Below is a selective list of books focused on oversight and accountability of police officers as well as reform and defunding of police departments. Titles are arranged in reverse chronological order, and then alphabetically by author. All titles are located in the Law Library unless otherwise indicated in call number.
Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable by 
Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights by 
Evaluating Police Uses of Force by 
Changing the Law to Change Policing: First Steps by 
Enough Is Eenough: A 150–Year Performance Review of the Minneapolis Police Department
Federal Intervention in American Police Departments by 
The End of Policing by 
Mirage of Police Reform by 
When Police Kill by 
Police Auditing by 
Arrested Development: a veteran police chief sounds off about protest, racism, corruption, and the seven steps necessary to improve our nation's police by 
Holding Police Accountable by 
Evaluating Citizen Oversight of Police by 
Police Auditing: theories and practices by "The American Law Institute is a private, independent, nonprofit organization that publishes Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, and Model Codes to further its mission to clarify, modernize, or otherwise improve the law to promote the better administration of justice."
"Principles are primarily addressed to legislatures, administrative agencies, or private actors. They can, however, be addressed to courts when an area is so new that there is little established law. Principles will often take the form of best practices for either private or public institutions. Some examples of current or recently completed Principles include Election Administration, Policing, and Student Sexual Misconduct."
"ALI’s publications are persuasive authorities, not controlling law. That is, Restatements, Model Codes, and Principles are not, have never been, and do not purport to be controlling law. These publications do not displace controlling statutes and precedents. They serve as useful secondary sources to aid interpretation, advance understanding more generally, or provide a basis for legislation."
Principles of the Law, Policing
"Principles of the Law, Policing aims to tackle some of the hardest questions, where courts, legislatures, and police are most in need of guidance. This project is currently divided into seven parts, each containing various Chapters on police principles. The parts are: Overarching Principles of Policing; Principles of Search And Seizure; Use of Force; Technology; Databases; Principles Of Evidence Gathering; Remedies and Accountability."
Below are the Tentative Drafts of the Principles of the Law, Policing that are completed and available:
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Publications (listed in reverse chronological order)
"What Will It Take to End Police Violence? Recommendations for Reform" by 
New Era of Public Safety: : A Guide to Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing by 
Evaluability Assessment and Baseline Study of the Supporting Collective Healing in the Wake of Harm Program by 
Above the Law by Research Institutes and Centers
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