July 2018

Policing Program Brochure

Overview

American policing is at a difficult crossroads. Ruptured relations between police and many of the communities they serve represents one of the greatest challenges facing contemporary American society. To bridge this gulf, the Vera Institute of Justice seeks to advance alternatives to enforcement that maximize public safety and enhance community relations. Learn more about our approach to policing and the values they are based upon in this program brochure.

CompStat360

At a time when communities are seeking ways to play an active role in the co-production of public safety—and police departments are eager to engage the communities they serve—it is essential that our management of policing resources, priorities, and responses evolves to incorporate a wider set of metrics beyond serious crime incidents. By leveragin...

Project

Rebecca Neusteter

Project

Police Enhancing Accountability through Community Engagement (PEACE) Initiative

The PEACE Initiative is designed to help police agencies work collaboratively with the communities they serve, to enhance or repair police-community relations, and cultivate trust between all stakeholders. Vera is working intensively with a number of jurisdictions, facilitating local police-community engagement and furthering the concrete goal of s...

Project

Rebecca Neusteter

Project

Emerging Issues in American Policing Digest

Emerging Issues in American Policing Digest is a quarterly digest intended for police-practitioners and community members that presents innovations in the field of policing from the leading academic journals and research publications. To receive the digest via email, or to share questions or suggestions, please email EmergingIssuesPolicing@vera.org...

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