Charles Katz is the Watts Family Director of the Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety and is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. His work focuses on police transformation and strategic responses to crime. He currently serves as a research partner to the Phoenix Police Department to evaluate their agency’s BJA sponsored initiatives related to body-worn cameras and its Crime Gun Intelligence Center. He also currently serves as principal investigator of the Arizona Violent Death Reporting System sponsored by the CDC and regularly collaborates with USAID and UNDP to develop comprehensive strategic plans to reform international police agencies. He recently completed several research projects for the US Department of Homeland Security and USAID in El Salvador and Honduras on issues involving MS13 and gang and delinquency prevention. Dr Katz served in the US Army Reserve.