I generally plan my work for the year on a March-to-March cycle, since my papers are major deliverables of my work, and they are presented at conferences in March.

Next projects:

1. Site visit to 1 patrol company. Write a paper on it (won't be published -- I don't publish everything). I'd like to visit at least 3 before launching, but each visit will take time (maybe up to a week!). The most I think I could visit in one calendar year is two.
2. Patrol field trials. Write a paper on it.
3. Launch Mediation Casebook Project. The key will be to find a mediation center that would like to try it. I can assist with pro-formas, typesetting, and publishing. Maybe I can kick in some money to make it happen, as well.
4. GIS in SPR. This will be a paper on what GIS tools, both hardware and software, the SPR company will use at launch, including some equations that need to be developed to calculate reserving requirements from incident-based data, and some initial, careful inquiries into how incident-based data can be obtained from local law enforcement and other security providers. This paper is in the planning stage as of this writing with 2 co-authors.
5. CJ Essay Contest. To drive more libertarian-aligned CJ students to consider private security options (including my planned business), I will establish an essay contest along the lines of the APEE essay contest, but specifically for CJ students and concerning the private production of security. I hope to obtain from ACJS a list of CJ departments and publicize it to them with a poster. I also hope to get a major institute to put their name on the contest.