National Policing Institute
[5] Research supported by the National Policing Institute and conducted by collaborating scholars was also featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know[6] and in TIME (November, 2022).Training and technical assistance programs in areas including crisis response, gun violence reduction and gun crime investigation, officer safety, and rural crime reduction aim to improve responses to crime and victimization in communities throughout the U.S.[9] The National Policing Institute maintains a publication library as well as specialized collections, such as the After Action Review Library and the OnPolicing blog.The Institute publishes an annual report detailing its key work and accomplishments, new publications and financial overviews.[10] The National Policing Institute is overseen by an independent Board of Directors and led by its president, Jim Burch.[11] The National Policing Institute was launched exclusively with private support from the Ford Foundation in 1970[12] but operates today with funding support from many public (federal, state and local governments) and private sources as well as donations.