Volunteering

For The Police Transparency Project

Legislative Committee

  • The Legislative Committee will gather information on local and national problems within jurisdiction in order to draft, consider, and recommend legislation to the appropriate representatives. 

  • • To affect policy change at city and state levels. 

    • To identify the need for legislative initiatives

  • • Monitor on-going governmental operations. 

    • Identify issues suitable for legislative review. 

    • Gather, evaluate information. 

    • Communicate with local representatives to recommend policy action.

    • Assist with research related to specific policy issues. 

Legislative Committee

  • The Fundraising Committee typically oversees the development and implementation of the Fundraising Plan and identifies external sources of support, ie. sponsors, grants, employer match programs.

  • • Raising funds to insure the financial viability and stability of the organization. 

  • • Establish a fundraising plan and annual fundraising calendar.

    • Identify revenue and networking opportunities for PTP. 

    • Review fundraising planning budget 

    • Post fundraising analysis. 

    • Create a communication plan. 

    • Thank and acknowledge donor and sponsor gifts. 

    • Create fundraising tracker. 

Fundraising Committee

  • The Community Outreach and Social Media Committee will work to engage with the community through a combination of in person, media, and mail outreach in order to grow PTP’s network and name recognition.

  • • To create awareness about police and prosecutorial misconduct, specifically as it affects Philadelphia residents. 

    • To grow social media follower base 

  • • Identify target audience. 

    • Create a plan to engage with the target audience.

    • Directly engage with the target audience to inform them about local police and prosecutorial misconduct. 

    • Identify potential networking opportunities. 

    • Identify potential collaborations. 

    • Grow followers on social media. 

    • Drive traffic to website and database 

    • Track traffic to website and demographics using the database. 

Community Outreach/

Social Media Committee

  • The Database Management Committee will be responsible for overseeing the Unconstitutional Pattern & Practice Database, as it expands and reviews applications for inclusion. 

  • • Provide multiple levels of review of intake forms for inmates and witnesses who wish to have their allegations included on the database. 

    • Maintain and update the UPPD with Police Misconduct disclosures and other documentation. 

    • Establish regular correspondence/mail maintenance related to database inclusion applications. 

    • Provide information to people who make inquiries about specific officers conduct.

  • • Learn the database features, and familiarize how to search by officer name, Petitioner, Witness, CP number. 

    • Understand how to access attached documentation related to database searches.

    • Create and update live “how to search the database” videos to be posted on the website and social media. 

    • Triage intake forms and mark for future correspondence related to obtaining substantiating documentation to allow claims to be added to the database.

Database Management Committee

Coming Soon

Research Committee