Building Bridges with the Pennsylvania State Police: An Assessment of Community Intervention

Groundwork: High-profile cases of excessive use of force have contributed to a “legitimacy crisis” in policing.1,6,7,8 The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) created and implemented the Building Bridges program to improve police-community relations in response. The effectiveness of these programs is unknown.

Research Question: Does exposure to the PSP’s Building Bridges intervention improve perceptions of police?

Approach: Conducted a multi-year pre- and post-test empirical assessment of the Building Bridges intervention.

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Work Title Building Bridges with the Pennsylvania State Police: An Assessment of Community Intervention
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Creators
  1. Ziwei Lin
  2. Lam Vo
  3. Jazzmine McCauley
  4. Makaylah Bangura
  5. Ray Ncube
  6. Katelyn Kurtz
License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives)
Work Type Poster
Acknowledgments
  1. Nicholas J. Rowland
  2. Alexander B. Kinney
  3. Nathan E. Kruis
Publication Date 2023
DOI doi:10.26207/0cxg-vf02
Deposited October 03, 2024

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    • Groundwork: High-profile cases of excessive use of force have contributed to a “legitimacy crisis” in policing.1,6,7,8 The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) created and implemented the Building Bridges program to improve police-community relations in response. The effectiveness of these programs is unknown.
    • Research Question: Does exposure to the PSP’s Building Bridges intervention improve perceptions of police?
    • Approach: Conducted a multi-year pre- and post-test empirical assessment of the Building Bridges intervention.
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