An Essential Strategy for Police with a Strong Community Mandate The Police and Community Engagement (PACE) Program

• In Event: National Science Foundation Build and Broaden Initiative: Reimaging the American Police Mandate

Abstract

In this paper we describe the PACE program and how it makes places stronger and safer. Natasha Pratt-Harris and her colleagues from Morgan State University and the College of Staten Island, City University of New York describe the PACE Program and its impact on neighborhood safety in Baltimore. They shows how PACE can change the conditions in neighborhoods that promote safety and security. The law enforcement and crime control mandate is often accepted as the natural way to do policing. This is a remnant of white supremacy/colonialism that must change.

Authors

• Natasha Pratt-Harris, Morgan State University

• Kevin Daniels, Morgan State University

• Paul Archibald, College of Staten Island, CUNY