
Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
2025 POP Conference Presentations
Madison, Wisconsin
Goldstein Award Co-Winner, Leicestershire Police (UK), Serious Violence in and Around McDonald’s Restaurants in Leicester City Centre, Presenter: Chief Inspector Mark Brennan
Goldstein Award Co-Winner, New Zealand Police, The Pōneke Promise: Reducing Disorder and Increasing Community in Central Wellington, Presenters: Sergeant Hamish Knight; Sehai Orgad, Senior Responsible Officer for City Safety at Wellington City Council
Goldstein Award Finalist, South Yorkshire Police (UK), Saving Lives with GPS: Finding Missing Persons with Dementia, Presenters: Sergeant Ben Hanson & Police Constable John Porter
Goldstein Award Finalist, Nepal Police, Community Police Partnership for Social Transformation: Protecting Women and Girls, Presenter: Deputy Superintendent Kiran Kunwar, Nepal Police
Goldstein Award Finalist, Cincinnati (OH) Police Department, Youth Violence and Disorder in the City’s Center, Presenters: Jillian Desmond, Senior Crime Analyst; Captain Adam Hennie
Goldstein Award Finalist, New Zealand Police, Kā Au Kahuraki: Protecting Disadvantaged Children from Harm, Presenters: Jan Dobson, Senior Project Lead, Kā Au Kahuraki for the Ministry of Education; Jadah Pitama, (Ngāi Tahu/Ngāi Tūāhuriri), Whitiora a Mana Whenua Organisation; Senior Constable Dennis Arthur, New Zealand Police; Constable Bob van Hout, Zealand Police; Lynne Te Aika (Ngāi Tahu/Ngāi Tūāhuriri), Cultural Adviser for Mana Whenua and member of the Kā Au Kahuraki Advisory Group
Introduction to Problem-Oriented Policing, Presenter: Michael Scott, Director, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
Introduction to Situational Crime Prevention, Presenter: Rob Guerette, Professor, Florida International University
Introduction to Problem-Analysis, Presenters: Julie Wartell, Crime Analysis & Problem-Solving Consultant, Problem Analysis Group; Sergeant Ray Kianes, Austin (TX) Police Department
SCRAPping Responses That Are Likely to Fail, Presenters: John Eck, Professor, University of Cincinnati (OH); Shannon Linning, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University (British Columbia, Canada)
Inspiring Officers to Embrace POP, Presenters: Jason Weber, Crime Prevention Programs Manager, Arizona State University; Ed Krueger, Director, Center for Innovation Change
Building Your Information Resource Strategy, Presenter: Kristin Mahoney, Director of Policy, Government and Partner Engagement with the University of Chicago's Crime Lab and Education Labs
Problem-Solving Thinking Tools, Presenters: Tamara Herold, Associate Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas; John Eck, Professor, University of Cincinnati (OH)
POP in the Future: How Do We Make it Work?, Presenters: Greg Saville, Urban Planner, AlterNation LLC; John Lyons, Royal Canadian Mounted Police National Training Branch (ret.) and SafeGrowth Advocate
Sexual Assaults and Bars, Presenters: Julie Wartell, Crime Analysis & Problem-Solving Consultant, Problem Analysis Group; Sergeant Ray Kianes, Austin (TX) Police Department
Pre-Arrest Diversion to Treatment of Drug Abusing Offenders, Presenters: Brandon Kooi, Professor, University of Aurora (IL); Christina Bruhn, Professor, University of Aurora (IL); Captain Joe Balles (ret.), Madison Police Department (WI)
POP in Progress: Flash Presentations (University of Chicago Crime Lab), Presenters: Captain Stephanie Drescher, Madison (WI) Police Department; Commander Keith Milmine, Chicago (IL) Police Department; Captain Raymond Bratchett, Milwaukee (WI) Police Department; Facilitator: Kristin Mahoney, Director of Policy, Government and Partner Engagement with the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Labs
Community-Based Problem-Solving: Partnering with Residents with CPTED and SafeGrowth, Presenters: Greg Saville, Urban Planner, AlterNation LLC; Lieutenant David Meinert, Madison (WI) Police Department
POP and AI, Presenter: Superintendent Alex House, Bedfordshire Police (UK)
Heat, Hurricane, Fire, Flood—and the Occasional Haboob: Implications for Police Leaders, Presenter: Barbara Raymond, Principal, Barbara Raymond Consulting
Closing Plenary: The Future of Policing in America in 2054: The Good, the Bad and the Hopeful, Presenter: Michael Scott, Director, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing