The 32nd Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference will take place in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Sheraton Inner Harbor, on September 12-14. The POP Conference brings together police officers of all ranks with crime consultants, researchers, and analysts from around the world to share innovative approaches to reducing crime and disorder. This year, the conference will feature an opening plenary discussion on the potential and pitfalls of using artificial intelligence in policing.

The conference will also feature sessions from this year’s finalists for the Herman Goldstein Award for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing, as well as other presenters. Program topics include the following:

• Reducing racial disparities through problem-oriented policing
• Teaching problem-solving skills
• Introduction to problem-oriented policing
• Stratified policing as an organizational model for POP
• Reducing gun violence
• Trafficking in counterfeit goods
• Leading an agency toward POP
• POP in the wilderness
• Controlling the nuisance of squeegee-men in Baltimore
• Training police officers on POP principles and methods
• Introduction to problem analysis
• Crime and disorder related to homelessness
• Illegal and dangerous vehicle parking
• Illegal snaring of wild animals
• Interviewing offenders for problem solving
• Problem-solving thinking tools
• SMART policing

For more information about the conference or to register go to the Problem-Oriented Policing Conference registration site. For questions about the conference, contact the POP Center at events@popcenter.org or by phone at 980-621-9337.

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