Measuring Law Enforcement Suicide: Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of a Workshop (2023)
Chapter: Appendix A: Public Meeting Agenda
Appendix A
Public Meeting Agenda
APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE MEASUREMENT OF DEATH BY SUICIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES: A WORKSHOP
Virtual
APRIL 25, 2023
SESSION 1
WELCOME AND GOALS FOR THE WORKSHOP
| 11:00–11:15 | Melissa Chiu, Director, Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) |
Vickie M. Mays, University of California, Los Angeles (planning committee co-chair) | |
Joel Greenhouse, Carnegie Mellon University (planning committee co-chair) |
SESSION 2
SPONSOR AND STAKEHOLDERS WELCOME
| 11:15–11:30 | Alexis Piquero, Bureau of Justice Statistics |
Terrence Cunningham, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) | |
Rob Jeffreys, Nebraska State Department of Corrections |
SESSION 3
PRIMARY DATA SOURCES
| 11:30–12:45 | Federal Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collections |
Janice Iwama, moderator, American University (planning committee member) | |
Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection (LESDC) | |
Lora (Lori) Klingensmith, Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
Death Notification, Data Quality, and the Suicide Mitigation and Risk Reduction Tracking (SMARRT) System | |
Anthony Arita, Department of Homeland Security | |
Megan Amaturo, discussant, IACP | |
Sarah Gillespie, discussant, Bureau of Prisons | |
Jack McDevitt, discussant, Northeastern University | |
Q&A | |
| 12:45–1:15 | Break |
SESSION 4
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SUICIDE DATA:
PARTS I–II
| 1:15–1:30 | Part I: Measuring Suicide |
Christopher Jones, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| 1:30–2:20 | Part II: National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and the Public Safety Officer Suicide Module |
John Violanti, moderator and discussant, University at Buffalo (planning committee member) | |
What is the NVDRS and What Can We Learn from the Data? | |
Alina Arseniev-Koehler, University of California, San Diego, and Purdue University | |
Opportunities for Measuring Correlates of Suicide: Merging NVDRS and American Community Survey Data? | |
Bernice A. Pescosolido, Indiana University Bloomington | |
Suicides Police Data and Occupational Coding Challenges | |
Hope Tiesman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | |
Public Safety Officer Suicide Module | |
Bridget Lyons, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 2:20–2:45 | Q&A |
| 2:45–3:00 | Break |
SESSION 5
MEASUREMENT OF SUICIDE IN THE MILITARY (DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE): CAN WE LEARN ACROSS THE SOURCES?
| 3:00–4:00 | Vickie Mays, moderator and discussant, University of California, Los Angeles (planning committee co-chair) |
Robert Ursano, discussant, Uniformed Services University | |
| Q&A |
SESSION 6
PANEL DISCUSSION OF THE PRIMARY DATA SETS
| 4:00–4:45 | Joel Greenhouse, moderator, Carnegie Mellon University (planning committee co-chair) |
Janice Iwama, American University (planning committee member) | |
John Violanti, University at Buffalo (planning committee member) | |
Vickie M. Mays, University of California, Los Angeles (planning committee co-chair) | |
Jeffrey Sedgwick, Justice Research and Statistics Association |
SESSION 7
REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPACT OF SUICIDE ON POLICING
| 4:45–5:00 | Adrian Z. Diaz, Seattle Police Department |
SESSION 8
GENERAL Q&A
| 5:00–6:00 | Q&A |
| 6:00 | End of Day 1 |
APRIL 26, 2023
SESSION 1
OPENING REMARKS AND OVERVIEW FOR DAY 2
| 10:00–10:10 | Vickie M. Mays, University of California, Los Angeles (planning committee co-chair) |
Joel Greenhouse, Carnegie Mellon University (planning committee co-chair) |
SESSION 2
DATA PIPELINE: SUICIDE EVENT TO DATA SOURCE
| 10:10–10:30 | Brandon del Pozo, Brown University (planning committee member) |
SESSION 3
OTHER DATA SOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEASURING LAW ENFORCEMENT SUICIDE
| 10:30–11:30 | Jenn Rineer, moderator and discussant, RTI International (planning committee member) |
Other Sources of Existing National and Local Data Sources (including the National Death Index) and Potential Contributions to Measuring Suicide | |
Kathy Batts, RTI International | |
Nongovernmental | |
Karen Solomon, Blue H.E.L.P. | |
Investigator-Led Studies | |
Natasha Frost, Northeastern University (planning committee member) | |
| Q&A | |
| 11:30–11:45 | Break |
SESSION 4
METHODS: PARTS I–III
| 11:45–1:00 | Part I: Classification of Suicide and Methods to Address Sources of Bias |
Natasha Frost, moderator and discussant, Northeastern University (planning committee member) | |
Thomas Joiner, Florida State University |
Discussion with Medical Examiners and Coroners | |
Kelley Keyes, International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME); Research Forensic Scientist, RTI International | |
Bobbi Jo O’Neal, Charleston County Coroner’s Office; International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners | |
Michelle Aurelius, North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | |
Discussion about Sources of Bias | |
Melanie-Angela Neuilly, Washington State University | |
Mark Wachter, New York Police Department | |
| Q&A | |
| 1:00–2:00 | Break |
| 2:00–3:00 | Part II: Data Integration |
Joel Greenhouse, moderator and discussant, Carnegie Mellon University (planning committee co-chair) | |
Data Linkage | |
Lisa Mirel, National Science Foundation | |
Capture-Recapture | |
Brandon del Pozo, Brown University (planning committee member) | |
Combining Multiple Data Sets | |
Joel Greenhouse, Carnegie Mellon University (planning committee co-chair) | |
| 3:00–4:00 | Part III: A 21st-Century Data Infrastructure—Implications for the Measurement of Law Enforcement Suicide |
Vickie M. Mays, moderator, University of California, Los Angeles (planning committee co-chair) | |
Vision for a New Data Infrastructure | |
Robert Groves, Georgetown University | |
New Measurements in New Data Infrastructures—The Long Road from Vision to Practice | |
Frauke Kreuter, Joint Program in Survey Methodology | |
Greg Ridgeway, discussant, University of Pennsylvania | |
Ojmarrh (OJ) Mitchell, discussant, Arizona State University | |
| Q&A |
SESSION 5
OBSERVATIONS ON ISSUES RELATED TO MEASUREMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SUICIDE
| 4:00–4:15 | Rajeev Ramchand, RAND Corporation |
SESSION 6
PANEL DISCUSSION ON FUTURE DIRECTIONS: REFLECTIONS, KEY TAKEAWAYS, AND SYNTHESIS
| 4:15–5:00 | Planning Committee |
| Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum | |
| Carol Mici, Massachusetts Department of Corrections | |
| Kevin Scott, Bureau of Justice Statistics | |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
