Presentations

Invited Talks, Presentations, and Roundtables

  • Guided Interactions: Transforming DV Response through Innovation, Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition, 2025
  • Using Body Camera Video to Transform Officer Training, Shannon Pieper, Sr. Director, Marketing Content, LEXIPOL, 2023
  • Auditing Police Interactions via Body-Worn Camera Footage, Joshua Koehnlein, Philadelphia’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission, Philadelphia’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC), 2022
  • Coordinating Records Management Systems to Leverage Body-Worn Camera Footage, Carolina Amini, Investigations Manager, Office of Police Conduct Review, City of Minneapolis – Department of Civil Rights, 2022
  • CPE + WSU at IACP 2022: Panel on Procedural Justice and Body-Worn Cameras (TRT), Robert Kenter Ph.D., Center for Policing Equity, International Association   of Chiefs of Police, 2022
  • What Research is Telling Us about Body Worn Camera Practice, M. D. White, PhD, Arizona State University, The US Department of Justice Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Policy and Implementation Program (PIP), 2022
  • Expand Beyond the Camera: Situating Body Worn Cameras (BWC) within Civilian Oversight, Jennifer Jarrett, Vice Chair Training, Education, and Standards Subcommittee, National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE), 2022.
  • Integrating Body-Worn Camera Footage into Civilian Oversight of the Police, Yojaira Alvarez, Senior Advisor & Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, 2022
  • Body-Worn Camera Footage & Police Use of Force, Sue Feldman, PhD, Attorney General’s Office of Washington, Law Enforcement Data Collection Advisory Group Presentation, 2021
  • Improving Police Research and Training: Integrating Data from Body-Worn Camera Footage into the Workflow, M. D. White, PhD, Arizona State University, The US Department of Justice Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Policy and Implementation Program (PIP), 2021
  • Data-Driven Improvements to Public Safety: Leveraging Intelligent Systems to Evaluate Complex Social Interactions in Policing, Jennifer Noble, Criminal Justice in the Days of Covid-19: Research Panel Discussion, Western Association of Criminal Justice, 2020, Virtual (COVID-19)
  • Police Body Cameras: What Have We Learned Over Ten Years of Deployment? Robert Davis, National Police Foundation, National Police Foundation, 2020, Arlington, VA
  • The US Department of Justice Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Policy and Implementation Program (PIP); M. D. White, PhD, Arizona State University, National BWC Training and Technical Assistance Meeting, 2019, Arlington, VA
  • Case Study: BWC Use of Force- Officer and Victim Injury, Lieutenant Dan Mark, City of Aurora – Aurora Police Department, The Body-Worn Camera Spring Summit, 2019, Miami, FL
  • Body Worn Camera (BWC) Perception Study Phase 1 Report, The J.s Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Body Worn Camera Perception Summit, 2018, Laurel, MD
  • Enhancing Your Video Surveillance Technology and Implementation Policies, Moderator: Will White, Insight Exchange Network, Police Video Surveillance & Analytics Best Practices, 2018, Fort Lauderdale., FL
  • Operationalizing Body-Worn Camera Video to Enhance Intelligence-Led Policing, Moderator: Will White, Insight Exchange Network, Police Video Surveillance & Analytics Best Practices, 2018, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Body-Worn Camera Data – A Case Study Analysis in Practical Lessons Learned, Moderator: Tim Hart, Financial Research Associates, Body-Worn Camera Fall Forum, 2018, Dallas, TX
  • “VQiPS Workshop Wearable Cameras Panel”, Video Quality in Public Safety (VQiPS) Workshop, 2018. Albuquerque, NM
  • Converting Body-Worn Camera Footage into Actionable Data, Moderator: Josh Krenz, Financial Research Associates, Body-Worn Camera Winter Forum, 2018, San Diego, CA
  • “Works in Progress at Washington State University,” Axon Accelerate Conference, 2017 Scottsdale., AZ.
  • “VQiPS Workshop Body Worn Camera and Wearables Panel,” Moderator: Joe Heaps, Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, VQiPS Workshop, Department of Homeland Security, 2016. Seattle, WA
  • “Data-Driven Improvements to Public Safety: Leveraging Intelligent Systems to Evaluate Complex Social Interactions in Policing.” Washington State University Research Council, Washington State University. 2020. Pullman, WA.
  • “Deconstructing Complex Social Interactions and Improving Equity and Opportunity in Policing.” Congressional/Legislative Staff Tour, Washington State University. 2018. Pullman, WA.

Professional Presentations

  • McMillin, M., Makin, D. A. (2025). Unpacking the Influence of Race on Traffic Stops – A Two-Stage Analysis. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Denver, CO.
  • Solensten, B., Shellabarger, C., Makin, D., Shrestha, D., & Mase, S. (2025). “What’s got you stressed?” Physiological Triggers of Officer Stress using Body-worn Camera Footage. Western Society of Criminology, Seattle, WA.
  • Shellabarger, C., Solensten, B., Makin D. A., Willits, D. W. (2023). Driving Fairness: Examining the Equity of Procedural Justice on Traffic Stops. Western Association of Criminal Justice. Spokane, WA.
  • Chatburn, K., Makin, D.A., (2023). Emotion Dysregulation in Police Contacts: Assessing for Behavioral Cues. Western Association of Criminal Justice. Spokane, WA.
  • Richardson, C., Makin, D.A., Parks, M. (2023). Operationalizing Police Interactions: Assessing Differential Duration of Police Encounters. Western Society of Criminology. Vancouver, BC
  • Chatburn, K., Makin, D.A., Parks, M. (2023). Screening for Cues: Cognitive Impairment and Emotional Regulation Failure. Western Society of Criminology. Vancouver, BC
  • Makin, D. A., Parks, M., Willits, D. (2022). Policing During a Pandemic: An Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Footage from COVID-19 Related Calls for Service. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Parks, M., Makin, D. A., Willits, D. (2022). Exploring Situational Characteristics in Police-Community Interactions from BWC Archival Footage. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Chatburn, K., Makin, D.A., Parks, M. (2021). Application of the CRDPSS and PANSS to Recorded Police Interactions: Documenting Observable Behavioral Cues of Cognitive Impairment. Western Association of Criminal Justice. Spokane, WA.
  • Makin, D.A., Parks, M., Willits, D.W., Brooks, R. (2020). Stop, Question, and Stand on One Foot: Situational Analysis of Field Sobriety Tests. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, TX.
  • Nowacki, J., Willits, D.W., Makin, D.A., Brooks, R., Parks, M. (2020). Gender, De-Escalation, and Situational Outcomes in Policing. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, TX
  • Koslicki, W., Willits, D.W., Makin, D.A., Brooks, R. (2020). Proactive or Reactive Procedural Justice? Examining Contextual Predictors and Timing. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, TX.
  • Willits, D.W., Makin, D.A., Brooks, R. (2019). Just a Little Weed: Situational Analysis of Suspected Impairment in Cannabis and Non-Cannabis Related Field Sobriety Tests. The American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.
  • Koslicki, W., Willits, D., Brooks, R., & Makin, D.A. (2019). Procedural Justice on Camera: Examining Predictors of Procedural Justice During Traffic Stops Using Body-Worn Camera Footage. Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
  • Brooks, R., Willits, D., Makin, D.A. (2019). Describing What Happened: Understanding the Average Police-Citizen Encounter. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Baltimore, MD.
  • Makin, D.A., Willits, D., Brooks, R. (2019). Hot Neighborhoods? Situational Analysis of Emotionality Intense Police-Community Interactions. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Baltimore, MD.
  • Willits, D., Makin, D.A., Brooks, R. (2019). Conflict Avoidance: A Situational Analysis of Police De-Escalation Tactics. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Baltimore, MD.
  • Bill, S.J., Smith, E.A., Stewart, K.D., Makin, D.A., Willits, D. (2018). Evaluating Training Using Body-Worn Cameras: A Pilot Study using Cadets in the WSU Police Corps. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. New Orleans, LA.
  • Makin, D.A., Willits, D., Koslicki, W., Bailey, R., Dietrich, B., Brooks, R. (2018). Situational and Environmental Determinants of Observed Emotional States in Police-Community Interactions. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. New Orleans, LA.
  • Brooks, R., Makin, D.A., Koslicki, W., Willits, D. (2018). Converting Police Footage into Actionable Data: Working with Police Agencies Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. New Orleans, LA.
  • Bailey, R., Lui, J., Willits, D., Makin, D.A., Dietrich, B. (2018). Does POV Overcome Racial Bias? Identification with Officers and Citizens and Evaluations of Their Behavior in Police Use of Force Videos. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. New Orleans, LA
  • Dietrich, B., Makin, D.A., Scharffe, F., Willits, D., Brooks, R. (2018). Using Machine Learning to Classify Intense Police-Citizen Encounters in Body Worn Camera Footage. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. New Orleans, LA.
  • Brooks, R., Samantha B., Makin, D., A Willits, D., Bailey, R., Dietrich, B., Koslicki, W. (2017). Race, Emotional States, and Police Use of Force: Police Interactions as Complex Social Interactions. Western Association of Criminal Justice. Spokane, WA.
  • Koslicki, W., Makin, D. A., Willits, D., Brooks, R., Bailey, R., Dietrich, B. (2017). Situational and Environmental Determinants of Observed Emotional States in Police-Community Interactions. Western Association of Criminal Justice. Spokane, WA.
  • Koslicki, W. M., Willits, D., & Makin, D. A. (2017). “When No One is Watching: Evaluating the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Use of Force Incidents.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Kansas City, MO.
  • Makin, D. A. & Willits, D. (2017). Deliberative Dissonance? Contextualizing Police Use of Force. Western Society of Criminology. Las Vegas, NV