The Speaker

Dr. Jeffrey Lopes is the current President of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO). He has keen experiential expertise in directing large-scale impact leadership initiatives designed to create intersectional success outcomes specific to public safety and socially-just equity. Policy and programmatic thought-leader with proven ability in ideating, innovating and implementing solution-based, state-level, engagement and empowerment responses that create the common-ground requisite for socially-just procedures, practices and pathways to collective safety. Dr. Lopes serves on the faculty at Emmanuel College, lecturing in the discipline of criminology and criminal justice, as well as advising on issues related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Dr. Lopes is a Consultant and Social Justice Trainer for the Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport In Society where he facilitates training statewide to a broad range of professionals in a variety of disciplines.
Dr. Lopes is a Boston Police Detective, assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit (CACU) located within the BPD Family Justice Division. As a member of the CACU, he is part of a multidisciplinary team tasked with investigating allegations of assaults, sexual exploitation and endangerment of children.
Prior to joining the CACU, Dr. Lopes was assigned as a Detective in District E-5 (West Roxbury, Roslindale & Hyde Park) and, prior to that, the Bureau of Community Engagement (BCE). As a Community Initiative Liaison with the BCE, Dr. Lopes was tasked with implementing Boston’s well-known community policing approach focused on strengthening relationships and trust with the communities of Boston and community partners. Prior to joining the Bureau of Community Engagement he was a member of the School Police Unit, where he was assigned to the Boston Public Schools Department of Safety Services and was also responsible for supporting all other nonpublic schools. Dr. Lopes’ function within the School Police Unit was to interact positively with the youth population to ensure that the Boston Police Department was working effectively to understand the challenges faced by the young people in the City of Boston as well as being a resource to students, parents, teachers, and school administrators.

The Workshop

Policing Reform: Real Talk for Those Who Walk the Walk. Creating Fair and Effective Policing Practices : Thursday, October 05, 2023 09:00A

This training will help attendees gain insight and strategies to maximize how police agencies can connect with their community and important stakeholders through ongoing dialog and partnerships. Consider minority perceptions of policing due to historical events and ways to overcome some of these barriers. Discover strategies for creating a “learning organizational culture” while appreciating the fragile relationship with our communities. A focus will be on the importance of police legitimacy through ethics, empathy and equity