**Objectives**: This manuscript tests whether artificial intelligence (AI) review of body-worn camera footage replicates the findings of a randomized-controlled trial of police de-escalation training using systematic social observation (SSO). …
A new historical study reveals that police became frontline mental health crisis responders decades before deinstitutionalization - and that the skills they need have never been properly understood or developed.
Preventable deaths by medical professionals and law enforcement officers figure prominently figure in political discourse. While databases have emerged to track such deaths, little is known about the public’s concern over the prevalence of these …
Our new study found that de-escalation training improved how officers communicate with citizens, but didn't reduce use of force incidents. Here's what that means for police reform.
In 2018, the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) began mandating SAKI funding awardees submit eligible cases to the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP), a database which allows for the identification and …
Some invited comments on an article by Julie Ward and team in AJPH
We examine the factors influencing police response times, with a particular focus on staffing levels, calls for service (CFS), and proactive police work. We estimate Bayesian Holt-Winters state-space models for each CFS priority level. Using a novel …
We analyzed police shootings in Canada (except Québec) between 2017 and 2019. Drawing upon media reports and information provided by police oversight agencies, we attempted to identify all incidents where on-duty police officers discharged their …
I was invited to write this essay for Fordham Urban Law Journal back in 2016. It was published in 2017. Recently, when I was pulling together my materials for promotion, I realized the URL was broken. It looks like they’re in the process of digitizing their entire archive, but while you can find issues going all the way back to the 1970s, my essay is nowhere to be found. Odd. But whatever, I’m posting it here.