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SMART POLICING INITIATIVE UPDATES - NOVEMBER 2016
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Dear SPI Community,
Please check out recent updates from the Smart Policing Initiative:
- SPI releases our Fall 2016 Quarterly Newsletter
- Recent SPI presentations at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
- SPI Webinar Recording now available
- Upcoming SPI Events
- Newly added resources featuring information about technology and body worn cameras, and procedural justice.
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SPI Fall 2016 Quarterly Newsletter
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We are pleased to announced the release of the SPI Fall 2016 Quarterly Newsletter, our 21st issue! The newsletter includes articles about:
- The 2016 SPI sites, Atlanta, Georgia; Detroit, Michigan; Kansas City, Missouri; Lowell, Massachusetts; Madison, Wisconsin; and Sacramento, California.
- Use of community surveys in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Los Angeles, California SPI sites.
- Recent SPI activities.
- Resources and further reading about violence reduction strategies in policing.
We encourage you to read this Newsletter issue, available on the SPI website here.
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American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
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Last month, six Smart Policing Initiative sites were represented at the 2016 American Society of Criminologists (ASC) Conference in New Orleans from November 16-19th. Participating sites include: Cambridge, New Haven, Rochester, Milwaukee, Portland, and Roanoke County. One of the first sessions featured Milwaukee SPI’s Urban Institute research partners who presented preliminary findings of their body worn camera study. In addition to presentations, SPI also hosted a roundtable to discuss the challenges agencies face when undergoing organizational change. Valuable input for this session was provided by Roanoke County, Portland, and New Haven. Overall, SPI sites drew in a strong showing of ASC attendees. Thank you all for your participation!
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Community Responses to People in Crisis Webinar Recording Posted
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On November 2, 2016 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. eastern, the Smart Policing Initiative presented a webinar on “Community Responses to People in Crisis.” This webinar focused on the role of policing in assisting communities in addressing mental health concerns and described a range of response strategies for agencies to consider. Dr. Laura Kunard, Senior Research Scientist from CNA, facilitated this webinar. Dr. Kunard provided an overview of police-mental health collaboration models in the U.S. and reviewed key features of effective community-police partnerships regarding mental health. The webinar featured three case studies of law enforcement response models to mental health from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Salt Lake City Police Department.
You can view the webinar recording online
here.
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- December 7, 2016: SPI Subject Matter Expert Orientation Webinar (invitation only)
- December 13, 2016: SPI 2016 Site Orientation Webinar (invitation only)
- January 2017: SPI Findings Webinar (invitations coming soon!)
- February 2017: Collaboration Workshop Findings Webinar (invitations coming next month!)
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Bureau of Justice Assistance Smart Policing Initiative
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This project was supported by Grant No. 2013-DP-BX-K006 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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