Beneath the Surface is back. Volunteer with us to review police misconduct records, identify patterns of gender-based violence, and explore how AI can support human-led accountability. airtable.com/appjP6lNZ6da...

Illinois' "top DUI cop" led the state in DUI arrests from 2022–2024 and made more than 500 arrests during that period. A new investigation examines allegations that some arrests relied on fabricated evidence. Read more in Block Club Chicago. blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/28/s...

Recommended reading: A new analysis found no evidence that removing ShotSpotter slowed police response times or increased violent crime. Read more from WTTW News: news.wttw.com/2026/05/27/c...

Invisible Institute reporter Yohance Lacour and former investigations editor Alison Flowers have joined a lawsuit alleging that major tech companies used their voices without consent to train AI systems. Read more via Capitol News Illinois: capitolnewsillinois.com/news/tech-gi...

Check out this major legal update out of Chicago from @wttw. The family of Adam Toledo has refiled their wrongful death lawsuit against the city, this time moving the case to federal court.

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The family of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer after a brief foot chase in March 2021, is suing the city again, refiling the wrongful death lawsuit against Chicago and its police department in federal court. https://to.wttw.com/4vlBtrn

A new essay by Jamie Kalven examines the delayed release of body camera footage in the 2025 shooting death of Officer Krystal Rivera and what it reveals about transparency in Chicago. Read more: invisible.institute/latestblog/j...

Eighteen Chicago residents have filed legal claims following a 2025 immigration raid in South Shore. The claims cite reporting by Invisible Institute’s Maira Khwaja and South Side Weekly documenting the operation and its aftermath. Read reporting updates here: invisible.institute/all-investig...

Recently, several Invisible Institute investigations received national and regional journalism honors, including Policing The Vulnerable, Accusation Dismissed, and the Robert Johnson investigation.

Join us tomorrow for Invisible Institute’s Spring Opening at Experimental Station. Games, food, music, and free copies of the Chicago Reader and South Side Weekly. Thursday, May 14 · 5:30–8 PM 6100 S. Blackstone Ave Free and open to all. RSVP: link in bio.

Nearly eight years after Chicago police killed Harith “Snoop” Augustus in South Shore, an appellate court has ordered a new trial in a case brought by Augustus’ family. The decision overturns the 2023 verdict that ruled in favor of the officers.

Invisible Institute and @thepulp.org filed a lawsuit in Montana seeking access to police employment data. The case challenges a policy that blocks information used to identify “wandering officers.”

We’re hiring a Part-Time Volunteer Coordinator @ Invisible Institute Support Beneath the Surface — a project connecting community knowledge + data journalism to investigate police abuse $45.40/hr · up to 20 hrs/week Apply: invisible.institute/jobs

The National Police Index is now live, bringing together police employment records from 24 states and makes it possible to track how officers move between departments, helping surface patterns of officers carrying misconduct across jurisdictions and strengthening public access to accountability.

Originally published in 2002, On The Inside Looking Out documents the final days of Stateway Gardens before demolition. From the seventeenth floor of 3517–19 South Federal—known as “The Kingdom”—residents could see across the city.

The National Police Index lets you search officers in 24 states by name, agency, and more. It expands public access to track movement between departments, identify hiring patterns, and access misconduct records. Start searching here: national.cpdp.co/

Excited to talk about using @invisible.institute’s National Police Index tool and accessing police misconduct and employment history data in the Pacific Northwest with my colleague Maheen Khan and @wilsonc.bsky.social of @investigatewest.bsky.social later today. Registrations are still open:

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Join us and @investigatewest.bsky.social on March 12 to learn how to find police employment and misconduct data in Idaho, Oregon and Washington — and how to use it in real accountability reporting. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.

Tens of Thousands of Mothers Were Flagged to Police Over Flawed Drug Tests at Childbirth

The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.

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This week, we officially launched a major update to the National Police Index — a tool built to help communities, journalists, attorneys, and researchers track officers as they move between agencies. Visit the new NPI website here: national.cpdp.co

The National Police Index’s brand new website provides unprecedented public access to police employment records from across the United States and allows users to track law enforcement employment records across 24 states — searchable by officer name, agency, and more. national.cpdp.co/

Maggie also interviewed Jamie Kalven, the founder of the Pulitzer Prize-winning @invisible.institute on how AI can be used to analyze data received through FOIA and hopes for the future of the transparency landscape. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

Requester’s Voice: The Invisible Institute’s Jamie Kalven

In this conversation, we discuss Kalven’s landmark public records win in Kalven v. City of Chicago (2014), how AI can be used to analyze data received through FOIA and hopes for the future of the tran...

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Check out Beneath the Surface, a data science project that investigates the intersections of gender-based violence and policing, created by @invisible.institute with support from HRDAG. www.btsurface.com

Beneath the Surface

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Join us and @investigatewest.bsky.social on March 12 to learn how to find police employment and misconduct data in Idaho, Oregon and Washington — and how to use it in real accountability reporting. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 22nd! invisible.institute/jobs

The Invisible Institute is hiring for a full-time Investigative Reporter — Invisible Institute

The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond.

invisible.institute

NEW: After @investigatewest.bsky.social used records from the IDOC & POST Council to report on sexual abuse in Idaho prisons, and @invisible.institute published police employment history data in the state, authorities are now changing policies to conceal both sources of information from the public.

Idaho won’t let public see if a cop was fired or resigned

State agencies will no longer release information about whether an officer retired, resigned or was fired

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Idaho’s prison system will no longer release information about whether an officer retired, resigned or was fired. It comes after we used those records to expose alleged sexual misconduct by dozens of prison guards. w/ the @invisible.institute - www.investigatewest.org/idaho-record...

Idaho won’t let public see if a cop was fired or resigned

State agencies will no longer release information about whether an officer retired, resigned or was fired

investigatewest.org

Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 22nd! invisible.institute/jobs

The Invisible Institute is hiring for a full-time Investigative Reporter — Invisible Institute

The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond.

invisible.institute

Trina Reynolds-Tyler, our data director, reflects on how we can use AI tools to conduct more in-depth investigations. medium.com/patrick-j-mc...

Trina Reynolds-Tyler is Holding Power to Account with AI

Written by Yolanda Botti-Lodovico

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Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 15th! invisible.institute/jobs

The Invisible Institute is hiring for a full-time Investigative Reporter — Invisible Institute

The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond.

invisible.institute

Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 15th! invisible.institute/jobs

Join our team! The Invisible Institute is hiring an investigative reporter to join our team and work alongside our staff to report on police abuse, state violence, and official secrecy in Chicago and beyond. Apply by Feb. 15th! invisible.institute/jobs