Director of Clinical Support Services
Cambridge (MA) Police Department
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. Barrett is the Director of the Clinical Support Unit at the Cambridge Police Department and an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He is an Associate Clinical Researcher at the Health Equity Research Lab at the Cambridge Health Alliance where he received the Academic Council Award for Excellence and the HMS Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship. He is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and the FBI’s Mass Bay Threat Assessment Team. Dr. Barrett is National Institute of Justice LEADS Scholar and has presented at numerous national conferences on juvenile justice and diversion, threat assessment, preventing retaliatory violence, and police-mental health partnerships. His research has been published in JAMA Network Open, Psychology, Public Policy and the Law, Psychological Services, Police Chief Magazine, Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Applied Juvenile Justice Services, Translational Issues in Psychological Science, National Youth At-Risk Journal and The Handbook of Human Development for Health Professionals.
Integrating Psychologists into Police Departments to Improve Responses to Vulnerable Populations
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET