What Happens After the Dashboard Goes Live?
There's something very satisfying about launching a public dashboard. The data is organized, the maps work, and information that was once difficult to access is suddenly available to anyone.
But what, exactly, have we accomplished?
How Institutions Miss What They Know
The Missy Woods case raises a difficult question for consequential public service institutions: what does it take to recognize and respond to a serious problem before the consequences become enormous?
What I Learned From a Decade in Policing, and Why I Started Remake The Rules
I ended up in policing mostly by accident. When I moved to Colorado after grad school, I was looking for a way to honor a value modeled for me by my parents: a commitment to public service. I wanted to help build public institutions that were just, kind, and functional; places that could right the wrongs of the past while making public resources fair, accessible, and democratic.
I was a child of the early internet. I grew up in an idealistic time when our newly connected world felt like a fresh, golden era of scientific reason, social progress, and technological innovation. Back then, "data-driven decision-making" wasn't just a marketing buzzword; it was a genuine hope for a better, more critically engaged world. Through a confluence of chance and that desire to do good, I ended up as a statistical researcher within a large municipal police department.
