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Implementing Change: Directed Intervention, Mental Health Data Collection, and Community Engagement

This presentation introduces techniques and considerations for developing and initiating project strategies from the real-world addressing needs for law enforcement professionals. This session will walk the audience through multiple innovations adopted by the Portland (OR) Police Bureau (PPB); from needs planning through lessons learned and provides an opportunity to experience how strategic planning and execution relates to successful implementation, data collection and sustainability planning. 

Speaker:

Christian R. Peterson

Christian R. Peterson serves as the Police Data Research Manager at the Portland Police Bureau and has over a decade of experience in big data analytics, specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In that role, he oversees vital data and analysis programs, including gun violence data reporting, community engagement programs, and Smart Policing Initiatives, which have led to several recognitions from his agency. Mr. Peterson earned both his BS and Master’s in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Portland State University and is a National Institute of Justice Law Enforcement Advancing Data Science (LEADS) Scholar. 

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