2018 Conference Presentations

Targeting Alcohol Use and Abuse to Reduce Crime in a University Town 

Corvallis, Oregon, USA

• Police Officer James Dodge
• Police Officer Trevor Anderson
• Police Officer Luke Thomas
  

Mental Health Awareness Flag

Janesville, Wisconsin, USA

• Lieutenant Mike Blaser
• Police Officer Craig Klementz
  

Introduction to POP

• Michael Scott, Clinical Professor and Director, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, Arizona State University (USA)

Estimating and Responding to Near-repeat Burglaries in Philadelphia

• Professor Liz Groff, Temple University (Pennsylvania, USA)

Discussion Session: Police Response to Suspicious Person Calls with a Possible Ethnic/Racial Bias

Facilitators: 

• Gary Cordner, National Institute of Justice  (USA)
• Derrick Jackson, Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office (Michigan, USA) 

Goldstein Finalist: Oho Ake: A Prevention Response to Indigenous Youth Offending

New Zealand Police 

• Inspector Kevin Taylor
• Sergeant Tom Brooks
• Joshua Kalan, Iwi Liaison Officer
• Pania Hetet, General Manager, Tūhoe Hauora

Introduction to Situational Crime Prevention

• Associate Professor Rob Guerette, Florida International University (USA)

Measuring Organizational Systems for Problem Solving

• Professor Rachel Boba Santos, Radford University (Virginia, USA)
• Assistant Professor Roberto Santos, Radford University (Virginia, USA)

Retaliatory Violence in Rochester and Niagara Falls, New York

• Professor John Klofas, Rochester Institute of Technology (New York, USA)

Goldstein Winner: Reducing Domestic Violence in Chula Vista, California

Chula Vista Police Department (California, USA) 

• Chief of Police Roxana Kennedy
• Agent Xanthe Rosario
• Sergeant Donte Kendricks
• Karin Schmerler, Program Coordinator, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office

Introduction to Problem-Analysis

• Julie Wartell, Crime Analysis Consultant (California, USA)

Police Response to Opioid Abuse in Massachusetts

Plymouth County Outreach

Brockton Champion Plan

• Professor Brandon Kooi, Aurora University (Illinois, USA)
• Professor Sean Varano, Roger Williams University (Rhode Island, USA)
• Executive Director Pamela Kelley, Kelley Research Associates
• Executive Director Allie McDade, Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative

Goldstein Finalist: The Croft Unit: Who’s Behaving Badly?

Durham Constabulary (UK) 

• Inspector Kelly Martin
• Sergeant Emma Kay
• Aileen Gilbert, Inspector, Care Quality Commission

Preventing Harm to the Vulnerable Elderly in Avon and Somerset, United Kingdom

• Sergeant Ashley Jones
• Sergeant Stuart King

Leveraging Community Partnerships as a Crime Reduction Strategy in Providence, Rhode Island

• Captain Dean Isabella, Providence Police Department

Goldstein Finalist: Reducing Suicide: A Problem Solving Partnership Approach between British Transport Police and the Rail Industry 

British Transport Police (United Kingdom) 

• Inspector Philippa Smith, British Transport Police
• Mark Stokes, Crime Reduction Supervisor, British Transport Police

The Power of CPTED: Cutting Crime with Urban Design

• Greg Saville, Urban Planner, AlterNation LLC (Colorado, USA)

Opioid Abuse and Overdoses in Reno, Nevada

• Professor Emmanuel Barthe, University of Nevada-Reno (USA)
• Stacy Ward, Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator, Reno Police Department (Nevada, USA)
• Deena DeVore, Graduate Student, University of Nevada-Reno (USA)

Implementing Problem-Oriented Policing Workshop

Facilitators:

• Professor Stuart Kirby, University of Central Lancashire (UK)
• Michael Scott, Clinical Professor and Director, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, Arizona State University (USA)

Understanding Crime Place Networks

• Associate Professor Tamara Madensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA)
• Chief of Police Maris Herold, University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA)

Improving Policing in Ukraine

• Chief Oleh Veloshyn, Holosiiv District, Ukraine
• Robert Peacock, Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, U.S. DOJ/ICITAP
• Ron Glensor, Senior Police Advisor, U.S. DOJ/ICITAP

New Training for Problem-solvers: PTO and PBL Programs

• Greg Saville, Urban Planner, AlterNation LLC (Colorado, USA)

Policing Crime Hot Spots in Lowell Massachusetts: The Case of Place Approach Room

• Professor Brenda Bond, Suffolk University (Massachusetts, USA)