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The Police Reform Organizing Project is dedicated to exposing and reforming the abusive, racist and homophobic practices of the New York Police Department.

Through research, analysis and consistent reporting, PROP aims to raise awareness for how the NYPD consistently violates the rights of communities of color, the LGBTQAI, the homeless and sex workers.

The time for change is NOW.

PROP monitors arraignment in all boroughs of New York City criminal courts to document the daily harm that broken windows policing inflicts on New Yorkers of color. We use this date to:

• Publish and distribute reports on NYPD policy and practice.

• Plan public events such as community conversations and panel discussions where we have the opportunity to speak to New Yorkers directly about their experiences with the NYPD.

• Use regular newsletters, our website and social media to share relevant NYPD (and general policing) news and stories, to spread the word about PROP’s work and events, and to expose abusive police practices.

• Prepare and publish materials like fact sheets, policy papers, educational brochures and handouts
  about policing-related issues for public distribution.

• Engage in active coalition building with like-minded groups & individual NYers.

• Organize petition days where volunteers gather signatures on our petitions calling for an end to abusive policing.

PROP prioritizes the safety of all New Yorkers, but the focus of our work is on the marginalized communities most directly impacted by abusive NYPD practices, including, but not limited to:

• Black and brown men who are victimized frequently by being harassed, cuffed, confined, criminalized and charged with petty infractions. Women who are sexually harassed by police officers and mothers of Black and Brown children who have to worry for their children’s safety in addition to their own.

• Homeless individuals and people with mental illness who are often arrested and denied access to services and treatment.

• LGBTQIA and gender nonconforming people who are verbally and sexually assaulted by officers.

• Sex workers who are targets of police abuse and wrongly and/or falsely arrested for prostitution.

• Street vendors who are ticketed, fined and arrested for violating arbitrarily enforced minor rules.

• Muslim communities that are subjected to unwarranted and illegal surveillance and human/civil rights violations.