LWOB 2025: AI in Policing: Innovations, Challenges, and the Path Forward

Loren T. Atherley serves as Sr. Director of Performance Analytics & Research (PA&R) and the Senior Research Scientist for the Seattle Police Department. The PA&R group represents the department’s commitment to continuous improvement and Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) through original research, evaluation, and operationalization of advanced research methods. Loren leads a national data work group focused on Analytics & Evidence Based Policing and a research network comprised of more than seventy research professionals in institutions around the world. In addition, Loren consults across the criminal justice and data sciences on topics including statistics and research methods, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML), EBP, risk management, police management and behavior. Loren is a NIJ LEADS Scholar and inductee to the George Mason University Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at Seattle University.

Elizabeth M. Daitz is the Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Suffolk County Police Department. She drives strategic planning, implementation, and innovation, positioning Suffolk County to be one of the most innovative, efficient, effective and equitable law enforcement agencies while serving over 1.5 million residents across 913 square miles. She previously served as Executive Director, Civil Litigation and Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives for the NYPD. From 2019-2020, Elizabeth served as a White House Fellow in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President. There, she drafted and implemented the President’s Executive Order “Safe Policing for Safe Communities.” Elizabeth began her career at the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, where she handled multiple high profile federal civil rights cases. Elizabeth is a graduate of the Honors College at Adelphi University, St. John’s University School of Law, and a Session XXIX of the Police Management Institute at Columbia University. She is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Executive Research Forum, National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, Chiefs of Police Association of Suffolk County, and the White House Fellows Foundation and Association.

Aakash leads the Implementation team at Peregrine Technologies, which focuses on delivering advanced software to public safety and law enforcement agencies. Prior to Peregrine, Aakash worked with F500 companies to launch and diligence new technology businesses at the Boston Consulting Group’s Digital Ventures Unit. Aakash holds a BS in Economics and an MS in Computer Science (with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence) from Stanford University.