Transforming the Police
On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, the Academy for Justice hosted Transforming the Police, a one-day conference at the at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference was co-sponsored by Arizona State University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. As an event, Transforming the Police explored selected chapters of a new book by the same name. The event was designed both to bring attention to recent, important policing reform efforts across the nation and to celebrate the release of the book. These efforts and this book represent important steps forward in thinking about the police, their problems, and the reforms that every police agency should consider adopting.
Preliminary Agenda
Panel 1 – Implementing Collaborative Strategic Crime Control Studies
Included: Charles Katz (Moderator), Thomas Abt, Gary Cordner, Executive Assistant Chief Michael Kurtenbach, and Chief Anne Kirkpatrick
Panel 2 – Reducing Racial Inequalities in Police Practices
Included: Dani Wallace (Moderator), Frank Rudy Cooper, Delores Jones Brown, Samuel Walker, Commander Andre Anderson
Lunch and Plenary Speech
Included: Arif Alikhan
Panel 3 – Improving Officer Health and Well-Being
Included: Ed Maguire (Moderator), Steve Pitts, Patricia Haynes, and Laura Magnuson
Town Hall – Police/ University Collaborations
Included: Vincent Webb (Moderator), Captain Ivonne Roman, Owen West, John Vinson, Rick Trinkner, and Chief Sylva Moir
