Emerging Scholars Program Accepting Application

The CPLE Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) is currently accepting applications. ESP seeks to provide opportunities to graduate students to pursue research that supports the mission of the CPLE. The applicant must be a full-time graduate student in an M.A. or Ph.D. program in psychology, sociology, criminal justice, political science, economics, or a related discipline. Please read more about this exciting opportunity here.

Russell Sage Foundation Funds CPLE

The Russell Sage Foundation granted the CPLE two years of funding ($344,000) on Friday, November 6, 2009. The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF), located in New York City, is the principal American Foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. RSF is a research center, a funding source for studies by scholars at other academic and research institutions, and an active member of the nation’s social science community.  This grant will allow the CPLE to conduct research with numerous law enforcement agencies across the United States.  The CPLE would like to thank the Russell Sage Foundation for their generous support.  More information about the foundation can be found here.

New Online Database of Prejudice and Conflict Resolution

CPLE researcher, Betsy Levy Paluck, launched a new online database of prejudice and conflict reduction studies, a bibliography of approximately 1,000 empirical reports of interventions to reduce prejudice and/or intergroup conflict. The database consists of laboratory and field-based studies, examining interventions from priming to affirmative action policy.  Please explore the website by clicking here.

CPLE Launches Emerging Scholars Program!

The CPLE Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) is designed to allow accomplished graduate students the opportunity to learn how to conduct research with law enforcement agencies on equity issues.  Applications information is now available on the website and by contacting CPLE staff at research@policingequity.org.  Please let us know if you are interested in learning more, and pass this information along to the talented graduate students you know who might find this an attractive opportunity.

CPLE goes to Brazil

The U.S. State Department asked Co-founders Drs. Keesee and Goff to take part in a joint Brazil/U.S. initiative to end racial discrimination.  Drs. Keesee and Goff will share findings on the contemporary science of racial bias in policing and how contemporary law enforcement can use social science to improve the equitable delivery of public safety.  The two day conference is being held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and will include experts from the world of policy, law enforcement, and academia from both participating nations.

Wave 1 Research Completed in Salt Lake City, UT

The CPLE has just completed Wave 1 of data collection of residents of Salt Lake City, UT and officers with the SLCPD. We were aided by a great team of CPLE-trained researchers in Salt Lake City and the integral support of Chief Burbank. Our surveys sought to better understand people’s attitudes towards SB81 specifically as well as broader issues such as crime reporting. We will be releasing our preliminary results to the media soon, so stay posted!

CPLE Executive Director of Research weighs in on Gates Case

To read the full article and learn more about race in America, where we’ve come and where we need to go, visit the New York Times Opinion Section: The Gates Case and Racial Profiling

MCC Support

The CPLE is excited to receive the formal support of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.  We would like to thank Chief Davis, Chief Burbank, Chief Hurtt, and Chief Whitman for their continuing support and leadership in equity issues across law enforcement.

CPLE News Update

The CPLE is happy to report that the New York Summit for Police Leadership in Equity in February was a categorical success.  We are now working with 9 Police Departments across North America, all of whom are dedicated to improving racial and gender equity in policing.

This week, Dr. Goff is presenting the work of the CPLE at the Major Cities Chiefs/National Executive Institute Associates meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho.  There, he will be briefing law enforcement executives on the progress of the CPLE and how they might use the Consortium as a resource to further their equity goals.

Dr. Goff and Chief Keesee have recently been invited by Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to present at the 45^th anniversary of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  CPLE partners will present research in relation to Title VI-specifically research on the contemporary science of racial bias, racial profiling based on race and ethnicity, and racial profiling based on national origin.  The CPLE is excited by this opportunity to engage the Department of Justice on these important issues.

Please continue to check in with us to see what is coming up for the CPLE.  And please do not hesitate to use our contact page if you have questions about our methodologies or how to get involved.

Welcome!

As executive directors of the CPLE, we would like to welcome you to this exciting new initiative.  Founded in July of 2008, the CPLE is a joint initiative between scholars (like Executive Director of Research, Phillip Atiba Goff) and law enforcement executives (like Executive Director of Operations, Tracie L. Keesee) and is the first research consortium dedicated to issues of racial and gender equity in policing.  Since we launched last year, we have been busy getting the word out and expanding the research we began in Denver to the departments committed to leadership in these issues.

We have now begun partnerships with three new agencies (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Toronto Police Service, and Houston Police Department) and are looking forward to the first ever Summit for Police Leadership in Equity, to be hosted by the Russell Sage Foundation on February 26, where 15 of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in North America will join us in our efforts to achieve leadership in equity through excellence in research.  This site is intended as a tool for both law enforcement agencies who would like to know about the cutting edge research that can help your departments and researchers who would like to know more about our methodologies or how to get involved.  So, please enjoy the website and be in touch!