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Dawn Thomas

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Dawn Thomas is a co-director of CNA’s Center for Emergency Management and Operations and is the director of CNA’s Center for Critical Incident Analysis.

an active role in the analyses of real-world operations, including evaluations of local, state and federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, severe traffic on Virginia's I-95 during a January 2022 ... Thomas-Dawn Dawn Thomas is a co-director of CNA’s Center for Emergency Management and Operations and is the director of CNA’s Center for Critical Incident Analysis. /images/Experts/Thomas-Dawn.webp Dawn Thomas is a co-director of the Center for Emergency Management and Operations and director of the Center for Critical Incident Analysis. She is an expert in large-scale incident planning

Brittany Cunningham

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Brittany Cunningham is a CNA expert in scientific research and analysis, specializing in using evidence-based approaches to support law enforcement operations and reform.

Cunningham-Brittany Brittany Cunningham is a CNA expert in scientific research and analysis, specializing in using evidence-based approaches to support law enforcement operations and reform. /images ... studies and evaluations at the local, state and national level. Cunningham specializes in using evidence-based approaches and quantitative and qualitative analysis to support law enforcement agency operations and organizational reform. At CNA, she has led and supported grants and projects from federal agencies including the Department of Justice, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland

Daniel Lawrence

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Daniel Lawrence is a CNA expert in law enforcement technologies and analytics as well as methods to improve police-community relations.

Ventures and the MacArthur Foundation. Lawrence uses rigorous evidence-based approaches and quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess law enforcement agency operations and organizational reform. Before coming to CNA, Lawrence worked at the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center and RTI International's Policing Research Program, where he led multiple evaluations of policing technologies

Bryce Peterson

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Bryce Peterson is a CNA expert in corrections and policing focusing on body-worn cameras, correctional center safety, and criminal justice operations efficacy.

Peterson-Bryce Bryce Peterson is a CNA expert in corrections and policing focusing on body-worn cameras, correctional center safety, and criminal justice operations efficacy. /images/Experts/Peterson-Bryce.webp Bryce Peterson is an expert in corrections and policing. His research focuses on body-worn cameras and other technologies, correctional safety and contraband, and other policies and programs that improve the efficacy of criminal justice operations. His work includes evaluations, policy analyses, and technical assistance projects. Prior to joining CNA, Peterson was a principal

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 13, April 21, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 13, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

to deal with major changes that occur during operations, use standardized procedures, inherit content, and make timely decisions. Evaluations of the ability to formulate plans. Criteria ... , differentiate between forces, and design operations according to specific plans and capabilities. Evaluations of command and control capabilities. Criteria for evaluating command and control capabilities ... that evaluations of intelligent command systems involve: Evaluations of situational awareness capabilities. Criteria for evaluating situational awareness capabilities include the ability

pla update: Issue 12, July 17, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 12, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

foundation for fighting as a joint force and winning future battles. He called for research into innovative ways to organize and execute basic training, including standardized training evaluations and the use ... that even as future battlefields become less reliant on the direct physical participation of humans, people's war still has relevance in terms of supporting the operations conducted by AI and autonomous ... " or "people on the loop" of operations executed by intelligent machines. The NDU authors also pointed out areas in which intelligent technologies could be used to improve civilians' ability to support

Jason Thomas

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Jason Thomas Jason E. Thomas, Ph.D. Vice President and Director, Operational Warfighting Division, Director, Operations Evaluation Group /images/About-Us/Leadership/Jason-Thomas.webp Dr. Jason Thomas is the vice president and director of CNA’s Operational Warfighting Division, and the director of CNA’s Operations Evaluation Group. He has wide-ranging experience in systems analysis and operations research, working on such issues as preparedness assessments, warfighting requirements, operational evaluations, formal IT development, and intelligence fusion. His most recent work at CNA

Independent Audit of the Little Rock PD

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CNA’s Center for Justice Research and Innovation conducted an independent audit of the Little Rock Police Department.

and weaknesses of LRPD’s operations with in the following areas: Personnel policies and procedures Training and professional standards Accountability system data Performance evaluations

Racial Bias Audit of Albany NY PD

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This audit will provide baseline information to inform the City of Albany’s response to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Executive Order No. 203: New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative.1 In August of 2020, the City of Albany, through a competitive bid, selected the CNA Center for Justice Research and Innovation to conduct a racial bias audit of the Albany, Police Department.

audit included: Assess and monitor APD’s internal operations, policies, procedures, and practices to detect the presence of implicit bias and systemic racial bias. Collect and analyze data related ... seek evaluations of these programs to determine their effectiveness and help allocate resources among them. There are community concerns that past proposed reforms have not been implemented, along

cna talks: Hurricane Harvey Recovery

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As initial search and rescue operations in Houston shift to long-term recovery efforts, three CNA experts discuss the various challenges Houston will face based on their experiences with large-scale disaster recovery efforts.  Monica Giovachino moderates as Jason McNamara and Dawn Thomas share perspectives gathered from years of experience working at FEMA and studying disaster response, including major concerns from housing and mass care to considering important questions for federal and local agencies as one of America’s largest cities begins to recover and rebuild.

Hurricane Harvey Recovery As initial search and rescue operations in Houston shift to long-term recovery efforts, three CNA experts discuss the various challenges Houston will face based ... programs for federal, state, and local agencies. She has led evaluations of complex, national exercises, as well as real-world incidents, including the 2013 mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard ... of the busiest, and most costly, disaster seasons on record. Dawn Thomas is an Associate Director in CNA’s Safety & Security Division.  She has contributed to the analyses of real-world operations, including