PERFcast
The official podcast of the Police Executive Research Forum.
Episodes
18 episodes
Tucson Chief Chad Kasmar on cultivating strong leaders and TPD’s 'Struggle Well' program
In this episode, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with Tucson Police Chief Chad Kasmar.Joining the Tucson Police Department in 2000, Kasmar was sworn in as the city's police chief in December 2021. Chief Kasmar received PERF's...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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28:12
A Life Devoted to Getting the Story Right: Al Baker Reflects on His Career
In this episode, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with Al Baker, who currently serves as the director of communications for the New York State Unified Court System. The son of a lieutenant in the NYPD Emergency Service U...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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40:28
PERF-HBCU Intern Experiences: Episode 3
The PERF-HBCU Internship Program podcast series wraps up with three students who spent their summers inside police departments in the Midwest.We hear from:Thomas Barnes, Morehouse College (GA), Chicago Police Department (IL)Ayia...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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24:46
PERF-HBCU Intern Experiences: Episode 2
In the second episode in this series on the PERF-HBCU Internship Program, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with two students from Harris-Stowe University in Missouri. Despite their shared alma mater, these students had diverse experi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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17:48
PERF-HBCU Intern Experiences: Episode 1
In the first episode of a three-part series, we hear from participants of the PERF-HBCU Internship Program. This episode features interviews between PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler and three students from Historically Black Co...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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40:55
Commissioner Danielle Outlaw discusses her experience in Philadelphia, Portland, and Oakland
Danielle Outlaw has held police leadership roles in three very challenging cities. She spent the first 20 years of her career with the Oakland Police Department, rising to serve as deputy chief from 2013-2017. From 2017-2019, she w...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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36:00
How LAPD Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Policing
Pioneering uses of artificial intelligence have begun to find their way into a broad range of professions – including policing. The Los Angeles Police Department recently announced a new research study that will use AI to analyze LAPD officers’...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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14:43
Chuck Wexler Speaks with Former New Orleans Police Superintendent and Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison
In this episode of PERFcast, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with former Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. Harrison discusses his early days in the New Orleans Police Department leading up to his appointment as superin...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:08:50
What's It Like Being the Police Chief in the Hottest City in the Country?
In this episode of PERFcast, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler talks with Phoenix Police Chief Michael Sullivan about the challenges his department faces during the city's historic heatwave.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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10:11
Building Public Trust Episode 6: An In-Depth Look at One Agency’s Approach to Rebuilding Community Trust: Camden County (NJ) Police Department: Part 2
In part two, Chuck talks with current Chief Gabe Rodriguez, a Camden native, and Camden community members about their experiences in the city before and after the reform.Speakers (6) in order of appearance: Dustin Water...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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54:58
Building Public Trust Episode 6: An In-Depth Look at One Agency’s Approach to Rebuilding Community Trust: Camden County (NJ) Police Department: Part 1
In part one, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with former Chief Scott Thomson, who was the first chief of the new department, about the state of crime and community trust in the beginning before the reform and the actions taken to re...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:51
Building Public Trust Episode 5: Building Trust with Youth
In this episode, youth leaders and police share successful strategies for engaging and establishing trust with youth to improve overall community relationships with police, as well as reduce crime. Speakers (12) in order of appeara...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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25:45
Building Public Trust Episode 4: Challenges to Building Trust and Ways to Overcome Them: Part 2
Central to the conversation about public trust in police are the historical and current incidents that have exacerbated mistrust. In part two of this episode, community members and police leaders share how discussing these events can narrow the...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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34:21
Building Public Trust Episode 4: Challenges to Building Trust and Ways to Overcome Them: Part 1
In this two-part episode, police, academics, and community members share the challenges they have experienced in building trust and strategies to overcome them. Part one explains why conventional surveys and community engagement programs are un...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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46:23
Building Public Trust Episode 3: Law Enforcement and Community Views on Building Public Trust
In this episode, police and community members discuss how they define trust. Police leaders then share how they have integrated these trust building principles into their department’s operations and how they can measure community needs and sent...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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33:55
Building Public Trust Episode 2: Today's Lessons from the 2016 White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing
In this episode, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler interviews the co-chairs of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing - former Commissioner Chuck Ramsey (Philadelphia Police Department) and Laurie Robinson (Professor Emerita at ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:56
Building Public Trust Episode 1: Distinguishing Your Agency from the National Narrative on Police-Community Trust
In this episode, police leaders and community members will establish the foundation for the rest of the series by discussing how police agencies can differentiate themselves from the national narrative by building trust with the local community...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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15:23
The Birth of NYPD's Hostage Negotiation Unit with "Talk to Me" Host Edward Conlon
PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with NYPD Communications Officer and former detective Edward Conlon. Learn about "Talk to Me," the podcast series that details the birth of hostage negotiations and how the NYPD pioneered key te...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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25:19