Using Data and Research to Redefine Public Safety

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The Vera Institute of Justice’s Redefining Public Safety (RPS) program presents recent research that demonstrates the limitations and harms of the overreliance on policing to produce public safety. Data and research are foundational to the conceptualization of a robust civilian public safety ecosystem, ultimately looking beyond law enforcement to define essential public safety agencies and functions. RPS’s research seeks to contribute to critical public questions concerning policing, transparency, and public safety. Cities can leverage Redefining Public Safety’s research and data tools to better understand opportunities for improvements to local public safety policy and practice.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 52. Challenging Criminal Justice Policies

Individual Presentations

• The Police Transparency Index - Frankie Wunschel, Vera Institute of Justice; Daniel Bodah, Vera Institute of Justice

• How 911 Data Analysis Reveals Our Overreliance on Police and the Potential of Civilian Crisis Response - Frankie Wunschel, Vera Institute of Justice

• The Social Costs of Policing - Aaron Stagoff-Belfort, Vera Institute of Justice; Daniel Bodah, Vera Institute of Justice