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FRONT PAGE: Modest Wins, Lost Opportunties Mark 2025 Legislative Session. Immigrants' Rights, Justice Reform, Free Speech, and more

This letter was sent to the Rhode Island State Police Superintendent asking he reverse a decision to deny an anonymous Access to Public Records (APRA) request for an arrest report.

This letter was sent to the Attorney General's office from the Access/RI coalition, reiterating concerns about the recent Department of Public Safety amendments to the rules and regulations establishing a statewide policy for the use of body-worn cameras.

This letter was sent to the Pawtucket Chief of Police and the Pawtucket City Councilors, urging the police department to provide the public with the entirety of the body-worn camera footage from a shooting of a Pawtucket resident on June 8, 2025.

This letter was sent to the Providence Police Chief in response to the controversial and highly publicized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action that took place on Alverson Avenue in Providence on July 13, 2025.

This written testimony was submitted to the Attorney General on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the potential regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in decision-making, and the potential for discrimination in their application.

This letter was sent to the RI Division of Motor Vehicles Administrator, requesting confirmation that municipal police departments and State Police barracks have all been informed of the registration extension for all vehicles that were set to expire on July 31, 2025.

In 2025, the ACLU of RI lobbied on over 350 bills and tracked over 1,000 pieces of legislation. To see how your Representatives and Senators voted on a few of those issues, our 2025 Legislative Voting Record is below.

This letter was sent to Attorney General Peter Neronha (AG) urging him to immediately release all police body worn camera footage of the shooting last month of resident Sebastian Yidana. The letter also called on the AG to examine whether the police department itself had released all the footage of the incident and to investigate failures of the department to ensure that body worn cameras and “use of force” protocols were properly followed.