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Five Core Strategies of Smart Policing

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The Smart Policing Initiative makes law enforcement more effective and efficient by pairing researchers with practitioners for evidence-based policing strategies.

. This pre-arrest diversion initiative, led by the Madison Police Department, collaborated closely with local addiction treatment programs and public health experts to ensure comprehensive support and tailored ... and rigorous evaluations. SPI requires funded agencies to engage in formal research partnerships to examine implementation fidelity and evaluate the impact on public safety. This requirement ensures ... analysis, SPI focuses on the small percentage of people and places responsible for a large proportion of crime, aiming to improve public safety impacts. The Chronic Offender Recognition and Enforcement

Beijing’s Zero-COVID Dilemma

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James Bellacqua gives context to the recent protests of China's zero-COVID policy, and what these protests mean for Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party.

on from COVID-19 while the PRC has yet to do so. In its initial response to the demonstrations, Beijing has adopted a number of steps intended to manipulate public discussion with respect to the protests and the country’s approach to COVID-19 overall. These can be broadly summarized as follows: Limiting public discussion of the unrest  At the time of the writing, there has been no direct public comment on the demonstrations from senior PRC officials, PRC media has yet to report on them, and the topic is heavily censored on PRC social media platforms. Reaffirming the CCP’s approach

Dr. Rebekah Yang on Creatively Planning for Drone Traffic

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CNA’s Rebekah Yang innovated to apply her agent-based model for slowing the spread of COVID in corrections facilities to future drone air traffic scheduling.

for the FAA, I’ve had opportunities to work with different centers and different domains. So for example, right now I’m working with CNA’s Center for Public Health Preparedness and Resilience , supporting the US Department of Health and Human Services with a data visualization project. This project is pulling from some of the expertise we have in other centers. And who knows, maybe one day I’ll ... learning for public safety to developing a Navy Force Design Lab, CNA's most creative thinkers are continuously working on new approaches to help government solve the nation’s toughest problems. In our Meet

China’s COVID-19 Propaganda Campaign

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As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the world, Beijing is actively trying to shape how people remember the pandemic and China’s role in it.

the role of a responsible great power. This core narrative seeks to erase the Chinese government’s missteps from the public memory so that only China’s successes remain. Domestically, the Chinese ... extent of the outbreak in Wuhan and censoring online discussion to prevent the public from discussing its grievances. In place of alarming statistics and unvarnished accounts of human suffering, China’s ... publicly praised the World Health Organization (WHO) and defended it in the face of U.S. criticism, despite having kept vital information about the virus from the United Nations body and preventing

14 More COVID-19 Resources that Use Artificial Intelligence

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Andy and Dave, co-hosts of AI with AI, CNA’s popular podcast on artificial intelligence, have compiled a second annotated list of AI developments and resources related to COVID-19.

Bloomberg School of Public Health, is leading an effort to create a curated set of pandemic papers. The 2019 Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium focuses on quality over quantity. It complements OpenAI's CORD-19 effort. The Johns Hopkins effort focuses on studies in humans, and the intended readers are primarily health care workers and policymakers, as well as researchers. Discussed on "AI ... and a national health system. Discussed on "AI with AI" Podcast 3.27 https://covidcast.cmu.edu/ Facebook & Carnegie Mellon University COVID-19 Symptom Map: https://covid-survey.dataforgood.fb.com

Law Enforcement Innovates for the New Normal

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Law enforcement agencies have moved quickly to implement a wide range of practices to protect personnel and the public during this pandemic.

Law Enforcement Innovates for the New Normal Law enforcement agencies have moved quickly to implement a wide range of practices to protect personnel and the public during this pandemic. /images ... Institute of Public Research - Center for Justice Research and Innovation, officer and public safety is at the core of our mission. So we monitor emerging practices as law enforcement and the justice system respond to COVID-19. Agencies have moved quickly to implement a wide range of practices to protect personnel and the public during this pandemic. Some of these are stopgap measures that will have

COVID-19's Maximum Pressure Campaign on North Korea

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The spread of COVID-19 across the world is redefining the political and economic realities of every country on the planet. Every day sees scores of articles detailing how gmany are coping with the challenge.

epidemics to be a matter of national security, and the regime announced that it was implementing a “national emergency anti-epidemic system” for the country. Public health crises are a critical threat ... the population, the health care system would likely flounder completely. The North Korean regime’s initial response was rapid and forceful. While it does not excel at providing food or medicine to its ... , allowing them to quarantine until the meeting. If the virus has not been contained, this could be a great risk to the personal health and safety of North Korea’s elites. (Kim Jong Un himself

A Process for Using LLMs in a National Security Research Organization

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We collaborated across disciplines to develop a process to safely introduce large language models without compromising quality or national security.

processes to assess risk. The public servers that LLMs run on concerned us most. As a partner in U.S. national security, CNA operates under many rules that govern our information technology infrastructure and security—especially what we can put into the public space. LLMs potentially create risks, especially to proprietary and sensitive data. LLMs also introduce risks that could affect ... Information (CUI), nor any proprietary, privileged, protected health information, personally identifiable information, or business sensitive information. LLM users are responsible for any

What Can We Learn From Train Derailments?

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As the clean up continues after the East Palestine Train Derailment, John Kearse examines past incidents and how they can help stakeholders prepare for the future.

previous train accident responses. These include lack of coordination between the public and private sector, difficulties with preparing for the dual challenges of a train derailment and hazardous ... every seven train accidents. Even when allowed to return to their homes, residents of the affected area suffer lasting effects ranging from long-term health issues to livestock and water contamination ... can note common challenges and lessons learned, many of which are relevant to the events in East Palestine. Communication gaps between public and private sector The lasting impacts left

Returning to the Office

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Employers that would like to return to “the office” have a wide range of issues to consider when determining how to bring their staff back safely and in a way that maximizes employees’ peace of mind.

reimbursement for those who don’t feel comfortable using public transportation or carpooling. Building design considerations, including ventilation and open-plan vs individual offices, takes on a new level of importance, and options for teleworking become a public health and space issue rather than just a hip way to operate. Questions surrounding vaccination policies — and being asked to stay home