Rylan Simpson

I discuss what my results might mean for how police agencies design and deploy their police vehicles.

I also highlight the implications of police vehicle designs for research regarding police interventions.

The full article is now available for download via doi.org/10.1007/s112....

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My results revealed greater detection accuracy when the police vehicle was marked versus unmarked, with increases in accuracy as visual salience increased.

Under low visibility conditions, my results also revealed greater detection accuracy of marked vehicles when they had a B&W color scheme.

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I strategically manipulated the design of the police vehicle in the images: sometimes it was marked (either with a B&W or all-white color scheme) whereas other times it was unmarked.

I also varied how visually salient the police vehicle was in the image: ranging from low to high.

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As part of my experiment, I tested if police vehicle designs impact public detection of police vehicle presence.

I presented randomly assigned images to participants under the guise of a visual detection study and asked them to indicate if/where a police vehicle was located.

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🚨 Police visibility = important metric for many policing activities.

It’s often assumed that physical presence of police equates to public sightings of police.

But do ppl always see police when they're present?

In my new JOEX article, I find the answer is *no*: doi.org/10.1007/s112....

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Assistant professor Rylan Simpson has been awarded an Arnold Ventures Criminal Justice Research Grant to explore the effects of Live 911 technology on a variety of policing outcomes.

Congratulations to Rylan for this well-deserved recognition!
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It is with great excitement and tremendous pride that I share that I have been awarded tenure and promotion in the School of Criminology at SFU.

To my students, colleagues, mentors, and role models: thank you for inspiring me and helping me to get to where I am today!

Given the longstanding debate in policing regarding crewed status, this was an especially insightful project for me! 🚔

🚨 Open access brief: doi.org/10.22215/apb...
🚨 Open access article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
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I feel incredibly honoured to receive this award from SFU.

Thank you to all who have supported me in this journey and to my students who continue to inspire me to do this important work!

It has been a pleasure to work with, teach & supervise Janine.

I am very proud of all of her accomplishments, and I look forward to her continued journey in our MA program!

Last night I hosted 4 officers from 3 different agencies/detachments as part of my @sfucriminology.bsky.social CRIM 251 panel on frontline policing. 🚔

Thx to Coquitlam RCMP's Cpl. Hejazi & Cst. Wong, Ridge Meadows RCMP's Cst. Twa & Vancouver PD's Cst. Tan for sharing your experience w/ my students!

Kicked off my SFU CRIM 251 panel series with an important discussion about police leadership.

Thanks to DPD's Chief Sidhu, Burnaby RCMP's Insp. Hartwig & Ridge Meadows RCMP's Insp. Gander for participating & sharing your insights with my @sfucriminology.bsky.social students! 🚔