Jeremy Barnum

Jeremy Barnum is the Deputy Director of Research at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). For over a decade, he has partnered with law enforcement agencies to conduct rigorous and actionable research to inform evidence-based public safety policies, programs, and practices. Since joining PERF in 2017, his work has focused on some of the most critical issues in policing, such as police use of force, response to mental health and substance use crises, officer health and wellness, crime prevention strategies, and law enforcement data collection programs.

Barnum is currently co-leading several projects, including a randomized controlled evaluation of a police-focused Brazilian jiu-jitsu in-service training program in partnership with the Colorado Springs Police Department, an in-depth case study of the Burlington, North Carolina, Police Department's in-service training program, and a mixed-methods study of how law enforcement agencies prepare for and response to First Amendment assemblies. In past work, he led a randomized controlled evaluation of the impact of a third-party policing intervention on drug-related crime and community perceptions of police in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Barnum also oversaw the collection, coding, and analysis of police use of force data from a large law enforcement agency, resulting in a model data collection framework. He has also led PERF’s efforts to field nationally representative surveys of law enforcement agencies and officers on critical topics in policing, such as officer safety and wellness, overdose response programs, and police use of force. Barnum’s work has been featured in various peer-reviewed journals, including Crime & Delinquency, Applied Geography, and Journal of Crime and Justice.

Barnum completed his Ph.D. at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas, where he completed his dissertation "Exploring The Interactive Effects of Officer, Subject, And Encounter Factors on Police Use of Force Outcomes" under the guidance of Dr. William Sousa. He has also earned a M.A. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University and a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. Prior to joining PERF, Barnum worked as a Project Manager with the Rutgers Center on Public Security.