Center for Policing Equity

What Center for Policing Equity does

Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization co-founded in 2008 by Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon and Dr. Tracie L. Keesee to address racial disparities in law enforcement through scientific research, data analysis, and community engagement. Its core technology stack centers on the Justice Navigator — an interactive digital platform that delivers Justice Navigator Assessments (JNAs), data-driven analyses of police interactions covering use of force, vehicle stops, pedestrian stops, and calls for service — and the National Justice Database, described as the first national database examining police behavior. Supporting service modules include the Triage Response Team (TRT), Community Engagement (CE), the Elected Leaders Council, the JusticeNerds community program, and the Unlocking Democracy community empowerment initiative. CPE's customer base comprises three primary segments: U.S. law enforcement agencies (police departments and sheriff's offices such as Denver PD, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department across 11+ substations, St. Louis Metropolitan PD, Watertown CT PD, Menomonie PD, and Golden PD); communities and grassroots organizations (engaged via JusticeNerds and Triage Response Team collaborations); and elected officials and policymakers (served through the Elected Leaders Council and technical assistance work). The business model is hybrid: CPE is funded primarily through donations and charitable contributions while also generating revenue through professional-services partnerships with government agencies for JNAs, data analysis, and policy consulting. Distribution is primarily direct, relationship-driven engagement with municipal governments, supplemented by the self-serve Justice Navigator online platform and a research/thought-leadership presence (Resource Library, webinars, social media) that supports top-of-funnel awareness.

Name

Center for Policing Equity

Legal name

Center for Policing Equity

Website

https://policingequity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Center for Policing Equity is a U.S. nonprofit that operates the Justice Navigator platform and the National Justice Database to analyze police data for racial disparities, serving law enforcement agencies, communities, and elected officials through assessments and policy consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Criminal Justice Research & Policy Consulting

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (9221), Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922190)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Rights & Public Interest Advocacy (BPAGAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Privacy Governance & Consent Management (HDADAIAI)

Keywords

• Policing equity research
• Police data analysis
• Criminal justice consulting
• Racial disparities research
• Public safety redesign

Headquarters

HQ city

West Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: CPE is a non-profit organization that relies on donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters to fund its operations and public safety redesign programs.
2. Partnership Services: Revenue generated through collaborative partnerships with law enforcement agencies for Justice Navigator Assessments, data analysis, and policy consulting services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is a nonprofit research and consulting organization that conducts data-driven analyses of law enforcement practices to identify racial disparities. Its core deliverable is the Justice Navigator platform, which includes Justice Navigator Assessments (JNAs) and the National Justice Database, providing police departments, communities, and policymakers with quantitative analyses, policy recommendations, and community engagement support to redesign public safety systems.

Product overview

Center for Policing Equity offers a portfolio of products centered on the Justice Navigator platform, an interactive digital tool that provides public safety analysis and Justice Navigator Assessments (JNAs) for law enforcement agencies. The core offering includes the National Justice Database, which aggregates and analyzes police behavior data nationwide to identify racial disparities. Supporting services include the Triage Response Team and Community Engagement modules that work directly with police departments and communities to conduct data-driven policy reviews and develop actionable recommendations. Additional programs like the Elected Leaders Council and Unlocking Democracy extend the reach to policymakers and community members. The Resource Library provides research publications across ten key issue areas. The platform focuses on reducing harm caused by systemic racism in public safety systems through science-based approaches and community-driven redesign.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Justice Navigator: An interactive digital platform that gives communities and law enforcement agencies streamlined access to public safety analysis, policy insights, and community resources.
• National Justice Database

Products and services

• Justice Navigator Platform An interactive digital platform that gives communities and law enforcement agencies streamlined access to public safety analysis, policy insights, and community resources, including Justice Navigator Assessments.
• Justice Navigator Assessments (JNA) Data-driven analyses that identify racial disparities in police interactions including use of force, vehicle stops, pedestrian stops, and calls for service, providing actionable recommendations for departments and baselines to measure progress.
• National Justice Database The first national database examining police behavior, collecting and analyzing data from law enforcement agencies nationwide to identify racial disparities and patterns in policing practices.
• JusticeNerds Programs Community-driven public safety redesign programs that bring together communities, law enforcement, and local leaders to develop solutions, strengthen relationships, and build more just and inclusive systems.
• Triage Response Team (TRT) Data-driven analysis team that partners with local residents, nonprofits, activists, and law enforcement to conduct comprehensive policy reviews and develop actionable recommendations for public safety redesign.
• Community Engagement Services Community engagement services that connect with residents, community groups, and local organizations to ground public safety recommendations in lived experiences of affected communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced pretextual traffic stops and improved search practices following policy reforms
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SimsiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Simsi supports community organizations and grassroots movements as they take ownership of public safety in their communities using evidence-based strategies to maximize existing local resources.
• The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPE partnered with CSG Justice Center on a joint series of Learning Communities for Policing Alternatives as part of the Unlocking Democracy community empowerment program.
• Urban League of Metropolitan St. LouiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Urban League and its Federation of Block Units on public safety redesign in St. Louis, including establishment of the Public Safety Collaborative using Risk Terrain Modeling software.
• Forward Through FergusoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collaborative partner in St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Commission working on community-centered public safety redesign following Mike Brown's killing.
• St. Louis Area Violence Prevention CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPE collaborates with this regional collaborative on aligning priorities for violence prevention and public safety redesign with community-led solutions.
• St. Louis Mental Health BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local mental health board on behavioral health response initiatives and alternative response programs for low-risk 911 calls.
• Various Law Enforcement Agencies (National)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with dozens of law enforcement agencies across the country to produce Justice Navigator Assessments that highlight racial inequities in policing outcomes and inform adoption of equitable public safety systems.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vera Institute of Justice: The Vera Institute is a directly comparable nonprofit that combines research, data analysis, and on-the-ground program work to drive criminal justice reform, partnering with government agencies and communities in the same way CPE does.
• Police Executive Research Forum (PERF): PERF is a police-led research and policy organization that conducts studies on use of force, crime trends, and operational practices for law enforcement agencies, closely mirroring CPE's research-to-policy model from the law enforcement side.
• Police Foundation: The Police Foundation is a nonprofit research organization that produces studies and provides technical assistance to law enforcement agencies on issues including use of force and accountability, overlapping CPE's science-driven, agency-partnered approach.
• Council on Criminal Justice: The Council on Criminal Justice is a nonpartisan criminal justice policy and research organization that produces rigorous analysis and bipartisan recommendations on policing, sentencing, and public safety, serving the same policymaker and practitioner audience CPE targets.
• Brennan Center for Justice: The Brennan Center is a justice-focused research and advocacy organization with substantial work on policing, voting rights, and criminal justice reform, operating as a comparable research-and-policy nonprofit in the same donor-funded ecosystem.
• The Sentencing Project: The Sentencing Project is a research and advocacy nonprofit focused on criminal justice reform including policing practices, racial disparities, and alternatives to incarceration, operating in the same advocacy-plus-research space.
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: NAACP LDF is a major civil rights organization with significant work on policing accountability and racial justice litigation, serving overlapping audiences in advocacy, litigation, and policy reform around police practices.

Emerging players

• Measures for Justice: Measures for Justice is a data-driven nonprofit that builds county-level criminal justice performance dashboards, overlapping CPE's Justice Navigator platform strategy and shared focus on transparent public safety data.
• Impact Justice: Impact Justice is a nonprofit that designs and tests evidence-based programs in adult and youth criminal justice, including alternative response models, sharing CPE's interest in non-traditional public safety interventions.

Broad incumbents

• Urban Institute - Justice Policy Center: The Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center conducts rigorous research on policing, courts, and corrections and operates as a much larger, established research institution serving federal, state, and local government clients on similar data-driven criminal justice questions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/policingequity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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