| Reno, Nevada | 2018 | Emmanuel Barthe, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno & Weston Morrow, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno | Gun violence | Outreach and collaboration, Focused deterrence, Problem-oriented policing, Technology implementation |
| Roanoke County, Virginia | 2015 | Sue-Ming Yang, Ph.D., and Charlotte Gill, Ph.D., George Mason University Center for Evidence-Based Crime Police (CEBCP) | Mental Health Disorder | Evidence-based interventions for mentally ill, Multi-agency collaboration |
| Roanoke, Virginia | 2019 | Rachel Santos, Ph.D. & Roberto Santos, Ph.D., Center for Police Practice, Policy and Research, Radford University | Violent and gun-related crime | Offender-focused strategies |
| Rochester, New York | 2012 | John M. Klofas, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology | Violent Retaliatory Disputes | Data-driven research, Place-based policing, Offender-based policing |
| Sacramento County, California | 2016 | Arturo Baiocchi, Ph.D., and Keith Hodson, California State University Sacramento | Homelessness | Place-based policing, Problem-oriented policing |
| Saginaw, Michigan | 2019 | Scott Wolfe, Ph.D., Michigan State University | Violent Crime | Community Policing, Problem-Oriented Policing, Focused Deterrence |
| Salisbury, North Carolina | 2019 | Jessica Herbert, Ph.D., IDEA Analytics | Responding to Precipitous Increases to Crime | Violence Reduction, Technology |
| San Diego, California | 2010 | Cynthia Burke, Ph.D., Sandy Keaton, M.A., and Debbie Correia, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) | Gangs | Place-based policing, Offender-based policing, Intelligence-led policing |
| Savannah, Georgia | 2009 | Adam Bossler, Ph.D., Georgia Southern University, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology | Violent Offenders | Place-based policing, Offender-based policing |
| Shawnee, Kansas | 2011 | Kevin Bryant, Ph.D., Benedictine College | Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) | Place-based policing, Offender-based policing |
