Building Public Trust Episode 2: Today's Lessons from the 2016 White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing

In this episode, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler interviews the co-chairs of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing - former Commissioner Chuck Ramsey (Philadelphia Police Department) and Laurie Robinson (Professor Emerita at George Mason University, and former Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Office of Justice Programs). They discuss how the national landscape of police-community trust has changed since the Task Force published its report in 2016 and the lessons learned that are still relevant today.

Speakers (5) in order of appearance:  

• Dustin Waters, PERF Editor and Audio Engineer 
• Rachel Apfelbaum, PERF Writer, Producer, and Narrator 
• Chuck Wexler, PERF Executive Director 
• Laurie Robinson, Co-Chair White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report, Professor Emerita at George Mason University, and former Assistant Attorney General for DOJ Office of Justice Programs 
• Chuck Ramsey, Co-Chair White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report, former Commissioner of Philadelphia (PA) Police, former Chief of MPD, and former Deputy Superintendent of Chicago PD 

Resources mentioned in episode: 

• White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report (https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/taskforce/taskforce_finalreport.pdf)  
• 2023 update – Task Force on 21st Century Policing: A Renewed Call to Action https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ad62e3aec4eb7c4b00e03a0/t/644718fc677c5618827f6d40/1682381053513/Task_Force_Call_to_Action_Final_42523.pdf  
• Evidence Assessment of Task Force Recommendations https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/all/s/StartingwithWhatWorksBrochureWeb.pdf  

This podcast series is part of the Critical Issues in Policing series, supported by the Motorola Solutions Foundation.

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