ISAC Wins National Award for SRO Research

The Idaho Statistical Analysis Center (ISAC) has been awarded the 2026 Douglas Yearwood National Publication Award from the Justice Information Resource Network (JIRN) for Best Statistical/Management Report by a Small SAC for its June 2025 research report, School Resource Officers in Idaho. Thomas Strauss, ISAC Director and Principal Research Analyst, will accept the award during JIRN’s annual business meeting October 27th, and ISAC staff will give a presentation on the report during a JIRN webinar highlighting the 2026 winners on October 22nd.

The 2026 award is the fifth Yearwood Award ISAC has received since 2020 and eighth since JIRN created the award in 1986, continuing ISAC’s long history of earning recognition as a national leader in communicating criminal justice research to decision makers, practitioners, and the public.

JIRN awards four Yearwood Awards annually in recognition of outstanding communication of research by Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs). The awards are broken into two divisions based on SAC staff size (small SACs have 1-4 employees; large SACs have 5 or more employees), and two awards are made in each division (one each for statistical/management reports and policy/research reports).

The award winning report, School Resource Officers in Idaho, is available in the ISAC Publication Library at https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/isac/. The Idaho Statistical Analysis Center (ISAC) is located within the Pass-Through Grants and Research Department of the Idaho State Police. The mission of ISAC is to disseminate research, data and statistics related to crime, illegal drugs, victim services, and the administration of justice in Idaho. To learn more about ISAC, or to access other data dashboards and publications, visit our website at https://isp.idaho.gov/pgr/sac/.

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