Center for Innovations in Community Safety
@cicsgeorgetown
CICS is dedicated to a modern vision of community safety that takes a broad approach to meeting community needs while reducing the harm of current approaches.
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https://www.law.georgetown.edu/CICS 15-09-2020 15:46:15
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At Center for Innovations in Community Safety hearing the future of alternative response with Tahir Anderson Duckett, Moki Macias + team from Atlantaโs PAD, Raven Loaiza from Dayton Mediation Unit, Anne Larson & the CSG Justice Team, Laquisha Grant from NYC B*Heard, Elliot Jones of Oaklandโs MACRO & 170 others.
Iโm at Georgetown Law as the IAEMSC representative participating with our friends from NYU School of Law Policing Project & the Georgetown School of Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety on the Future of Alternative First Response: Building Sustainable & Scalable Programs - an incredible program
Packed house โฆCenter for Innovations in Community Safetyโฉ โฆPolicing Projectโฉ convening on building alternatives to police response. This work is the future.
"We are here today because we believe in the power of change. We want to build a community where alternative response is no longer alternative, but the norm." -Darius Baxter of GOODProjects
โPeople are serious about redefining the role of police and what problems are better suited for other people to solve. We canโt wait for research - but we have to measure while we innovate - especially to look for unintended consequences.โ NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne w/ Barry Friedman [email protected]
Faculty Director Barry Friedman [email protected] kicks off a conversation with Tahir Anderson Duckett and NIJ Director NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne on measuring and evaluating the impact of alternative first response programs.
NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne: โThe true experts are the people who are living and experiencing the issuesโ
"The shift towards non-police responses to mental health and other calls for service is a consequential one." ๐ Tahir Anderson Duckett ti.me/44FdJ3V
โA system of alternative first response represents a framework in which cities begin to respond to people with the care they needโnot just the gun, badge, and handcuffs we have available,โ said Tahir Anderson Duckett, Executive Director of Center for Innovations in Community Safety. time.com/6293747/alternโฆ
Last month, we held a convening on non-police alternative first response with Center for Innovations in Community Safety for an opportunity to meet, learn, share ideas, and discuss the future of this growing field. Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=V7fd-Gโฆ
Come work with Center for Innovations in Community Safety and me as a Senior Research Analyst on community safety projects! georgetown.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Georgetoโฆ