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Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholars Program

LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Predictive Policing Algorithms

May 2018
Series
Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight
Shon Barnes, a deputy police chief with the Salisbury Police Department in North Carolina and a Class of 2015 scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, explains predictive policing and details a quasi-experiment that his department performed. He credits the LEADS Scholarship Program with helping him understand data and ask the right questions.

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NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program — Departing Class

June 2017
Series
Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight
In this video, law enforcement officers discuss how NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) scholar program benefits professional development and provides the opportunity to network with academia and share research with other agencies to improve evidence-based policing. In addition, law officers discuss how the LEADs scholar program equips smaller agencies to improve community relations.

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