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Episode 60: Research Spotlight – GMU’s Center of Evidence Based Policing (Part 2)

January 2017

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Todd Maxwell with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera Team, interviews George Mason University’s Dr. Cynthia Lum to discuss the Center of Evidence Based Policing’s recent papers on prosecutors perceptions of BWCS and a research based examination of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing recommendations. Dr. Lum talks about research based recommendations, areas for more research and recommendations on implementing BWCs.

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Episode 60: Research Spotlight – GMU’s Center of Evidence Based Policing (Part 2)

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Episode 60: Research Spotlight – GMU’s Center of Evidence Based Policing (Part 2)

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