Conference # Policing in America Date and Time December 1, 2015 10 AM - 5 PM EST Location Hayek Auditorium Share This Event ##### Featuring [![Trevor Burrus](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Trevor%20Burrus.jpg?itok=onKmjXsL)](/people/trevor-burrus) [Trevor Burrus](/people/trevor-burrus) Former Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute [ ](https://twitter.com/TCBurrus) [![Media Name: blanks-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/authors/crops/blanks-cropped.jpg?itok=Vtj965vQ)](/people/jonathan-blanks) [Jonathan Blanks](/people/jonathan-blanks) Former Research Associate [ ](https://twitter.com/blanksslate) [![Emily Ekins](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Emily%20Ekins.jpg?itok=O6P9UmCC)](/people/emily-ekins) [Emily Ekins](/people/emily-ekins) Vice President for Policy and Society, Cato Institute [ ](https://x.com/emilyekins) [![Media Name: abates-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/authors/crops/abates-cropped.jpg?itok=H6cXYugh)](/people/adam-bates) [Adam Bates](/people/adam-bates) Former Policy Analyst, Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice [ ](mailto:abates@cato.org) [![Matthew Feeney](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Matthew%20Feeney.jpg?itok=O149-e08)](/people/matthew-feeney) [Matthew Feeney](/people/matthew-feeney) Head of Technology and Innovation, Centre for Policy Studies [ ](https://twitter.com/m_feeney) [![Policing in America](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/policing-in-america-450.jpg?itok=xwuFPUTk)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/policing-in-america-450.jpg) The highly publicized officer-involved killings of Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, and others have prompted renewed discussions about American law enforcement. Police departments face increasing criticism from protesters, the media, and the federal government. President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing published its recommendations earlier this year, but what do they mean for officers and the communities they patrol? Is sweeping reform necessary? With approximately 18,000 police agencies operating in the United States, is such reform even possible? American policing is changing. Emerging technologies provide new methods both for police accountability and surveillance capabilities. Law enforcement scholars and practitioners continue to develop innovative strategies to address crime and disorder. In many cities, police agencies are wrestling with how to increase public safety while respecting the dignity of individuals, particularly in minority communities. An array of law enforcement experts will explore these issues and more at the Cato Institute's conference **"Policing in America."** We hope that you will join us for a lively discussion of the developing changes and looming challenges in American law enforcement policy. | **8:30 – 9:00 a.m.** | **Registration** | |:--|:--| | **9:00 – 9:10 a.m.** | **Welcoming Remarks** [**Jonathan Blanks**](https://www.cato.org/people/jonathan-blanks), Cato Institute | | **9:10 – 10:20 a.m.** | [Download a video of Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-01.mp4) [Download a podcast of Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-01.mp3) **Panel 1: The Costs and Benefits of Emerging Police Technologies** **Nathan Freed Wessler**, Staff Attorney, Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, American Civil Liberties Union **Alex Rosenblat**, Researcher and Technical Writer, Data & 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 | | **10:20 – 10:30 a.m.** | **Break** | | **10:30 – 10:45 a.m.** | [Download a video of Grover Norquist's Remarks](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-02.mp4) [Download a podcast of Grover Norquist's Remarks](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-02.mp3) Remarks by **Grover Norquist**, President, Americans for Tax Reform | | **10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.** | [Download a video of Panel 2](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-03.mp4) [Download a podcast of Panel 2](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-03.mp3) **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* | | **12:00 – 1:00 p.m.** | [Download a video of the lunch remarks](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-04.mp4) [Download a podcast of lunch remarks](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-04.mp3) **Lunch** With remarks by **Ronald L. Davis**, Director, Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice | | **1:00 – 2:15 p.m.** | [Download a video of Panel 3](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-05.mp4) [Download a podcast of Panel 3](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-05.mp3) **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 | | **2:15 – 3:30 p.m.** | [Download a video of Panel 4](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-06.mp4) [Download a podcast of Panel 4](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-06.mp3) **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 | | **3:30 – 3:45 p.m.** | **New Cato Survey: American Attitudes Towards the Police** [**Emily Ekins**](https://www.cato.org/people/emily-ekins), Cato Institute | | **3:45 – 4:00 p.m.** | [Download a video of "New Cato Survey" and closing remarks](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-12-01-15-07.mp4) [Download a podcast of "New Cato Survey" and closing remarks](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-12-01-15-07.mp3) **Closing Remarks** [**Adam Bates**](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-bates), Cato Institute | | **4:00 p.m.** | **Reception** | [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).