Homicide Rising- Special presentation and discussion January 10th!

​There is going to be a special discussion on data from around the country on the rising rates of homicide. Please join us on this discussion and presentation from Dr. Peter Winograd and Sgt. Thompson of the APD. This will be in an online meeting room. You can connect by phone, computer, laptop, smartphone, tablet, pretty much any device you have. It is simple and easy to do. If you would like to get the information to connect please let me or Jenn Earheart (jearheart@cabq.gov) know.
 
This is for public safety employees only and pat of the CIT Knowledge Network.

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Sgt. Liz Thomson has been with the Albuquerque Police Department for 18 years. For the past four years she has supervised the Albuquerque Police Department’s Homicide Unit, which includes 7 detectives. APD’s Homicide unit investigates suspicious deaths, and any violent crime likely to lead to the death of the victim even if the victim does not die. The unit investigated 61 murders in 2016, more than double the num-ber in 2014. The unit typically maintains a clearance rate of over 80% with our current clearance rate at 63%.

Dr. Peter Winograd is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico who currently serves as a policy analyst with the Albuquerque Police Department.  Dr. Winograd’s previous experience includes establishing the Center for Education Policy Research at UNM; serving as the Education Policy Advisor to Governor Richardson and Director of the New Mexico Office of Education Accountability in the Department of Finance and Administration; and serving as the Director or Co-Director Of Policy Centers at the University of New Mexico and University of Kentucky.  
Dr. Winograd’s current interests include data visualization and policy analyses in the areas of crime, mental and behavioral health, and education.  Dr. Winograd also serves on a number of Boards and is an advisory to a number of foundations, city and state agencies.  Dr. Winograd received his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois in 1981.

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