Services & Sample Projects
With nearly 20 years of experience in the legal and criminal justice fields, I can provide your organization with services that include:
Developing policies, directives, SOPs, manuals, and other written guidance.
Drafting and editing written work product, including practitioner guides, assessment reports, operational and policy guidelines, research reports, talking points, articles, and newsletters.
Conducting organizational and program assessments that involve interviews with stakeholders, in-person site visits, document and data reviews, and the development of research-based recommendations.
Performing open source and qualitative research.
Organizing, analyzing, and presenting data using Excel.
Conducting basic legal research and writing.
Click on the links for more information about my current & past projects:
Consultant for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Consent Decree Implementation Unit, with a focus on developing updated policies and compliance reports.
Consultant for the National Cased Closed Project (RTI International/Bureau of Justice Assistance), with a focus on conducting site visits, developing site recommendations and reports, and presenting at national conferences and webinars.
Consultant for the Johns Hopkins University Police Department, with a focus on developing JHPD’s first-ever set of policies and trainings.
Co-Authored the U.S. Department of Justice guidelines on body-worn cameras (Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)/Office of Community Oriented Policing Services) and assisted with PERF’s updated guidance in 2023.
Authored U.S. Department of Justice guidelines for strengthening homicide investigations (PERF/Bureau of Justice Assistance)
Developed national guidelines and authored reports regarding the police response to domestic violence and sexual assault, the police response to the opioid crisis, and police labor/management relationships.
Provided technical assistance and developed policy recommendations for local law enforcement agencies, including those in Springfield, MA, Fairfax County, VA; Winslow, AZ; Nassau County, NY; and Eugene, OR.
Testified about body-worn cameras before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Presented on BWCs at 16 conferences and in more than 40 media interviews, including with CBS News, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Developed the first-ever annual report for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) in Washington, DC.