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Michael D. White is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University and is Associate Director of ASU’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. Prior to entering academia, he worked as a deputy sheriff in Pennsylvania. Dr White’s primary research interests involve the police, including use of force, misconduct, and innovation. His recent work has been published in the American Journal of Public Health, Criminology, Criminology and Public Policy, and Injury Prevention.

Brice Terpstra is an Assistant Professor in the School of Justice and Public Safety at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His primary research interests include criminal justice policy, behavioral health outcomes, and justice-involved military veterans. His work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, Crime and Delinquency, Policing: An International Journal, and International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Aili Malm is a Professor in the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management at California State University, Long Beach. She is interested in the assessment and evaluation of policing strategies and intelligence. She has worked as a PI or Co-PI for over $6 million in grants. She has published over 40 research articles and two books including “Disrupting Criminal Networks” with Gisela Bichler, and “Cops, Cameras and Crisis” with Mike White. She has also worked with several police departments across the globe, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Home Office, Danish National Police, and numerous local departments across the United States.

Charles M. Katz is Watts Endowed Family Chair of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety at Arizona State University. His research involves collaborating with agencies to increase their organizational capacity to identify and respond to crime affecting local communities. He recently served as a research partner to the Phoenix Police Department to evaluate their BJA-sponsored projects related to SMART policing and Crime Gun Intelligence. He served as one of two primary authors of the US Department of Justice Body-Worn Camera Toolkit and is a senior advisor to the Bureau of Justice Assistance on its Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance Team.

Kelsea Hurley is a graduate student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Her research placement is with ASU’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. She received a bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from Central College and is currently pursuing a master’s degree. Kelsea has conducted research on a variety of topics, ranging from social and racial justice to political psychology. Her current research focuses on the police, specifically in innovation and use of force.

Quin Patterson is an associate research analyst in the Center for Justice Research and Innovation (JRI) within the Institute of Public Research at CNA. JRI works throughout the justice system, providing training and technical assistance (TTA), conducting research, and supporting organizational reform in agencies and jurisdictions across the country. He has expertise in de-escalation training and tactics, body-worn cameras (BWCs), policy review, research design, methodology, program evaluation, officer mental health and wellness, individual site assessments, and quantitative and qualitative methods.