Active Bystandership: Applications for Criminal Justice Agencies

Jonathan Aronie is a partner at Sheppard Mullin where he is the Leader of the firm’s Government Contracts, Investigations, and International Trade Practice Group and is a former Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office.  Jonathan also is a founding member of the firm’s Organizational Integrity Group, a cross-disciplinary team of litigators, regulatory specialists, federal monitors, and ex-prosecutors with extensive experience helping organizations prevent and defend against challenges to their organizational integrity.  Jonathan is cleared at the highest levels (TS/SCI) and counsels and defends clients in classified matters.

Travis Taniguchi is the research director for the National Policing Institute (formerly the National Police Foundation.) He has over 10 years of research experience and has lead projects for the National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office for Community Policing Services, and Office for the Victims of Crime. His research focuses on testing policies and strategies through field randomized experiments with law enforcement agencies. He is currently working on developing and implementing officer health and wellness strategies and evidence-based approaches to improving police recruitment.

Jennifer Zeunik is the Director of Local Programs for the the National Policing Institute (formerly the National Police Foundation), where she provides leadership and oversight for the organization, as well as project, financial and staff management. She has extensive experience in public administration, law enforcement organizations and practices, non-profit management, government grants and contracts and organizational leadership. She is responsible for NPF’s portfolio of state and local programs, including critical incident and after-action reviews, organizational assessments and studies, strategic planning, management studies, training and technical assistance and other organizational change services. Throughout her career, Ms. Zeunik has worked closely with a variety of stakeholder organizations in policing program and policy areas. She works with federal, state and local executives, law enforcement and public safety command staff to leverage evidence-based strategies to address critical contemporary policing issues. Her goal is to advance the health, safety and performance of law enforcement officers and organizations and the communities they serve by providing evidence-based, data-supported resources and solutions.

Gary Cordner is the Academic Director in the Education and Training Section of the Baltimore Police Department. Most recently he served as Chief Research Advisor for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) LEADS Scholars Program. He was a CALEA Commissioner (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) and has long been associated with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. He is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University, where he served as Dean of the College of Justice & Safety. Earlier in his career, he was a police officer and police chief in Maryland and obtained his Ph.D. from Michigan State University.