John “Jack” Donohue has been named director of the Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience

Learn more about Jack’s experience and vision for the Miller Center

Miller Center Leads Historic International Democratic Policing Initiative Honored by New Jersey Legislature

Miller Center Leads Historic International Democratic Policing Initiative Honored by New Jersey Legislature

Miller Center Mourns Passing of Advisory Committee Member, Abraham H. Foxman.

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Farmer and Goldenberg warn that rising institutional money in prediction markets could distort prices, weakening forecasts and threatening democratic integrity without more transparency.

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John “Jack” Donohue has been named director of the Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, August 31, 2026 — Learn more about Jack’s experience and vision for the Miller Center.

Miller Center Leads Historic International Democratic Policing Initiative Honored by New Jersey Legislature

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, May 18, 2026 — The Rutgers University Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience this month welcomed a joint legislative resolution from the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly honoring the “Not On Our Watch: Democratic Policing Initiative,” a historic international effort led in part through Rutgers that has positioned New Jersey at the center of a major global initiative focused on democratic policing, protection of vulnerable communities, and the fight against extremism and targeted violence.

Miller Center Mourns Passing of Advisory Committee Member, Abraham H. Foxman

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, May 11, 2026 — The Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience announces with profound sadness the passing of Abraham H. Foxman, Esq., a beloved member of its Board of Advisors and one of the most consequential voices in the fight against antisemitism and hatred in the modern era. Mr. Foxman served as National Director Emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a position that crowned a distinguished career spanning nearly five decades of service to civil rights and human dignity.

Special interests entering prediction markets pose risks

May 4, 2026 (THE HILL) — John Farmer, dean and university professor emeritus at Rutgers Law School, and Alex Goldenberg, Miller Center fellow, argue that as institutional money enters prediction markets, hedging and strategic bets will distort prices—undermining their reliability as forecasts and posing risks to democratic processes without greater transparency.

Global Police Leaders Unite in Berlin to Launch Landmark Democratic Policing Initiative

BERLIN, GERMANY, April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a historic gathering of international law enforcement leadership, senior police officials and associations from Europe and North America today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Berlin, formally launching a new transnational effort: “Not on Our Watch – The Democratic Policing Initiative.”

Miller Center brings national campus safety training to Tulane

NEW ORLEANS, LA (Jan. 30, 2026) — Rutgers University’s Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience hosted a two-day “National Threat and Campus Conflict Resiliency Program” (NTCC) training on Jan. 28-29 at Tulane University.