Quick Hit: Integrating a Public Health Approach to the Police Response to Violence

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

Location: Room: 8

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Cassandra Crifasi, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Speaker(s)

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Brandon Del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA

Assistant Professor
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Mark Talbot

Chief of Police
Hampton Police Department, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia, United States

As violence continues to impact communities across the United States, calls to incorporate a “public health approach” in policing are increasingly common. But what does that mean in practice? This session will empower police leaders to understand public health responses to violence and integrate them with existing police strategies to amplify their effects. Expanding on a recent IACP/NIJ symposium on policing and public health, this session will (1) provide an overview of the key concepts, methods, and metrics of public health, and explain how they integrate with policing; (2) describe how implementation science can increase the effectiveness of evidence-based police responses to violence; and (3) show how these concepts are being successfully applied in practice in various police settings.