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NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Scholars Program for Law Enforcement Officers

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars program offers a unique opportunity for mid-career, sworn law enforcement officers to enhance their professional development and research capacity alongside other NIJ LEADS Scholars—including policing civilians, academics, and fellow officers—who are committed to advancing policing through science.

LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Patrol Officer Exposure to Subcritical Incidents

May 2018
Wendy Stiver, a commander with the Dayton Police Department in Ohio and a Class of 2016 scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, talks about her work to find interventions to patrol officer exposure to subcritical trauma, or subcritical incidents. She said she was inspired by the LEADS Program to begin analyzing this subject.