Oct
6
1:30 PM13:30

Webinar: What Should the Next 25 Years of Public Safety Look Like?

As the nation marks its 250th anniversary, we're looking not only at how public safety systems have evolved, but where they're going next. How should emergency response change over the next five, ten, or twenty five years? How can communities use forces like rapidly changing technology to build systems that are more responsive, effective, and sustainable?

Drawing on insights from the Policing Project at NYU School of Law's 2026 Advancing the Field of Alternative Response national convening, this conversation looks at how data, new technology, and permanent non-police response models can work together so emergency calls get the right response, and so the system works better for responders and communities alike.

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Jun
4
to Jun 5

2026 Advancing the Field of Alternative Response Convening: Establishing Permanence

Join national leaders in Chicago for two days of panels and conversation focused on “Establishing Permanence”— ensuring that alternative response becomes a recognized profession and a durable part of public safety systems. These programs are no longer “alternative”, they are becoming integral components of the public safety and wellness infrastructure.

Historically, 911 systems dispatch police to all types of emergencies—mental health crises, wellness checks, disputes—regardless of whether police are the best-equipped responders. Alternative response programs take a different approach, sending unarmed professionals like clinicians, peer responders, or mediators to appropriate calls. These programs are growing rapidly, but the work still lacks the structure and visibility of a true field.

That’s why this convening matters. Just like doctors, lawyers, police officers, and every other profession, practitioners in this field need infrastructure: standards, support systems, and a strong network. They need a professional identity, and they need a regular space to connect, reflect, and grow together. And they need a name (ideally, without a transient descriptor like “alternative”) that reflects their permanence in the public safety ecosystem.

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Apr
27
to Apr 28

2026 Convening on Right-Sizing Traffic Enforcement

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Join the Traffic Safety for All Coalition and the Policing Project at NYU School of Law as we build a community of practice to reassess and right-size the role of enforcement in traffic safety. Throughout this convening, we’ll identify opportunities to build evidence on innovative traffic enforcement efforts and elevate replicable policy and legislative reforms.

The Convening on Right-Sizing Traffic Enforcement will provide municipal leaders, researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders from both the road safety and criminal justice fields an opportunity to come together and engage deeply on promising practices. Topics of panels will include: decriminalizing non-safety stops, civilian traffic enforcement, balancing enforcement with preventative street safety measures, traffic-related technology, and more.

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