Spotlight on Police Reform: Interview with Policing Project’s Matthew Barge
Matthew Barge is a police practices and civil rights expert with more than 15 years of experience working with law enforcement agencies, city governments, and communities on public safety challenges. From 2015 to 2019, he served as the federal court-appointed monitor overseeing a federal consent decree involving the Cleveland Police Department. He is a senior consultant with the Policing Project at New York University School of Law.
CSS President and CEO David Jones sat down with Matthew for the Spotlight on Police Reform podcast.
About Spotlight on Police Reform
For generations, Black and brown Americans living in cities, towns and rural areas across the nation have rightfully been afraid of uniformed officers. Far too often, police officers engage in indefensible violence against the very people they are supposed to serve and protect.
With Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order, Police Departments across New York face a mandate to implement broad reforms consistent with community priorities. The Spotlight on Police Reform project has compiled comprehensive resources and expert testimony to empower communities seeking to re-envision policing.
