Reimagining Public Safety: Alternative Ideas for Fundamental Change

The Alternative Ideas for Fundamental Change virtual panel will discuss necessary reforms for reinventing public safety in America. These include fundamental structural changes in the ways police are hired and trained, reorienting the culture and incentive structures in police departments to reward building community trust, and transforming the manner of policing from a warrior to a sentinel style. Some of these reforms are already in effect in some jurisdictions, and being considered in others. We will discuss key considerations and obstacles for these proposals and address misconceptions and misleading narratives regarding such reforms.

Date: Friday, November 13, 2020
Time: 12 - 1:15 PM ET

Opening Remarks

Representative Susie Lee (DC '89, HNZ '90)
U.S. House of Representatives Nevada's 3rd district

Moderator

Ben Chapman
Criminal Justice Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Panelists

Phillip Atiba Goff
Co-founder and CEO
Center for Policing Equity
Professor of African-American Studies and Psychology at Yale University

Daniel Nagin
Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics
Carnegie Mellon University

Laurie Robinson
Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
George Mason University
Co-Chair Obama Task Force on 21st Century Policing

Nick Turner
President
Vera Institute of Justice

This panel will discuss the critical issue of rebuilding trust between the police and the communities they are sworn to protect. The foundations of policing in the U.S. have fractured in fundamental ways, and trust must be repaired so that community members and law enforcement see themselves as authentic partners in public safety, rather than adversaries. We will discuss current research in this area as well as evidence-based alternatives, such as community policing models.

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