Conferences

Roundtable exploring acquired brain injury (ABI) in police crisis response hosted at IACP 2024 annual conference.

IACP staff held the "Elevate and Sustain: A Dynamic Approach to Revolutionize Your Crisis Response Program" workshop at IACP2024, presenters will discuss how to use and translate this data to key stakeholders and access no-cost IACP/BJA resources to support long-term sustainability. Presenters included police leadership from Norton Shores, MI (FY21) and Springfield, IL (FY21) grantee sites, program management from NJ DOC (FY21) grantee site, the Arc, and NPI.

During this reporting period, IIR received approval from DOJ to proceed with hosting the Hate Crimes Grantee Conference that was held on September 23-25, 2024, in Birmingham, Alabama. More than 250 participants attended the 2½-day conference, which was comprised of multiple plenary sessions as well as more than 22 breakout sessions for Shepard/Byrd, Emmett Till, Collaborative Approaches, and Community-based Approaches grantees representing community-based organizations and law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies from around the country.

The TA Center participated in the 2024 SCA. All 13 of the TA Center's FY24 grantees were in attendance. In total, in addition to 67 community-based and Smart Reentry grantees. The TA Center facilitated the following conference sessions: “Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Care Access in Reentry,” and “The Importance of Effective Corrections and Community-Based Organization Relationships.” Additionally, TA Center staff and subject matter experts (SMEs) hosted three breakout sessions.

NTCRC co-directors Dr. Kristen DeVall and Dr. Christina Lanier presented at the annual Tribal Law and Policy Institute Enhancement training, which was held in Phoenix, AZ from September 18-20. The training topic was case management.

Amidst calls for police reform, states, municipalities, and law enforcement agencies across the United States are adopting new policies and practices to track and regulate officers’ engagement in traffic stop and enforcement activities. While the thorough collection of stop and enforcement data is critical for examining the equity and effectiveness of police practices, the examination of these data requires methodologically robust analyses that can be challenging for agencies to manage without specialized training in data analysis and statistical strategies.

The Lab facilitated a discussion on Use of Force practices, featuring a presentation from FCPD on their current review processes. This session provided valuable insights into the policies, accountability mechanisms, and review procedures implemented by agencies nationwide.

The Lab hosted a listening session with Fellows to explore effective methods for disseminating information, such as leveraging networks, associations, and key change agents. Fellows also provided feedback on the most effective formats to encourage the adoption of innovative and evidence-based practices.

In September 2024, the Lab supported representatives from the Knoxville Police Department to attend the Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland.

Second virtual meeting of the Steering Committee was hosted on September 10, 2024. During this meeting the Knowledge Lab renewed vision was discussed, and feedback on this renewed vision was received.