We know what the public and media have to say about policing but what do police officers themselves have to say about what makes a good police officer and what makes a bad police officer? And to add to that, what similarities or differences are there between American and Swedish police perspectives on good and bad police officers? Find out in this new episode of NIRO Knowledge.
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Video Version
Michelle on Twitter
Email - Michelle.nilsson@ufl.edu
Link to Michelle's work
Today on NIRO Knowledge, my guest is the Police Science Dr herself, Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol. She brings us knowledge on her background, forming the bridge between academia and research and those who can put it all into practice and an upcoming conference that she is hosting virtually in April 2021.
Links:
Episode 25 video version
Police Science Dr
Rapid Fire Conference registration
Here it is! We are going Back to the Future! Well, we're looking back in history in order to look ahead into the future and take with us the principles of the Father of Policing, Sir Robert Peel. These core values and his principles can guide us towards a better vision on what policing should have remained as. We have some catching up to do since we derailed the community involved aspect of policing along with the idea that reducing crime (thus reducing our victims) is the goal.
Links:
NIRO Knowledge Episode 1.7 video version
Sir Robert Peel's Principles
Dr Cynthia Lum NIRO Knowledge episode
Today I talk about the recent ECAC virtual conference that was in partnership with the IACA and the roster of guest speakers as well as my partnership with Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, the Police Science Dr, and her upcoming virtual conference as well. Sign up for this FREE conference coming in April!
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Episode 1.6 video version
Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol - sign up for her conference here as well
Dr Lawrence Sherman's NIRO Knowledge episode
Slack invite - Join the global conversation on criminal justice with other analysts and academics
Analyst Talk with Jason Elder
Reducing Crime - Dr Jerry Ratcliffe's podcast
All About Analysis - Manny San Pedro's podcast
IACA
SO MANY GREAT THINGS COMING UP! Give it a listen here folks. There are some great names mentioned and great things coming up for NIRO Knowledge including be a part of a virtual conference in the United Kingdom! I am partnering up with Excellence in Analytics and Dawn Reeby to provide technical skills help to her Rising Geniuss group. Don't forget to check out another great resource and friend to myself and NIRO Knowledge, Police Science Dr, Susanne Knabe-Nicol.
Links:
NIRO Knowledge Episode 1.5 video version
NIRO Crime Analysis
Police Science Dr
Excellence in Analytics
Dawn Reeby NIRO Knowledge episode
Reinventing American policing was the topic of Dr Cynthia Lum's broadcast with George Mason University on Monday 2/22. It is a topic that needs to be addressed and is demanded to be addressed in American policing today. I talk about her presentation and how I believe analysts can be the momentum for growth and change in the policing culture to progress to being integrated with our communities. I also bring actionable analyses, an open mind approach by analysts towards the problems and the strategic solve, and the big change Ithaca NY is looking to implement with their police department. And of course, join the NIRO Crime Analysis Slack group if you are an analyst, academic or pracademic looking to connect and share knowledge with people around the globe.
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Episode 1.4 video version
NIRO Crime Analysis membership
Top 5 Analytical Tools for 2021 webinar (FREE)
Dr Cynthia Lum on NIRO Knowledge
Ithaca NY article
NIRO Crime Analysis Slack Invite
I breakdown some amazing updates for NIRO Crime Analysis, NIRO Knowledge and how academics and analysts can connect on my Slack group to share their knowledge and resources and pick each other's brain. It has been growing and is international with SO many different backgrounds already in the mix.
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Episode 1.3 video
Lorna and John audio
Lorna and John video
Dr Cynthia Lum
NIRO Crime Analysis
NIRO Slack Group
I talk about traditional policing, why it matters today, what we can do with that knowledge of it, how we can shape it for the future and where to sign up to join the NIRO Crime Analysis community.
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NIRO Crime Analysis - newsletter sign up at the bottom of the page
NIRO Knowledge Podcast - or wherever you consume podcasts
NIRO Knowledge Dr Cynthia Lum episode
PopCenter at ASU document (p 36 for 'Traditional Policing')
Renée J. Mitchell served in the Sacramento Police Department for twenty-two years and is currently a Senior Police Researcher with RTI International. She holds a B.S. in Psychology, a M.A. in Counseling Psychology, a M.B.A., a J.D., and a Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. She was a 2009/2010 Fulbright Police Research Fellow where completed research in the area of juvenile gang violence at the London Metropolitan Police Service. You can view her TEDx talks, “Research not protests” and “Policing Needs to Change: Trust me I’m a Cop”, where she advocates for evidence-based policing. She is a co-founder of the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing, a National Police Foundation Fellow, a BetaGov Fellow, a member of the George Mason Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame, and a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge. Her research areas include policing, evidence-based crime prevention, evaluation research and methods, place-based criminology, police/citizen communication and implicit bias training. She has published her work in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and the Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing. She has an edited book with Dr. Laura Huey, Evidence Based Policing: An introduction and coming out next March Implementing Evidence-Based Research: A How to Guide for Police Organizations.
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Video version of this episode
CHACHI article (CA-CHI)
American Society of Evidence Based Policing
Dr Larry Sherman NIRO Knowledge episode
Dr Cynthia Lum NIRO Knowledge episode
I speak about the most recent webinar I hosted about top 5 analytical tools. I also speak about the two podcasts from this year and how I believe changes need to be made. Data is siloed or not captured or incorrectly captured and I believe we can help to do more.
Give a listen to this episode for more and with information on how to connect!
Links:
NIRO Crime Analysis
Lorna Ferguson
Lorna Ferguson is a Ph.D. Student in the Sociology department at the University of Western Ontario, Canada and is the Founder of the Missing Persons Hub. Lorna has a broad interest in policing research and developing evidence-based approaches to policing and crime prevention, including issues related to firearms and social media use. Currently, she focuses on police responses to missing person cases.
John Ng
John Ng has been a law enforcement analyst in Canada for over 10 years. He’s a certified law enforcement analyst with the International Association of Crime Analysts and has been an active member having volunteered with their former Methods Subcommittee co-authoring a handful of technical papers on analytical methods including hotspot analysis, prioritizing offenders, and social network analysis. He is currently the Chair of their Publications Committee.
He’s presented at crime analysis conferences and recently at the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) Conference on the role of crime analysts in EBP. He also served as the Analyst Series Coordinator (lead) for the Canadian Society of Evidence-Based Policing’s (Can-SEBP) Community Engagement Team and continues to volunteer as their Director of Operations. He was also selected as an NIJ/IACP LEADS Scholar, which is a scholarship that helps support mid-level officers in advancing data and science in policing, he is one of the first crime analysts to received this scholarship.
He’s successfully completed a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Toronto. His research interests include police culture, police leadership, organizational change, police tactics & strategies, hotspots policing, offender management (and risk assessments), and crime analysis.
Links:
Missing Persons survey - Please take the time to fill this out if you work as an analyst in a law enforcement agency
Lorna Ferguson's email - lfergu5 @ uwo.ca (obviously smash that together for a proper email)
Missing Persons Research Hub website
Lorna's Podcast - Missing Persons Research Hub
Lorna's Website
John Ng's email - johnathan.ng @ gmail.com (obviously smash that together for a proper email)
John on Twitter
The audio of the FIRST ever live podcast broadcast of NIRO Knowledge. I get into data and what we struggle with as it is siloed in, often times, archaic records systems, the struggle of finding tools to help with this fractured dataset and bring it back to Dr Laura Huey and the police data she has to use for her newest research dealing with people with mental health issues and police data.
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NIRO Crime Analysis membership
YouTube video version
Dr Laura Huey 2021 - Audio
Dr Laura Huey 2021 - Video
Dr. Laura Huey is Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, Editor of Police Practice & Research, Chair of the Working Group on Mental Health and Policing of the Royal Society of Canada, Vice Chair of the American Society of Criminologists’ Division of Policing and the former Executive Director of the Canadian Society of Evidence Based Policing. She is also a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and a Senior Research Fellow with the National Police Foundation.
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Dr Laura Huey's upcoming book, Implementing Evidence Based Research: A How to Guide for Police
My last episode for 2020. I have big plans coming and I am hoping that you will all help. Head over to my Twitter page and hit up that poll pinned to the top until Xmas Eve and let me know if you would join in on a LIVE episode of NIRO Knowledge.
I chat about Dr Laura Huey coming back to kick off another year of NIRO Knowledge for 2021 and I go over the two things that I believe we should all have in our vocabulary as analysts: simplify and endgame.
Links:
Twitter page/poll
Dr Laura Huey NIRO Knowledge episode
NIRO Crime Analysis membership
YouTube version of Episode 0.29
Today I talk about how we as analysts can help be the change for our police agencies and for our communities by following principles set forth almost 200 years ago by Sir Robert Peel himself. Watch it below or give it a listen here.
Analysts Assemble!
Links:
December 2020 FREE Power BI webinar
Sir Robert Peel's 9 Policing Principles
Dr Cynthia Lum
Dr Lawrence Sherman
Dr Rachel Santos and Dr Roberto Santos - while I did not mention them in this episode, I should have as they continue to help move the industry into the future as well
I am thanking my guests and letting you all know how far you have helped NIRO Knowledge reach. Over 30 countries, almost 400 cities on 6 continents, and this is more than I expected in our freshman year as a podcast. Thank you to all of my listeners and all of my guests. You all rock!
Links:
NIRO Crime Analysis
NIRO Knowledge
I talk about signing up for the NIRO Crime Analysis email newsletter so you can be up to date on all the upcoming training opportunities and ask you to fill out a quick two questions form about purchasing swag to put some funds towards helping fellow analysts pay for training and certification opportunities.
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Swag Survey
NIRO Crime Analysis
I give thanks to my listeners and guests as you have helped this grow to an international audience on 6 of the 7 continents with thousands of listens and downloads. I ask you to take time for yourself and keep your stress low. I speak to a hopeful change to the NIRO Knowledge program that I think everyone will enjoy in 2021 once several hurdles have been jumped successfully.
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Dawn Reeby
Amy Boudreau
NIRO Crime Analysis
Jacek [Jack] Koziarski is a third-year PhD Student in the Sociology Department at the University of Western Ontario, and a Research Associate for the Canadian Society of Evidence-Based Policing (Can-SEBP). Jacek has a broad interest in policing research and developing evidence-based approaches to policing, but his most recent work has specifically examined police responses to persons with perceived mental illness, policing cybercrime, and resistance toward evidence-based policing. Beyond policing, Jacek is also interested in exploring the spatiotemporal patterns of crime and non-crime-related issues.
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Email: jkoziars<@>uwo.ca
Twitter
Jacek's Personal Website
The research we spoke about (email Jacek to get access to this)
Dr Lawrence W. Sherman is widely recognized as the founder of evidence-based policing, a professional social movement for using more analytic support in making police decisions about the Triple-T: Targeting, Testing and Tracking the use of police resources. A professor of criminology at Cambridge University (UK) since 2007, he is editor of the CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING and director of the postgraduate Cambridge Police Executive Programme. His research on policing has attracted almost 40,000 Google Scholar citations, and his Crime Harm Index proposal has attracted 70,000 reads in the first four years since publication in 2016. He has recently launched online courses on EBP for analysts and police leaders.
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Cambridge Centre for Evidence Based Policing
Online Course for Analysts and Police Leaders
Cambridge Crime Harm Index Research (2016)
Cambridge Harm Index Consensus (2020)
