| 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 |
| Shoreline, Washington | 2015 | Charlotte Gill, Ph.D., George Mason University and Breanne Cave, Ph.D., Police Foundation | Mental Health Disorder | Evidence-based interventions for mentally ill, Multi-agency collaboration |
| St. Louis County, Missouri | 2020 | | Violent crime reduction | Crime analysis assessment |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 2016 | Beth Huebner, Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis & Joseph Schafer, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale | Violent Crime, Gun Violence | Hot spot policing, offender-oriented policing, criminal justice system collaboration |
