Kevin J. Strom

Kevin J. Strom is a center director at RTI International, where leads the Center for Public Safety and Resilience. The Center conducts research and provides technical assistance and training across a range of topics related to policing, investigations, violence prevention, victimization response, and substance use. 

Dr. Strom has led projects aimed at improving the response to violent crime through enhanced investigative practices and community partnerships, studies focused on increasing accountability and efficiencies for forensic evidence processing, and research developing more strategic applications for crime incident and 911 calls-for-service data. He currently leads the National Case Closed Project, which assists law enforcement agencies in improving investigative standards and case clearance outcomes for violent crimes, as well as the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Training and Technical Assistance project, which supports the testing of unsubmitted sexual assault kits, the investigation and prosecution of these cases, and the development of policies and practices that improve the collective response for sexual assault survivors. He previously led the National Crime Statistics Exchange project, an effort which helped accelerate the nation’s shift to incident-based crime reporting. 

Dr. Strom regularly collaborates with law enforcement agencies and has served on advisory boards for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting Program.