The Future of Policing

Joseph A. Schafer is a faculty member in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Schafer's research focuses on policing, organizational change, leadership, communities and crime, citizen perceptions of police, and futures research in policing. He was the 2006-2007 President of Police Futurists International, is a member of the PFI/FBI Futures Working Group, serves on the advisory board for the Public Safety Leadership Development Consortium, and was a visiting scholar in the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI Academy (2006-2008). Michael E. Buerger is an associate professor of criminal justice at Bowling Green State University. As field director for the Minneapolis office of the Crime Control Institute, he was the onsite manager for two experiments funded by the National Institute of Justice, the problem-oriented RECAP Experiment and the Hot Spots of Crime Experiment, that reexamined the conclusions of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment. He was research director for the Jersey City (NJ) Police Department under another NIJ program, the Locally Initiated Research initiative. Richard W. Myers has served in policing since 1977. First appointed as a police chief in 1984, his leadership experience includes service as chief of police at two departments in his native Michigan, along with agencies in Illinois, Wisconsin, and, since 2007, as chief of the Colorado Springs, CO, police. He is a past president of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, the Society of Police Futurists International, and has served on the Board of the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Myers serves as Commissioner on the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Carl J. Jensen III is a 1978 graduate of the US Naval Academy. Dr. Jensen graduated from FBI New Agents Training in 1984 and served as a field agent in Atlanta, GA; Monterey, CA; and Youngstown, OH. In August 1992, Dr. Jensen reported to the FBI Laboratory where he received certification as a Racketeering Records Examiner. In June 1997, Dr. Jensen reported to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, where he instructed, conducted research, provided consultation, and served as Assistant Unit Chief. During this period, he founded the Futures Working Group, an organization dedicated to developing ethical and effective strategies for the future of law enforcement. Bernard H. Levin is professor of psychology at Blue Ridge Community College, where he has been since 1973. He is reserve major at the Waynesboro VA PD, where he has been sworn since 1976. Dr. Levin is a member of the Futures Working Group. Since 1998 he has served as a visiting scholar at the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI Academy. He is a member of the Traffic Law Enforcement Committee of the U.S. Transportation Research Board, is on the board of the Public Safety Leadership Development Consortium, and is chairman of the Ethics Advisory Panel of the High Tech Crime Consortium.