Bella Pezzati
Pedestrian stops, which allow officers to temporarily detain, question, and search a person once constitutional thresholds have been reached, should be limited to those with a clear public safety impact. Although they have been associated with reduced violent crime and increased firearm recovery, overreliance is not only likely to harm police-community relationships, including the public’s…
MORE ▸Ronald Weitzer received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985, and is currently professor emeritus at George Washington University. He is a criminologist, and much of his research has investigated police-minority relations and police accountability in the United States and other countries. He is the author of many journal articles and several…
MORE ▸William Taylor began his professional career in the insurance industry in 1975. In February 2012, Mr. Taylor formed Miravast, an investment management firm that specializes in the life settlements asset. As Founder of the firm, Mr. Taylor was responsible for establishing the firm’s strategy and general oversight of all of the firm’s functional areas. Prior…
MORE ▸Connie Rice is renowned for her unconventional approaches to tackling problems of inequity and exclusion. For example, she has teamed up with conservatives on education issues and the Los Angeles Police Department to support the Watts gang truce. Rice has received more than 50 major awards for her leadership of diverse coalitions, and her nontraditional…
MORE ▸Mary Beth O’Connor: Founder and managing partner Ironbound Film and Television Studios and Lucky VIII films. In 2015, O’Connor joined RKO Pictures under its chairman and ceo, Ted Hartley, coinciding with the company’s development of its legendary library for new film, television and live theatrical productions. Recent Broadway credits include The Girl From the North…
MORE ▸Tarrick McGuire began a career in public service with the Arlington, Texas, Police Department in 2003. During his tenure, he has served in multiple positions before being appointed to Assistant Police Chief in 2022. As a nationally recognized public speaker and published author, Chief McGuire has been a leading authority on community police relations, police…
MORE ▸Maurice A. Jones was appointed CEO of OneTen in March of 2021. OneTen is a coalition of leading chief executives and their companies who are coming together to upskill, hire and promote one million Black Americans over the next 10 years who do not yet have a four-year degree into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for…
MORE ▸Michael S. Harrison is the Commissioner of the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department’s. Before coming to Baltimore, Commissioner Harrison served in the New Orleans, Louisiana, Police Department (NOPD). He joined the NOPD in 1991 and ascended steadily through the ranks. He was appointed to Superintendent in 2014 and led the department for over four years. Commissioner…
MORE ▸James Forman Jr. is the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He attended public schools in Detroit, New York City, and Atlanta, then Brown University and Yale Law School. Forman began his legal career as a staff attorney at Washington D.C.’s Public Defender Service.
MORE ▸Robin S. Engel, PhD, a nationally known and highly respected criminologist, has served as a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Director of the Center for Police Research and Policy. From 2015 to 2019, she served as UC’s Vice President for Safety and Reform, where her administrative duties included oversight…
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