December 3, 2015 2:29PM 

# Policing in America Conference 

By [Jonathan Blanks](https://www.cato.org/people/jonathan-blanks) 

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This week, Cato hosted an all-day conference, “Policing in America.” We brought together experts with different perspectives to discuss the opportunities and pitfalls facing police organizations today. The video of the event is below and will be available in the [Cato event archives](https://www.cato.org/events/policing-america).

It was a great event all around. The speakers were able to distill complex problems and incentives into easy-to-understand presentations. Experts and laypersons alike came away with some new information that can be used to frame the policing debate in the months and years ahead. I encourage you to check out each panel and guest speaker in the videos below.

**Welcoming Remarks and** **Panel 1: The Costs and Benefits of Emerging Police Technologies**

Remarks by [**Jonathan Blanks**](https://www.cato.org/people/jonathan-blanks), Cato Institute

**Nathan Freed Wessler**, Staff Attorney, Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, American Civil Liberties Union 
**Alex Rosenblat**, Researcher and Technical Writer, Data &amp; Society Research Institute 
**Lynn Overmann**, Senior Policy Advisor to the US Chief Technology Officer at the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy 
Moderated by [**Matthew Feeney**](https://www.cato.org/people/matthew-feeney), Cato Institute

Remarks by **Grover Norquist**, President, Americans for Tax Reform

**Panel 2: To Serve and Protect: A Discussion about Police Accountability**

**Max Geron**, Major, Dallas Police Department 
**Cynthia Lum**, Associate Professor, George Mason University Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Director, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy 
**Samuel Walker**, Emeritus Professor, University of Nebraska-Omaha 
Moderated by **Wesley Lowery**, *Washington Post*

Luncheon Remarks by **Ronald L. Davis**, Director, Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice

**Panel 3: Police and the Community: Minority Perspectives**

**Vicki Gaubeca**, Director, Regional Center for Border Rights, ACLU-New Mexico 
**Wadie E. Said**, Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law 
Moderated by [**Jonathan Blanks**](https://www.cato.org/people/jonathan-blanks), Cato Institute

**Panel 4: Rethinking Law Enforcement Strategies**

**David A. Klinger**, Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis 
**Clark Neily**, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice 
**Jerry Ratcliffe**, Chair, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University 
Moderated by [**Trevor Burrus**](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus), Cato Institute

**American Attitudes Towards the Police and Closing Remarks**

[**Emily Ekins**](https://www.cato.org/people/emily-ekins), Cato Institute

[**Adam Bates**](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-bates), Cato Institute

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