Roundtable: Making Smart Policing Happen: Facing Challenges in Police Agency Organizational Change

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

One key goal of the BJA Smart Policing Initiative is improvement in the rigor with which policing strategies and innovations are evaluated. This roundtable discussion will focus on the research methodologies employed in several Smart Policing sites, the challenges encountered with implementing sound research designs in operational settings, and the ways in which the Smart Policing sites are meeting and overcoming these challenges.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division of Policing

Chair

• James Coldren, CNA

Discussants

• Cannon J Fulmer, City of Columbia Police Department

• Charlotte Gill, George Mason University

• Andrew M Fox, California State University, Fresno

• Shila Hawk, Applied Research Services, Inc.

• Bryce Peterson, Urban Institute

• Karissa Taylor, King County Prosecutors Office