Policing, Technology, and Public Values: A Public Administration Research Agenda.

The article focuses on a public administration (PA) framework for understanding how technology is used in policing to advance public values, emphasizing the roles of three key stakeholders: the administrative state, police, and citizens. It integrates insights from criminology and criminal justice (CCJ), science and technology studies (STS), and PA literature to highlight how technologies like body-worn cameras (BWCs) and predictive policing are adopted and used differently by stakeholders to pursue values such as accountability, efficacy, equity, legality, and responsiveness. The framework underscores that technology outcomes in policing are shaped by the interaction of technological affordances, stakeholder goals, and state regulation, which can lead to conflicting public value outcomes. Through mini cases on BWCs and predictive policing, the article illustrates divergent stakeholder perspectives and the complexities in achieving transparency, fairness, and effectiveness in policing technology use. This approach encourages researchers and practitioners to consider multiple stakeholder viewpoints and socio-technical dynamics to better assess technology adoption, use, and regulation in policing contexts.