2025 Legislative Wrap-up

As the dust settles on an incredibly challenging legislative session, we wanted to share our collective work over the past 60 days.

By Lena Weber

Stylized image of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, NM

How an Albuquerque Traffic Stop Cost Me Everything

No one should ever have to worry about the police trying to extort money from them and ruin their lives.

By Carlos Smith

Carlos Sandoval Smith

Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty

Our analysis of a potential second Trump administration's proposed criminal legal system policies include unlawful tactics that will only harm our communities.

A graphic featuring Trump and imagery pertaining to the criminal legal system.

Care Over Confrontation: Community Safety Beyond Policing

Over the last ten years, New Mexico consistently has one of the highest, and frequently the highest, per capita rate of people killed by police. A

By Daniel Williams

Care Over Confrontation - Albuquerque Skyline

More Officers Aren't the Answer to Mental Illness, Homelessness and Addiction

We don’t need more police officers. We need police officers’ responsibilities narrowed to the kinds of encounters they are best suited to address.

By Peter Simonson

APD SUV

911: Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police

Emergency response systems must be revamped to equip 911 call-takers to dispatch non-police first responders.

911 digits on a mobile screen.

National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation

U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement.

The United Nations Human Rights Council during a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Livestreaming Police is a Critical First Amendment Right

It is critical that the courts maintain robust First Amendment protections for people to record, share, and stream police interactions. Our ability to speak about police abuses depends on it.

By ACLU National

Man recording a line of police people

10 Things to Know about Combating Violence in America

As communities grapple with violent crime, calls for more police have increased. Here's why policing isn't the solution to violence, and some viable alternatives.

Protesters hold a banner calling for investment in communities, not the police