Community Policing Conference Underway In East Austin

EAST AUSTIN, TX — The first Big Data & Community Policing Conference — organized by the Austin Police Department and the nonprofit MEASURE — continues through Saturday.

Kicked off on Thursday, the conference brings together law enforcement leaders, activists, tech developers, students analysts, citizens and stakeholders in learning more about data-driven community policing. The aforementioned nonprofit group conducts research on the impacts of community policing.

Participants are encouraged to join in on the the conversation while learning about the challenges and solutions of the method through dynamic sessions. The conference explores current and emerging efforts to improving the relationship between citizens and police through uses of data that increase transparency, build community trust and strengthen accountability, according to the APD.

Among the speakers are Austin Mayor Steve Adler; APD Chief Brian Manley; Nelson Linder of the NAACP; Dr. Rebecca Neusteter of the Vera Institute; Glen Brooks of Chicago Police Department; Dr. Dee Miller of Dell; Dr. Nancy La Vigne of the Urban Institute and other leaders in 21st century policing and research.

2017 Big Data & Community Policing Conference sponsors and supporters include: Mark43, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin Police Department, Grassroots Leadership, Travis County Constables, Austin Justice Coalition and the Urban Institute.

The conference is being staged at the George Carver Museum & Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina St. from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, and 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28.

For more information and registration, click here.

Editor's note: This story has been revised to convey that Dr. Nancy La Vigne works at the Urban Institute, not the Vera Institute as previously reported. Patch regrets the error.

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