On January 20, 2010, Dorsey and co-counsel, the ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, held a press conference to announce the filing of a class action federal lawsuit asserting that school safety officers - New York Police Department employees who work in New York public schools - have repeatedly violated students’ civil rights through wrongful arrests and the excessive use of force. The case - in which an amended complaint was recently filed - is being brought on behalf of six middle school and high school students who were physically abused and wrongfully arrested at school by NYPD personnel. The plaintiffs seek system-wide reform in New York City’s middle schools and high schools.