At Center for Innovations in Community Safety hearing the future of alternative response with Tahir Anderson Duckett, Moki Macias + team from Atlanta’s PAD, Raven Loaiza from Dayton Mediation Unit, Anne Larson & the CSG Justice Team, Laquisha Grant from NYC B*Heard, Elliot Jones of Oakland’s MACRO & 170 others.

I’m at Georgetown Law as the IAEMSC representative participating with our friends from NYU School of Law Policing Project & the Georgetown School of Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety on the Future of Alternative First Response: Building Sustainable & Scalable Programs - an incredible program

Packed house ⁦Center for Innovations in Community Safety⁩ ⁦Policing Project⁩ convening on building alternatives to police response. This work is the future.

"We are here today because we believe in the power of change. We want to build a community where alternative response is no longer alternative, but the norm." -Darius Baxter of GOODProjects

“People are serious about redefining the role of police and what problems are better suited for other people to solve. We can’t wait for research - but we have to measure while we innovate - especially to look for unintended consequences.” NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne w/ Barry Friedman [email protected]

Faculty Director Barry Friedman [email protected] kicks off a conversation with Tahir Anderson Duckett and NIJ Director NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne on measuring and evaluating the impact of alternative first response programs.

NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne: “The true experts are the people who are living and experiencing the issues”

"The shift towards non-police responses to mental health and other calls for service is a consequential one." 📝 Tahir Anderson Duckett ti.me/44FdJ3V

“A system of alternative first response represents a framework in which cities begin to respond to people with the care they need–not just the gun, badge, and handcuffs we have available,” said Tahir Anderson Duckett, Executive Director of Center for Innovations in Community Safety. time.com/6293747/altern…

Last month, we held a convening on non-police alternative first response with Center for Innovations in Community Safety for an opportunity to meet, learn, share ideas, and discuss the future of this growing field. Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=V7fd-G…

Come work with Center for Innovations in Community Safety and me as a Senior Research Analyst on community safety projects! georgetown.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Georgeto…