Policing in 2023: Use of Social Workers to Combat Violent Crime and Cooperation from the Community

Saturday, October 14, 2023

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST

Location: Room: 6C

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Kevin Armbruster

Lieutenant/Milwaukee Police Department Investigator (Ret.)
Town of East Troy Police Department, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Speaker(s)

Karen Rumsey

Health Programs Manager Victim/Witness Advocacy
Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio
Concinnati, Ohio, United States
Sara Boyle

Acting Chief of Staff
Chicago Police Department, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Moderator(s)

Kerry Yerico

Senior Program Manager
National Policing Institute
Orchard Park, New York, United States

Law enforcement, more than ever, needs the community’s involvement and external partners to help reduce and solve crime. This panel will discuss emerging practices of using community groups and licensed social workers, who provide trauma-informed, evidenced-based services to victims impacted by crime. This includes best practices for law enforcement in engaging the community the day of and the day after a shooting and using external resources to leverage the environmental factors in the neighborhoods. The panel will present the ethics associated with organizing and initiating a team of professionals and the roles each plays during a violent crime event. Finally, the panel will address how to overcome uncooperative violent crime victims and witnesses with social workers using technology and crime analytics.