Improving Police & Citizen Communication: A Community Workshop (Past Event)

Everyday Respect is a groundbreaking collaborative research project between USC, UC Riverside, and Georgetown that measures police officer communication during motor vehicle stops. Using exclusive access to police body camera footage, we will examine how officers’ communication early on in a stop shapes how the interaction unfolds, including whether or not it escalates. We will also examine whether race, gender, class or other disparities exist in how community members are treated during stops, as well as how factors like race, disability status, community context, and officer training interact to shape how officers communicate.

The Everyday Respect research team, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Ben Graham works with nonprofit partner The LEWIS Registry to ensure that this research is translated into practice that meaningfully serves the community. The LEWIS BRIDGES Program is a grassroots community effort built to foster safer interactions between potentially vulnerable citizens and police officers in LA and…