Prospects and Challenges in Institutionalizing “Case of Places” and the Evidence-Based Policing Playbook into Everyday Police Deployments

• In Event: Smart Policing Initiative: Institutionalizing and Sustaining an Evidence-Based Approach in the Suffolk County Police Department

Abstract

This presentation will describe focused place-based efforts attempted by the agency, describing their problem-solving efforts, leadership and supervisory approaches to institutionalize these efforts, and the results of their initiatives.

Authors

• Christopher Koper, George Mason University

• Cynthia Lum, George Mason University

• Kevin Petersen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte