2022 Community Relations

Episode 198 | Just Emerging Technologies in Policing

Original Release Date: March 25, 2022 In the final episode of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Mike Planty, the Director of RTI’s Center for Community Safety, to discuss how emerging technologies in policing affect community relations.  Evaluating community sentiments about their respective police departments is an important part of ensuring […]

Episode 197 | Just Responding to Cases of Interpersonal Violence

Original Release Date: March 18, 2022 In episode three of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Nick Richardson, a research analyst in RTI’s Center for Community Safety, to discuss disparities in police responses to cases of interpersonal violence.  Addressing racial, socioeconomic, and other inequities in arrests is critical to improving community […]

Episode 196 | Just Alternatives to Traditional Law Enforcement Responses

Original Release Date: March 11, 2022 In episode two of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Lieutenant Renae Lockhart and Azalea Garza-Orozco with the ACORNS Unit at the Raleigh Police Department, as well as Brian Aagaard, a research analyst at RTI’s Applied Justice Research Division, to discuss alternative responses to traditional law enforcement.  […]

Episode 195 | Just Reforming Pretrial Policies

Original Release Date: March 4, 2022 In episode one of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Monica Sheppard, a research analyst, and Dr. Yamanda Wright, a research psychologist in RTI’s Transformative Research Unit for Equity (TRUE), to discuss reforming American pretrial policies. Researchers have closely followed the racial and economic disparities that […]