The Northern Plains Ethics Institute at NDSU is set to host “Police Use of Force and Public Safety,” Thursday, Dec. 1, at noon in the Hidatsa room of the Memorial Union.

The public forum is scheduled to feature Carol A. Archbold, Walter F. and Verna Gehrt Endowed Professor and chair of the NDSU Department of Criminal Justice, and Joel Powell, professor and peace officer education coordinator at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

The forum is also available via Zoom.

They will discuss how clashes between American police and the public are persistent despite advancing technologies in de-escalation and evolving training in cultural understanding. Their conversation will be followed with questions from the audience.

Archbold teaches graduate and undergraduate courses focused on policing and research methods. She has published her research in a variety of criminal justice and policing journals and has written or co-authored five books centered on policing issues. She was deputy editor for Social Problems journal from 2002-2005, and serves on the editorial boards for Police Quarterly and Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. Archbold also was a senior research scientist for the Collaborative Reform Initiative in the Milwaukee Police Department from 2015-2017.

Powell is a former member of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training. His research interests include examining how police officers and civilians view compliance, as well as how people who have been convicted of crimes tell convincing stories of innocence and wrongful conviction. He teaches Social Psychology and Sociology of Law Enforcement courses at MSUM.

For more information, contact Dennis Cooley, Northern Plains Ethics Institute director, at NDSU.NPEI@ndsu.edu or 701-231-7038.