Participants will discuss projects involving access to information held by the police, with the aims of (a) examining the impact, or potential impact, of such projects, and (2) sharing ideas about ways to encourage governments to develop and implement OGP commitments on policing. Can increased transparency concerning policing lead to improved policies, respect for rights, or other policing outcomes?
Prof. Juan Salgado and Prof. Gregory Michener will discuss the methodology and results of a multi-country study on access to information concerning policing of protests, including results from Brazil, India, England/Scotland, Mexico and South Africa. Helen Darbishire will describe Access Info Europe’s project to obtain information from 42 European countries also about the policing of protests. Zoe Reiter, Americas Regional Program Manager of Transparency International, will talk about TI's work on police transparency. Evelyn Villareal, Vice President of Costa Rica Integra, a chapter of TI, will discuss her work on police transparency and accountability in Costa Rica, and trends across Central America. Jesse Franzblau will address the question as to why don’t we know how many people the police kill in the USA each year, and the importance of data in holding police accountable. We look forward to hearing about other projects involving security sector transparency, including monitoring websites of security sector agencies.
