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strengthen NIJ as an agency and ensure the impact of NIJ ’ s work in the field . Courtesy of NIJ and YouTube )
“ Public safety relies on community partnerships , innovative technology , problem solving and researchbased policing policies and practices ,” said NIJ Director Nancy Rodriguez .
“ These awards represent NIJ ’ s continued commitment to advance policing science .”
The awards specifically help identify strategies to reconnect the police with the communities they serve , improve officer wellness and safety , protect the privacy of witnesses and victims of crime , combat child pornography , and address unprocessed sexual assault evidence .
Following are today ’ s award recipients and titles of their projects :
• The Police Foundation , Washington , D . C .
• The National Police Research Platform : Phase 3 ($ 1,799,002 ) and
• A New Approach to Utilizing Evidence from Sexual Assault Kits in Texas : Benefits and Costs of a Universal Testing Statute ($ 235,794 )
• Florida State University , Tallahassee , Fla .
• Targeted Forensic Data Extraction From Mobile Devices ($ 541,232 )
• National Opinion Research Center , Chicago , Ill .
• Law Enforcement Officers Safety and Wellness : A Multi-Level Study ($ 970,795 )
• New York University , New York , N . Y .
• Advanced learning techniques for detection of contraband video ($ 465,815 )
• Old Dominion University Research Foundation , Norfolk , Va .
• Assessing Procedural Justice during Police- Citizen Encounters with Officer Surveys , Citizen Surveys , And Systematic Social Observations ($ 392,986 )
• Syracuse University , Syracuse , N . Y .
• Police Officer Learning , Mentoring , and Racial Bias in Traffic Stops ($ 279,810 )
• University of South Carolina , Columbia , S . C .
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• An Evaluation of a Social Interaction Training Program to Reduce the Use of Force and Build Legitimacy ($ 799,454 )
• Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation , Atlanta , Ga .
• Remote Methods for Volunteering Evidence on Mobile Devices ($ 438,161 )
• University of Rhode Island , Kingston , R . I .
• Deep Patrol : Finding Illicit Videos for Law Enforcement ($ 396,686 )
In response to a number of serious conflicts between law enforcement and the communities they serve , President Obama formed the task force to identify best practices and recommend ways policing methods can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust .
( Michael Davis , Director of Public Safety at Northeastern University , discusses the concept of procedural justice and how it can be integrated into policing operations to improve community relations and address crime challenges . Courtesy of NIJ and YouTube )
The results and recommendations are detailed in the Final Report of The President ’ s Task Force on 21st Century Policing , issued in May 2015 . The report and its Implementation Guide are located here : http :// www . cops . usdoj . gov / pdf / taskforce / Task- Force _ FinalReport . pdf ; http :// www . cops . usdoj . gov / pdf / taskforce / Implementation _ Guide . pdf . More information on NIJ ’ s programs is located here : www . nij . gov .
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