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