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Know Your Rights
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- » Phoenix Copwatch "bust card" | Printable PDF file
Carry this in your wallet in case you get stopped by the cops - » Conozca Sus Derechos
Información en Español, archivo PDF a imprimir - » Know Your Rights During Police Encounters
Videos produced by Phoenix Copwatch, also available on our media page. - » Just Say 'No' to Police Searches
Advice on how to protect yourself during police encounters, from FlexYourRights.org - » Know Your Rights Information for Immigrants
From the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition - » Know Your Rights for the Transgender Community
from the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco (info may not apply in other areas) - » "Know your rights" flyers in other languages
Available from the National Lawyers Guild - » Beat the Heat: How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement
Excellent book on how to deal with police stops, by Katya Komisaruk - » These Streets Are Watching
Video on copwatching techniques, produced by Berkeley Copwatch
Excerpts available on YouTube
If You've Been Abused by the Police
- » Police Complaint Center
How to file a police complaint - » ACLU of Arizona
Provides legal support for civil rights and civil liberties cases - » American Civil Liberties Union
National chapter of the ACLU - » National Lawyers Guild
Progressive lawyers who support civil rights - » Institute for Justice
Civil liberties law firm based in Washington, D.C.
Police Misconduct and Accountability
- » ACLU Police Practices Site
ACLU Press releases and legal documents related to police practices - » Addressing Police Misconduct
From the US Dept. of Justice - » Human Rights Watch Statements on Police Brutality
Collection of statements on police brutality incidents from Human Rights Watch - » National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
Coalition of police oversight bodies; provides lots of information about different models of community oversight of police - » National Coalition on Police Accountability
Advocates empowered independent oversight of police - » Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America
Book tracing the history of police and their role as armed protectors of the powerful, by Kristain Williams - » Twisted Badge blog
The shocking truth about corruption in law enforcement
Other Copwatch Groups
If you know of any other groups or would like your Copwatch organization listed, please contact us.
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Massachusetts
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New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Texas
Washington
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
India
Other Groups Working Against Police Brutality
- » Stolen Lives List
Project documenting people who have been killed by police - » October 22
National group working against police brutality - » Civilians Down
Texas-based group working against police killings
Related Issues
- » Set Louie Free
Support Phoenix's Louie Arriaga, Jr., sentenced to 10 years for defending himself against a rogue cop - » Policing Dissent: Social Control and the Anti-Globalization Movement
Book outlining the history of police responses to anti-globalization protests - » Anarchist Black Cross Network
Support political prisoners - » PrisonActivist.org
The source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system