
Learn about how LPL educates the public on the government's extensive monitoring of its own communities. Discover how law enforcement is trying to transform cities across the nation into surveillance states.
Annually, we file over a hundreds of requests under the Freedom of Information Act, aiming to reveal the concealed activities of government entities, especially law enforcement agencies and politicians. Through these efforts, we have successfully released tens of thousands of documents each year, illuminating instances of government corruption, deception, and corporate complicity. These documents have illuminated some of the gravest prisoner mistreatment in recent history.
$30.M Assets Saved
Our investigations led to a dramatic decrease in asset forfeiture by the Chicago Police Department per year, since 2019.
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100+ Cases Won
We leverage public record laws to aggressively litigated cases to uncover novel and previously unknown surveillance technologies and their use by police.
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+1K FOIA Requests
We educate the public by collaborating with journalists, offering expertise and insights on issues related to mass surveillance
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