Evidence-Based Policing: “The Evidence Will Move You” Virtual Conference

FEBRUARY 17-19, 2021

Conference Presented by:

DAY 1: Wednesday, February 17

TIME All times are scheduled in Eastern Standard Time. 9:45 – 10:00 am Conference Welcome Inspector Rich Johnston, Police Service

Opening Remarks Professor Lawrence Sherman Inspector General of Policing Devon Clunis OACP President, Chief Antje McNeely

Presenting Sponsor: Peter E. Merry Director (Consulting Services) National Safety, Security & Allied Services, CGI 10:00 – 11:00 am Keynote Speaker - Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe A former British police officer, Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University, Philadelphia, and host of the Reducing Crime podcast.

Topic: Why Evidence-Based Policing Matters

11:00 – 11:15 am Break

11:15 – 12:15 pm Dr. Rylan Simpson Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, B.C.

Topic: Officer Appearance and Perceptions of Police

12:15 – 12:30 pm Break

12:30 – 1:30 pm Meme Styles President & Founder, MEASURE Inc.

Topic: Evidence Based Policing Is A Movement

DAY 2: Thursday, February 18

TIME 10:00 – 11:00 am Dr. Cynthia Lum Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University.

Topic: What Research Tells us About Body-worn Cameras

11:00 – 11:15 am Break

11:15 – 12:15 pm Dr. Renee Mitchell Senior Police Researcher with RTI International, author of countless books and articles on EBP, and a former 22-year member of the Sacramento Police Department.

Topic: Embedding Evidence-Based Policing in an Organization

12:15 – 12:30 pm Break

12:30 - 1:30 pm Dr. Hina Jawaid Kalyal Policy Analyst, and Part-time faculty, King's University College and Fanshawe College.

Topic: Barriers to EBP in Policing

DAY 3: Friday, February 19

TIME 10:00 – 10:45 am Inspector Dan Jones

Topic: Universal Precautions for Trauma: The Way Forward for Human Centered Design 10:45 – 11:00 am Constable Maria Wright London Police Service

Topic: Tracking the Accuracy of Assessing High Risk Offenders for Intimate Partner Violence: A Ten Year Analysis 11:00 – 11:15 am Break

11:15 – 12:00 pm Keynote Speaker Dr. Lawrence Sherman Director of the Cambridge Police Executive Programme and Director of Research, Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology.

Topic: Racial Equity and Evidence-Based Policing 12:00 – 12:15 pm Break

12:15 – 1:00 pm EBP Round Table Moderated by: Dr. Sara Thompson Professor, Ryerson University

Commissioner Tom Carrique Provincial Police

Chief Kimberley Greenwood

Chief Nishan Duraiappah

Commander Alex Murray Metropolitan Police Service

1:00 – 1:15 pm Closing Remarks