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Research, Science, and Policing

Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Issue Overview, Instructional Material
Agencies
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LEADS Scholar Spotlight - Optimal Investigator Caseloads

October 2018
Daniel Stewart, a captain in the Oklahoma City Police Department and Class of 2016 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses research he has conducted on investigator caseloads as commander of a property crimes unit with his police department. He also speaks about the impact of the LEADS program and network on his research and professional career.

LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing

October 2018
Joshua Young, a retired corporal of the Ventura Police Department in California and Class of 2015 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing, which encourages the use of data and research to inform policing. He also talks about a randomized control trial he conducted on body-worn cameras and the support he has received from the LEADS program.