Teach In on Data for Police Accountability | January 22, 2026 in Oakland, CA
For decades, law enforcement agencies across the United States have operated behind walls of secrecy—particularly when officers abuse their power or use lethal force. That opacity has real consequences for communities seeking truth, justice, and accountability.
On Thursday, January 22, 2026, HRDAG is proud to co-sponsor The Wandering Officer: New Databases for Police Accountability, a public event in Oakland exploring how data, journalism, and community organizing are reshaping what’s possible for police accountability in California and beyond.
After California passed and strengthened the 2018 Right to Know Act, journalists and data scientists collaborated to pry open records from nearly 700 law enforcement agencies—including city police departments, county sheriffs, the California Highway Patrol, and district attorneys’ offices. The result is unprecedented public access to records on serious uses of force, officer-involved shootings, and misconduct that were previously hidden for decades.
At this event in Oakland, you’ll learn about the Police Records Access Project, what’s inside the new statewide database of police misconduct and use-of-force records, and how this work connects to a new law that allows for the decertification of officers with histories of abuse—a critical step toward preventing “wandering officers” from moving quietly between departments.
We’re honored to be joined by powerful voices at the intersection of data, policy, and community advocacy, including:
- Uncle Bobby X: activist and community organizer, and advisory member of the POST Accountability Advisory Board that makes decertification recommendations
- Jack Glaser: UC Berkeley professor of Public Policy and advisory member of the POST Accountability Advisory Board
- Cat Brooks: activist, community organizer, artist and co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project
- Amanda Majail-Blanco: student, youth organizer, and family liaison of Alternatives in Action supporting systems’ impacted families in Oakland and the Bay Area
This conversation is co-sponsored by HRDAG, Anti-Police Terror Project (APTP), Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS), Community Law Enforcement Accountability Network (CLEAN) and the National Police Index (NPI).
The event will take place at Kinfolx (1951 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA) from 6:00–7:30 PM. KN95 masks and COVID tests will be available at the door.
If you care about transparency, police accountability, and community power, we encourage you to register and attend. Join us to learn how public records and rigorous data analysis can help dismantle entrenched systems of harm and support movements for justice.
Register today. We hope to see you there.