New York, NY
Henry Wang is the Director of the Quality Assurance Division within the Risk Management Bureau (RMB) of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). He leads a unit that focuses on research and analytic initiatives to minimize risk to the NYPD. In addition, Henry has created business intelligence tools which identify, analyze, and monitor risks to the department. Prior to working with RMB, he was the lead evaluator for the “Co-Response Teams” a joint initiative between the NYPD and New York City Department of Health which paired police officers trained in crisis intervention with social workers to serve community members presenting with mental health or substance use challenges who are at an elevated risk of harm to themselves or others. Henry was instrumental to the development of the data collection instruments and leveraged the data to create predictive models to identify the appropriate services.
Henry holds a Master of Public Health in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the City University of New York - Hunter College. He is specifically interested in identifying new methods for risk mitigation, early intervention, and ensuring constitutional policing. He looks forward to working with fellow LEADS scholars to learn how they are utilizing research to inform police policy and practice.