youth, police violence, apps