Citizens Policing Project
Building safer communities with better police and commUNITY relationships through collaboration, understanding and intentional listening.
Who We Are
The Citizens Policing Project is dedicated to educating and training Baltimore residents in effective advocacy to ensure Baltimore’s Public Safety efforts reflect commUNITY concerns and priorities! All of the services we provide and the engagements we organize are made possible by your contributions to building our city.
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Since February of 2022, with our dedicated and growing network of resource partners, the Citizens Policing Project continues to build a sustained presence in the commUNITY, providing “discreet” resources and services in our neighborhood to OVER 500 individual residents, Including free legal services to 290+ Baltimore City residents looking to better their lives.
"The People's Public Safety Advocates"
Organizing • Advocacy • Training • Education
AWARD WINNING Community Advocacy and Organizing
CPP and its leadership has been recognized for its leadership in the realm of social justice and racial equity dozens of times over the past 15 years. Receiving multiple citations from elected representatives, Strategic Practices award from the Open Society Institute-Baltimore and Executive Director Ray Kelly, was the recipient of the inaugural faith in Baltimore award.
Over 40 years of combined commitment to Baltimore's Black and Brown communities
Our leadership team has worked and served Baltimore's negatively impacted communities for over twenty years each, building productive relationships founded in collaboration and integrity.
Coordinated consistent input from impacted communities to inform Baltimore's Consent Decree
Founded the West Baltimore Community Commission on Police Misconduct, whose report, "Over Policed, yet UNDERSERVED, The People's findings..." garnered international attention and laid the framework for Baltimore's Consent Decree.
Proven track record of elevating the voice of the impacted commUNITY to influence systemic change
CPP and our statewide Coalition, the Campaign for Justice, Safety and Jobs have played an integral role in the process of reforming the BPD since the federal investigation began in 2015, and continues to influence every aspect of its implementation.