Roundtable: Reimagining Policing: Identity, Community, and Institutional Reform

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Sessions

Abstract/Description

Policing, in many jurisdictions, continues to grapple with declining public trust and confidence, contested institutional legitimacy, evolving societal expectations, and a conflicted professional identity. Despite the pressing need for reform, policing institutions are frequently criticized for their resistance to change and perceived organizational inertia. Drawing on both research and practice, this roundtable explores the strategic shifts required in policing (such as redefining mission and enhancing leadership development) to better guide, measure, and correct the outcomes that matter.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chair

• Angela Workman-Stark, Athabasca University

Co-Author

• Michael Berlin, Coppin University

Discussants

• Jim Burch, National Policing Institute

• Gary Cordner, Baltimore Police Department

• Ben Haiman, University of Virginia

• Dennis Rosenbaum, University of Illinois Chicago

• Brian Napoleon Williams, University of Virginia