New at PNAS Nexus: Can we use body cams to see how police-community interactions change in response to training? @rfpvjr and I analyze language from traffic stops during the Oakland Police Department’s rollout of procedural justice training. (1/7)

The question right now is not whether AI can be applied to body cameras, but how it will be applied and whose interest. Our hope is this paper can link the discussions in academia, policing, and tech to answer these questions. (5/5).

We also need to ask how footage is governed, analyzed and used. Agencies may use language as a shallow metric, opening the door to their manipulation. Analysts may use opaque models to capture social outcomes. And platforms may operate as gatekeepers, not facilitators. (4/5)

We’ve used NLP to look at patterns in large numbers of body camera recordings: police respect, patterns in escalated traffic stops, or changes following training. There are opportunities to expand NLP tools to uncover many other trends. (3/5)

We usually think about body cameras as an intervention to “civilize” police interactions, or a source of evidence in the courtroom. But these devices capture thousands of encounters each day. How can we capture the richness of these recordings at scale? (2/5).

Taser was a weapon company. Then it was a body camera company. Now it’s a body camera data company. @rfpvjr and I look at some of the promises and challenges of applying natural language processing to BWC footage in a new article (1/5)

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The common thread: a narrow definition of racism can’t capture how it shapes our lives or how to combat it. This semester, we’ve seen how the push towards homogeneity, exclusion, and inequality happens at different levels. It also means there are many opportunities for change.

Some focused on how organizations —schools, police departments, workplaces— operate. Others spoke to the power of place and history. Some talks identified commonalities across identities, while other presentations approached race as a unique context.

Thank you to our speakers and staff who made our fall @RCGD_ISR speaker series a success! Each of the talks answered the questions of what makes systemic racism systemic, and how structural elements of race can be represented in our discipline.

RT @RCGD_ISR: Sophie Trawalter spoke on past and contemporary impacts of confederate monuments and their removal at yesterday's @RCGD_ISR s….

RT @RCGD_ISR: Sophie Trawalter @UVA presents today on the social psychology of confederate monuments. Join us at 3:30 at @umisr 1430 for th….

RT @RCGD_ISR: Wrapping up the @RCGD_ISR seminar series on systemic racism, Sophie Trawalter presents next week on the social psychology of….

RT @PNASNexus: Analysis of body-cam footage reveals that police officers in Oakland, CA, used more respectful communication during traffic….

RT @RCGD_ISR: Myles Durkee @DrDurkee presents at TODAY's @RCGD_ISR seminar: "Racial Code-Switching in America: Psychological and Profession….

RT @RCGD_ISR: Myles Durkee @DrDurkee presents the next @RCGD_ISR seminar on racial code-switching in America. Don't miss it Monday at 3:30….

RT @RCGD_ISR: At today's @RCGD_ISR seminar, @leach_cw discusses empirical findings on psychological and social dynamics on US sentiment on….

RT @RCGD_ISR: 🎊Congratulations to @DrDurkee @um_psychology, this year's @PRBA_ISR James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar! The award will be anno….

RT @RCGD_ISR: Social segregation in the US not only has economic, political, and sociological consequences-- it affects our minds. Don't mi….

RT @RCGD_ISR: At today's @RCGD_ISR seminar, Tiffany Brannon @UCLA presents on insights from cultural psychology that can bolster anti-racis….

Proud of my my wife Laura, who took her citizenship oath this morning in Detroit! 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇺🇸