#145: To Blame or to Learn? Sentinel Event Reviews of Police Action

 
John Hollway, Tonya Strozier, Chad Kasmar

John Hollway, Tonya Strozier, Chad Kasmar

 
 

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When something goes catastrophically wrong with a police action, we ask whose fault it was.  Who made the mistake? Focusing on who’s to blame is a key question for justice.  But what if we want to prevent similar errors going forward?  How do we fix the system that allowed the mistake to happen? 

We look at root cause analysis in the Criminal justice system with three people who were part of a Sentinel Event Review Board in Tucson, AZ.