Plenary Session 5: Policing Reform
September 14, 2021
Our society is shifting rapidly and our longstanding institutions are trying to keep pace. New technologies, better training, and efforts to diversify our nation’s police forces have all had positive impact. Everyday we call on our police to be more than law enforcement officers and expect them to also respond to nonviolent calls relating to mental illness, addiction, and other social ills. Still we hear for calls to “defund.” Is it time to ask more of our police and cut resources? What technologies might we better leverage in our policing?
Session
HSEF 2021
Speakers
John Miller
HSEG Member
Deputy Commissioner, Intelligence & Counterterrorism, New York City Police Department
Chief Erika Shields
HSEG Member
Louisville Metro Police Department
Chuck Wexler
HSEG Member
Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum
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