Reimagining Public Safety: The Police and Community Perspectives

The Police and Community Perspectives 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 and community policing models.

Date: Friday, October 30, 2020
Time: 12 - 1:15 PM ET

Moderator

Tom Jackman
Criminal Justice Reporter
The Washington Post

Panelists

Rashall Brackney RaShall M. Brackney (DC '09, HNZ '11)
Chief of Police
Charlottesvile, VA

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman
34th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

Leon Ford
Activist, Author, Public Speaker
Police shooting survivor

Cynthia Lum
Director of Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy
George Mason University

This 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.

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