Selection of previous public speaking, media appearances and teaching:
“Law Enforcement Operations and Effectiveness” — Washington State House of Representatives, House Community Safety Committee Work Session — December 2025 — Olympia, WA and Virtual
Featured in “Why ‘clearance rates’ don’t tell the whole story about solving crimes” in Stateline on November 24, 2025
“Refocusing Policing: How We Can Get Better at Solving Crimes” — Reimagining Justice Conference — November 2025 — Minneapolis, MN
“Innovations in Police Recruitment” — University of Virginia — October 2025 — Fairfax, VA
Featured in “Six Republican governors sending National Guard troops to D.C.” segment — NPR Morning Edition — August 20, 2025
“Safer States: Shoring Up the Public Safety Workforce” — NCSL 2025 Summit — August 2025 — Boston, MA
“Real Solutions to Violent Crime” — CPAC 2025 — February 2025 — Washington, DC
Quoted in “State Public Safety Leaders are Meeting to Share Good Ideas” in The Abstract on February 20, 2025
“Understanding Violent Crime and the Policy Responses” — Hosted by Faith and Law — December 2024 — Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
“Using data and research to serve your governor and state” — Hosted by National Governors’ Association — August 2024 — Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
“Policing state teams” — Hosted by the National Conference of State Legislators — June 2024 — Charleston, South Carolina
“NYU faculty cross-cutting initiative on inequality” — Hosted by New York University — May 2024 — New York, NY
“Improving Crisis Response” — National Governors’ Association — April 2024 — virtual seminar
Quoted in “States and ‘Familiar Faces’ in the Justice System” in The Abstract on March 27, 2024
Quoted in “Across the Nation, a New Generation of Solutions-Oriented Sheriffs Take Office” in The Abstract on January 30, 2024
Quoted in “Medical Groups Disavow Discredited Excuse for Deaths in the Criminal Justice System” in The Abstract on January 26, 2024
Quoted in “As Foundation for ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis Cracks, Fallout Spreads” article — in KFF Health News on December 13, 2023
“Alternative emergency responses to police” — symposium hosted by RTI International — September 2023 — Durham, North Carolina
“Legislator policing academy” — Hosted by the National Conference of State Legislators — September 2023 — Tacoma, Washington
“Community expectations in police accountability” — State Attorneys General Police Oversight and Accountability Network at John Jay College of Criminal Justice — June 2023 — New York, NY
Quoted in “New Documentary Highlights Community-Centered Crisis Response Program in Durham, NC” article — in Yahoo News! and The Victoria Advocate on April 17, 2023
“Beyond Arrest: Prioritizing community safety and wellness” — Hosted by the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College — March 2023 — virtual seminar
“Police accountability policy and evidence-based research needs” — Seminar of the Evidence in Governance and Politics Network — October 2022 — Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Quoted in “Part 2: Building an Infrastructure Toward Police Accountability” article — regarding new state legislation focused on police decertification and licensure — by Diana D’Abruzzo in The Abstract on October 20, 2022
Quoted in “Part 1: Once an Outlier, New Jersey Is Making Inroads in Police Reform” article — regarding new state legislation focused on police decertification and licensure — by Diana D’Abruzzo in The Abstract on October 20, 2022
Quoted in “Bipartisan Reform Sweeps All 50 States” article — regarding new state legislation focused on police reform — by Michael Friedrich in The Abstract on September 15, 2022
Featured in “How Ideas of Public Safety Are Changing – In the U.S. and Across the Globe” article — regarding guest editor role of special issue of the Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being — by Evan Mintz in The Abstract on July 28, 2022
Quoted in “The Unique Value of Women Officers” article — regarding the 30×30 Initiative to advance women in policing — by Lauren Gill in The Abstract on May 12, 2022
“What’s the Role for International Grantmakers in Decolonizing Philanthropy?” — Hosted by the International Grantmakers Network of Philanthropy New York — May 2021 — New York, NY / virtual seminar
“Co-option or Cooperation? A critical look at criminal justice’s embrace of ‘public health approaches’ to opioid use” — Exploratory seminar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University — April 2021 — Cambridge, Massachusetts / virtual seminar
“Law Enforcement and Harm Reduction” — 6th Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference — March 2021 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / virtual global webinar
“Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug Offenses” — Guest Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York — February 2021 — New York, New York
Featured in VICE‘s “¿Qué nos enseña la construcción de un inodoro en una favela sobre el fracaso de la guerra contra las drogas?” — regarding article authored for MIT’s Projections on community development, right to the city, and harm reduction in Latin America — by Julio C. Londoño in VICE on November 20, 2020
“Policing and Public Health” — presenter in event hosted by Physicians for Human Rights on the impact of law enforcement practices in the age of COVID-19 — August 2020 — virtual global webinar
“Prisons in the COVID context: How community health systems work in the EECA region” — presenter in conference hosted by The Global Fund, FreeZone, International Renaissance Foundation, and Open Society Foundations — July 2020 — Kyiv, Ukraine / virtual global webinar
“Responding to COVID-19 Globally” — webinar moderator on global philanthropic responses and organizing efforts around Covid-19, hosted by Philanthropy New York (PNY) & the PNY International Grantmakers Network — April 2020 — virtual global webinar
Featured media interview in Foreign Policy‘s “Mexico is Setting a Global Example on HIV Treatment“ — regarding harm reduction services by community organizations along the northern Mexico border — by Anne Deslandes, published in Foreign Policy on November 13, 2019
“What’s Really Behind the Missing Women at Mexico’s Border?” — Host for book launch and discussion of City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands — July 2019 — New York, New York
“Alternatives to police-led responses: International examples on alternative responses for substance use and people experiencing emotional distress” — Guest Lecturer, New School University — April 2019 — New York, New York
“Drug decriminalization: Experiences from Portugal” — Facilitation of round-table presentation with Dr. João Goulão, Portugal National Drug Policy Coordinator and Baltimore and Maryland stakeholders — April 2019 — Baltimore, Maryland
Featured media interview on SiriusXM radio program “POTUS Politics – The Morning Briefing with Tim Farley” on drug use, harm reduction, and proposed border wall at U.S.-Mexico border — February 2019
“Community policing & vulnerable populations” — 4th Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference — October 2018 — Toronto, Canada
“Policing town hall” — 12th National Harm Reduction Conference — October 2018 — New Orleans, Louisiana
Featured media interview in “Volunteers may soon film cops on Sacramento streets. Will it curb use of force?” — regarding civilian videotaping of public police activity — Nashelly Chavez, The Sacramento Bee, March 17, 2018
“Key roles for police in harm reduction” — 25th Annual Harm Reduction Conference — May 2017 — Montréal, Canada
“Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion: a harm reduction and public health approach to drug enforcement” — 3rd Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference — October 2016 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Getting to LEAD: support for jurisdictions interested in replicating Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion” — 3rd Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference — October 2016 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): changing police practices” — 3rd Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference — October 2016 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Harm reduction and police 2: approaches to solutions” — 3rd Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference — October 2016 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Policing and public health: the importance of police reform in harm reduction” — Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School — March 2016 — New York City, USA
“Policing and public health: advancing harm reduction strategies in law enforcement practices” — public event — December 2015 — New York City, USA
“Statelessness around the world” — Statelessness Summer Course — August 2015 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
“Advocating for solutions to statelessness” — Statelessness Summer Course — August 2015 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
“Workshop on advocacy solutions to statelessness” — Statelessness Summer Course — August 2015 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
“Community lawyering” — Strategic Human Rights Litigation Course — July 2015 — Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Featured media interview in “NYPD Springs to Action to Save Vacations,” — regarding broken windows arrest quotas — by John Surico published by Vice on January 14, 2015.
Featured media interview in “The NYPD Is Taking a Holiday from Arresting People,” — regarding NYPD work slowdown and cessation of broken windows arrests — by John Surico published by Vice on January 2, 2015.
“Affecting Change: Exploring how and why action is taken on statelessness” — First Global Forum on Statelessness — Peace Palace, The Hague — September 2014
“Statelessness around the world” — Statelessness Summer Course — August 2014 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
“Community lawyering” — Strategic Human Rights Litigation Course — July 2014 — Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
“El Programa para la Identificación Policial Eficaz (PIPE)” [“The Program for Effective and Efficient Police Stop and Search (PIPE)”] — 3rd National Meeting of Local Police Managers & the 2nd National Seminar on Police Management of Diversity — May 2014 — Lleida, Spain
“International lessons on police stop and search” — Seminar on Police Stops with the São Paulo Military Police — March 2014 — São Paulo, Brazil
“Developing advocacy strategies to end statelessness” — Regional Southeast Asia Course on Statelessness — November 2013 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Bangkok, Thailand
“Workshop on litigating cases of statelessness” — Statelessness Summer Course — August 2013 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
“Statelessness in the Americas” — Statelessness Summer Course — August 2013 — UNHCR and Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
“Buenas y malas prácticas: lecciones aprendidas acerca de la identificacion policial policía” [Good and bad practices: international lessons learned on police stop and search”] — 2nd National Meeting of Local Police Managers & the 1st National Seminar on Police Management of Diversity — June 2013 — Córdoba, Spain
“Military protections for humanitarian assistance operations? Roles, experiences, challenges, and options” — 16th International Humanitarian Conference — January 2011 — Geneva, Switzerland
Testimony to the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council on the failure of the New York Police Department’s Advocate Office to conduct internal oversight on use of stop-and-frisk and racial profiling — January 2009 — New York City, USA
Expert presentation to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism regarding racial profiling and police violence against people of color in New York City — May 2008 — New York City, USA
