May 2022

Getting More Out of Policing in the US

Jens Ludwig Max Kapustin

VoxEU explainer of the management insights drawn from the Strategic Decision Support Centers evaluation.

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Policing Leadership Academy (PLA) Overview
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Policing Leadership Academy (PLA) Overview

Aug 2025

Read an overview of the Policing Leadership Academy (PLA), a first of-its-kind program launched in May 2023 to train America’s policing leaders working in some of our most violent neighborhoods.

Policing Leadership Academy Advisory and Research Committees
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Policing Leadership Academy Advisory and Research Committees

May 2025

View the members of the PLA’s advisory and research committees.

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This evaluation explores the early effects of the Chicago Police Department’s Area Technology Centers (ATCs), first launched in 2019 to provide specialized investigative support in homicide and nonfatal shooting investigations.

Video: Reducing Violence and Improving Policing
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Video: Reducing Violence and Improving Policing

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This video offers a glimpse into the Policing Leadership Academy, a violence reduction initiative designed to prevent violent crime, support officers, and improve fairness and effectiveness in policing throughout some of the country’s most violent neighborhoods.

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Former NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey Named Executive Director of the Policing Leadership Academy
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UChicago Crime Lab
Jan 2026

Former NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey Named Executive Director of the Policing Leadership Academy

CHICAGO, IL — The University of Chicago Crime Lab today announced that Kenneth E. Corey has been appointed Executive Director of its Policing Leadership Academy (PLA), a first-of-its-kind executive education program designed to help police leaders reduce gun violence and build trust in the communities they serve.

Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows
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Jan 2026

Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows

The AP’s Claudia Lauer speaks with Crime Lab faculty director Jens Ludwig about the declining homicide rate in cities across the United States.

What it will take to fix American policing
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The Washington Post
Jan 2026

What it will take to fix American policing

Host Megan McArdle speaks with former New York City police commissioner William Bratton and former NYPD chief and new Policing Leadership Academy executive director Kenneth E. Corey about their work at the Academy and the program’s goals to reduce violence and improve fairness in policing.