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Community Policing Assessment Report: McCall, Idaho Police Department
"This report is the result of a request by Chief Ralph Appa Jr. for an Onsite Assessment sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Public Safety and conducted by the Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS). The department requested an Onsite Assessment related to community policing and was interested in an independent examination of the organization and community to identify strategic community-based recommendations toward the implementation of community policing. The Onsite Assessment Process provides organizational development and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies and their communities through a trained Assessment Team. The Onsite Assessment Process identifies the status of community policing within the department as well as the understanding and support of community policing by local government and community members. Information assembled by Assessment Team members through meetings, surveys, interviews, observations, and document review and then organized into this comprehensive written report provides strategic recommendations to assist in the enhancement of community policing efforts. The Assessment Team examined all aspects of the organization related to community policing. This report provides the Chief and the members of the department with information to assist them in becoming more responsive and service-based in community policing. Strategic recommendations do not imply problems or errors, but rather offer a path for change. The suggestions are purposely not specific, as there is no easy 'cookbook recipe' for the difficult challenge of implementing comprehensive organization hange. The purpose of the recommendations is to stimulate discussion, self-examination, and critical gement styles of any department members. This report provides recommendations for change to help the department assess its readiness and commitment to community policing and problem solving."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Gray, Kelsey
2003-11
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San Diego Police Department, Enhancing Cultures of Integrity: Building Law Enforcement Early Intervention System, Technical Assistance Guide
"Early Intervention Systems (EIS) are tools being adopted at an increasing rate by law enforcement agencies of all sizes and types across the United States. These systems are usually in the form of electronic databases that statistically compare employee performance against a range of numerical standards. […]This Guide is provided as one example of how an EI system can be crafted. EIIS (Early Identification and Intervention System) focuses on employee stress-induced problematic behavior, intervention, and voluntary involvement in a curative solution. The system, therefore, ignores several categories of employee performance most EI systems include. Personnel evaluations, discipline, commendations, and both the allegations and dispositions of citizen's complaints (although EIIS does include the raw number of citizen's complaints), for example, are all ignored by EIIS. Again, our focus is on early identification and timely intervention. The first step in designing your own EI system will be defining what you want to accomplish with it. This Guide has much to offer in way of organizing the rest of your effort."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Gibbs, Mike
2011-01
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Campus-Community Policing Partnerships at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Final Evaluation Report
"In 2008, the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) established the Campus Community Policing Partnerships (CCPP) at three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU): Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina; Le Moyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee; and Philander-Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. This initiative, made possible with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office), aims to strengthen relations between police and community members to reduce violent crime and drug use at participating HBCU campuses and in the surrounding communities."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2009-06
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COPS Office Report to Congress as Required by Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010
"Since the creation of the Community Oriented Policing (COPS) Office under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the COPS Office has awarded over 2,000 grants for more than $400 million to help Native American communities hire more than 1,700 new or redeployed law enforcement officers, and has aided tribal jurisdictions in obtaining necessary training, equipment, vehicles, and technology. Through a myriad of grant programs, training, and technical assistance, the COPS Office recognizes and supports the unique law enforcement and other needs specific to tribal communities as a result of their limited resources and high rates of crime and violence. Through our Tribal Resources Grant Program (TRGP) and Tribal Methamphetamine Program (Tribal Meth), and historical programs and funding initiatives such as the Tribal Hiring Renewal Grant Program (THRGP),Tribal Mental Health and Community Safety Initiative (TMHCSI), and the Tribal Court Pilot Program (TCPP), the COPS Office has proactively addressed the needs of law enforcement in Native American communities."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2011
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Practitioner Perspectives: Community Policing in a Democracy
"In 2008, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office) of the U.S. Department of Justice, in partnership with the Leadership Academy of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, convened four national roundtables throughout the United States. Participants were a mix of law enforcement practitioners and thought leaders, criminal justice academics, and policymakers, all with strong backgrounds in community policing. One hundred forty individuals participated across the four roundtables. Their goal was to advise the COPS Office on its initiatives that have furthered democratic policing and to provide direction on where the COPS Office needs to focus future efforts. Policing in a Democratic Society Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 26--27. Building Partnerships to Advance Effective Policing Washington, D.C., April 8--9. Advancing Innovation: Experiences of Progressive Police Agencies Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 5--6. Preparing Tomorrow's Officers: Opportunities, Challenges, Change Seattle, Washington, October 14--15. A highlight of the Milwaukee roundtable was a dialog between Professor Herman Goldstein, the father of problem-oriented policing, and Dr. George Kelling, architect of the broken windows theory."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Scrivner, Ellen M.
2010
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Building Trust Between the Police and the Citizens They Serve: An Internal Affairs Promising Practices Guide for Local Law Enforcement
"Building and maintaining community trust is the cornerstone of successful policing and law enforcement. The building and maintenance of trust takes a great deal of continuous effort. Unfortunately, the ethical work of thousands of local law enforcement officers is easily undone by the actions of one unethical officer. Often, the indictment of one seems like an indictment of all. Once misconduct occurs, the Internal Affairs function of the law enforcement agency becomes the primary method of reassuring the community that the police can and will aggressively address and resolve unethical behavior. In short, the integrity of the police will always dictate the level of community trust. […]This guide attempts to place Internal Affairs in its proper context--not as a stand-alone activity, but as one component of a systemic, agency-wide, professional standards effort. After discussion of some of the other components necessary in the community trust continuum-hiring, training, rewarding excellent performance--the guide focuses on building an effective Internal Affairs approach for any size or type of agency. The guidelines for the Internal Affairs function address every aspect, from complaint processing to decision-making, discipline, notification, and community transparency."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Collaboration Toolkit for Community Organizations: Effective Strategies to Partner with Law Enforcement
"Sustainable, safe communities are characterized by community organizations that can work together effectively, have the capacity to develop and sustain strong relationships, solve problems, and can collaborate effectively with their local law enforcement agency. Local law enforcement agencies understand that community-based organizations can be powerful partners. These groups often are composed of individuals who share certain interests and can include, as an example, victims groups, service clubs, support groups, issue groups, advocacy groups, community development corporations, and the faith community. In order to better accomplish the goal of working more effectively with the police, community-based organizations need to understand not only their local police agency's organization and policing philosophy, but also the history of American policing."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
McCampbell, Michael S.
2010-09
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Co-Implementation of Compstat and Community Policing: A National Assessment
"In the last quarter century or so, Compstat (CS) and community policing (CP) have emerged as powerful engines of police reform in the United States. CS is a strategic management system focused on reducing serious crime by decentralizing decision-making to middle managers operating out of districts or precincts, by holding these managers accountable for performance, and by increasing the police organization's capacity to identify, understand, and monitor responses to crime problems. Community policing can be characterized as a philosophy and an organizational strategy designed to reduce crime and disorder through community partnerships, problem solving, and the delegation of greater decision-making authority to patrol officers and their sergeants at the beat level. It varies more than Compstat from place to place in response to local problems and community resources. […] This report presents findings from the first national assessment of CS and CP as co-implemented reforms. Given that systematic research on the co-implementation of CS and CP is scarce, the first purpose of this project was to illuminate the current state of implementation of each reform in the United States and the nature and extent of compatibility problems. Thus, we begin by drawing on data from our national survey to provide a profile of CS and CP in large police agencies. The purpose of the profile is to show what local police departments were doing with each reform, why they decided to adopt them, what some of the differences were between co-implementing and CP-only departments, and what some of the benefits and challenges were that arose from operating both reforms simultaneously."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Willis, James J.; Mastrofski, Stephen D.; Kochel, Tammy Rinehart
2010-10
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Effects of Problem-Oriented Policing on Crime and Disorder
"We conducted a systematic review to examine the effectiveness of problem-oriented policing (POP) in reducing crime and disorder. Eligible studies had to meet three criteria: (1) the SARA model was used; (2) a comparison group was included; (3) at least one crime or disorder outcome was reported. Units of analysis could be places or people. After an exhaustive search strategy that identified over 5,500 articles and reports, we found only 10 studies that met our main inclusion criteria. This result is particularly surprising given the strong support that has been voiced for POP by both scholars and practitioners. Using meta-analytic techniques, we find an overall modest but statistically significant impact of POP on crime and disorder. We also report on our analysis of pre/post comparison studies. While these studies are less methodologically rigorous, they are more numerous, and our search identified 45 studies that met our other criteria, but did not have a comparison group. Results of these studies indicate an overwhelmingly positive impact of POP. Overall, our results suggest problem-oriented policing has a modest impact on reducing crime and disorder, but we urge caution in interpreting these findings, because of the small number of eligible studies we located in our main analysis, and the diverse group of problems and responses these studies included."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Weisburd, David; Telep, Cody W.; Hinkle, Joshua C.
2010
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Native American Training Series: Executive Leadership e-Learning, Participant Handbook
"This COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Native American Training Series Executive Leadership e-learning program is designed to assist Native American law enforcement agencies with developing both current and future leaders within their organizations. Throughout the program a wide variety of leadership models and theories are presented in order to enlighten participants and enhance their learning experience."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2010
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COPS Tribal Training Series Implementation Guide
"For over a decade the COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office has provided valuable training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. Recent research has indicated that many of these programs are not currently being utilized by tribal policing agencies because they were not appropriately tailored to the Native American community. The COPS Native American Training Series (which includes this Implementation Guide and the Native American Training Series Toolkit) has been developed to meet this need by providing quality training and tools that are based in proven community policing principles and practices. The specific purpose of this project was not to create new, untested programs, but to tailor existing successfully-implemented community policing initiatives to meet the needs of Native American communities. There is a wide diversity of Native American communities, each with their own unique tribal characteristics. This program has endeavored to modify these useful community policing products to the Native American community, understanding that each tribal entity will further refine the adaptation process to meet the specific needs of individual tribal nations and specific community concerns. This Implementation Guide details the development process of the COPS Native American Training Series, but more importantly presents information for the tribal trainers on program modifications and facilitator adaptations that will empower community leaders and increase the overall utilization of the curriculums and the tools."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2008
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Native American Training Series II Implementation Guide
"For over a decade the COPS [Community Policing Services] Office has provided valuable training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. Recent research has indicated that many of these programs are not currently being utilized by tribal policing agencies because they were not appropriately tailored to the Native American community. The COPS Native American Training Series II (which includes this Implementation Guide and the Native American Training Series Toolkit) has been developed to meet this need by providing quality training and tools that are based in proven community policing principles and practices. The specific purpose of this project was not to create new, untested programs, but to tailor existing successfully-implemented community policing initiatives to meet the needs of Native American communities. There is a wide diversity of Native American communities, each with their own unique tribal characteristics. This program has endeavored to modify these useful community policing products to the Native American community, understanding that each tribal entity will further refine the adaptation process to meet the specific needs of individual tribal nations and specific community concerns."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2010
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Key Leadership Strategies to Enhance Communication
"In an age when our world is dominated by a constant media stream, it is hard to predict what information will be shared by the public or how it will be interpreted. While police have mechanisms in place regarding the release of information to the public, the public does not. Citizens can circulate information on their own accord without the same onus of responsibility or accuracy. This publication provides strategic approaches to improve communications between the police and the public as the information landscape continually evolves with the advent of Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking technology. This publication is based on the belief that improving communication and outreach improves relations with people and organizations, builds trust and respect, increases transparency, and fosters greater community engagement. It is also based on the belief that law enforcement agencies must expand their efforts to market from within. This white paper provides suggestions to law enforcement executives on ways to develop a strategy to maintain a comprehensive public relations, communications, and outreach effort, regardless of the size or type of the law enforcement agency they lead."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Major Cities Chiefs Association
2010-09
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Problem-Solving Tips: A Guide to Reducing Crime and Disorder Through Problem-Solving Partnerships (2nd Edition)
"Intended as a reference for those who are interested in implementing a problem-solving approach, this guide contains information and insights into the process. It takes the reader step by step through solving problems, offers examples of problem-solving from the field, and provide additional resources."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2010-06
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Reducing Fear of Crime: Strategies for Police
"This Guide briefly reviews information about the phenomenon of fear of crime as well as historical and contemporary police efforts to reduce fear. The main focus, however, is on tools and techniques that police can use to target and reduce fear of crime, and institutionalize fear reduction within their agencies. Some promising practices and best practices have been identified-these are strategies and programs that have been implemented and that have been tested and shown to be effective."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Cordner, Gary W.
2010-01
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Campus-Community Policing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement and Community Representatives
"The Campus-Community Policing Partnership (CCPP) model is a road map for historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and law enforcement agencies to reduce violent crime and drug use on HBCU campuses and the surrounding communities by increasing community engagement and strengthening relations between police and community members. The model is designed to help HBCUs and law enforcement establish functional partnerships in their own communities. With a CCPP, representatives of law enforcement, HBCUs, and community work together to identify problems and build their community policing capacity. In 2008, the UNCF Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) established the CCPP model, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The CCPP guidebook covers all aspects of establishing a partnership, including recruiting community stakeholders for participation in a CCPP Core Work Group, selecting interns to help with implementation, assessing community needs to determine a focus, developing strategies to address that issue, and evaluating the effectiveness of the campaign."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2009-06
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Collaborative Reform Initiative Process: Experiences of Selected Sites
"Since the launch of the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) in 2011, interest in and support for this approach to improving trust between police agencies and the communities they serve has grown significantly. As of the writing of this report, 16 law enforcement agencies have been launched as CRI-TA sites. Given this increase in participation and investment, the COPS Office [Office of Community Oriented Policing Services] and others are interested in understanding how participating jurisdictions experience the Collaborative Reform process. This study compares and contrasts how the CRI-TA process unfolded across sites in order to shed light on elements that were similar, elements that differed, things that worked well, and areas in need of improvement. The sites reviewed in this report are the Las Vegas (Nevada) Metropolitan Police Department, Spokane (Washington) Police Department, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Police Department, Saint Louis County (Missouri) Police Department, Fayetteville (North Carolina) Police Department, Salinas (California) Police Department, and Calexico (California) Police Department. One-on-one and group interviews were conducted across an array of stakeholders, including representatives from three key groups: (1) COPS Office staff (both current and former), (2) technical assistance (TA) providers and their subject matter expert (SME) partners, and (3) police agency personnel. In addition to speaking with key stakeholders, the team from the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) reviewed available documents that could shed some light on the CRI-TA process."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Cole, Christine M.; Collins, Megan; Finn, Julie; Lawrence, Sarah
2017
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Assessment of the Collaborative Reform Initiative in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: A Catalyst for Change
"The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) at the U.S. Department of Justice launched the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) in 2012 with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) as the first site. Under CRI-TA, law enforcement agencies facing significant issues that may impact public trust undergo a comprehensive assessment, are provided with recommendations on how to address those issues, and receive technical assistance to implement such recommendations. Over two years have passed since LVMPD's final CRI-TA report was published in May of 2014 and formal oversight was complete. The COPS Office granted the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) at Community Resources for Justice an award to assess the extent to which the reforms that were borne of CRI-TA have had an impact and have been sustained since the formal partnership ended. This report reflects the findings of a nine-month assessment of LVMPD which examined existing data from LVMPD and collected input from 74 individuals within the Department representing a range of ranks and perspectives. In sum, we found that the CRI-TA has been an important catalyst for meaningful and sustained change at the LVMPD."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Cole, Christine M.; Collins, Megan; Finn, Julie; Lawrence, Sarah
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Improving Law Enforcement Resilience: Lessons and Recommendations
"The last several decades have seen a downward trend of violence against law enforcement officers; however, the threat of on-the-job injury or death is still real for officers nationwide. For example, vehicular accidents remain a persistent and high cause of officer deaths, but 2016 saw a noticeable uptick in the number of firearms-related officer fatalities compared to recent years. [...] To help address these issues, the COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office and BJA [Bureau of Justice Assistance] decided to focus the October 2016 OSW [Officer Safety and Wellness] Group meeting on how to develop and support resilient officers and agencies."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Spence, Deborah L.
2017
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Gender, Sexuality, and 21st Century Policing: Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ+ Community
"Over the past eight years we have witnessed an unprecedented effort to advance the civil rights of--and justice for--lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) people living in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, paving the way for its 2015 ruling that denying same-sex couples the right to marry was unconstitutional. [...] With these groundbreaking court decisions and federal statues, same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ victims of crime are now provided the same protections under federal law as different-sex couples and non-LGBTQ+ victims of crime. But despite these successes, LGBTQ+ people living in the United States still experience discrimination in education, employment, and housing--and in the justice system, including policing, arrest, and incarceration. Sometimes this discrimination results from the biased enforcement of the law. [...] To address these issues and to explore their importance to policing, the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), in collaboration with Strategic Applications International (SAI), hosted a forum in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2016. The forum was attended by law enforcement and representatives of LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. This publication, which summarizes that meeting, is based on input provided by participating subject matter experts and law enforcement agencies during the July forum and pre-forum interviews."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Copple, James E.; Dunn, Patricia M.
2017
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Effects of COPS Office Funding on Sworn Force Levels, Crime, and Arrests: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
"This paper presents new evidence about one particularly promising approach to controlling crime that does not rely (at least directly) on incarceration and, unlike many other approaches, would seem to be relatively easy to scale: hiring more police. The canonical economic model of crime from Becker (1968) predicts that police deter criminal behavior by increasing the expected costs of punishment to potential offenders. Police may also reduce crime by making arrests that result in the incarceration and hence incapacitation of active offenders, or by engaging in preventive problem-solving activities. While the United States has increased spending on police over the past several decades, the growth in police per capita pales in comparison to the growth in corrections expenditures [...]. The prospect of diminishing marginal returns raises the possibility of shifting resources away from imprisonment towards police to reduce crime at no extra cost. And one thing that almost every police department in the country knows how to do is hire more police. [...] In this paper we present new estimates for the effects on crime from adding more police, which we believe have an unusually strong claim to identification."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Cook, Philip J., 1946-; Kapustin, Max; Ludwig, Jens; Miller, Douglas L.
2017
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Campus Threat Assessment Training: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Institutions of Higher Education - Participant's Manual
"Since the tragic events at Virginia Tech in April 2007 and Northern Illinois University in February 2008 and other recent incidents of campus violence, it is uniformly acknowledged that higher education institutions must develop a behavioral threat assessment capacity. Following the incident at Virginia Tech, more than 20 institutional, state, professional association, and governmental reports have recommended that higher education institutions develop and implement threat assessment and management processes and tools as one way to enhance campus safety and security."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Community Policing & Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Guidelines to Enhance Community Trust
"There is no question that technology is rapidly changing the face of policing today. Most police forces now have computers in patrol cars and communicate with their officers via cell phone. They actively use new technologies to gather license plate data and pinpoint hot spots of crime. New DNA testing capabilities are reopening thousands of old cases, offering the chance to complete an investigation or, in some cases, reverse a wrongful conviction. A driving force among cutting-edge businesses is the search for 'disruptive' technologies--a product that will completely transform a market and potentially make former products obsolete. Technology has been a 'disruptive' force for law enforcement in many ways. For example, the use of cellphone cameras and the explosive growth of body-worn cameras have irreversibly changed the nature of policing. Like these other technological breakthroughs, the development of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) has the potential to revolutionize policing. These systems are portable, relatively easy to learn and use, and are becoming increasingly affordable as more manufacturers enter the growing market."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Valdovinos, Maria; Specht, Jim; Zeunik, Jennifer
2016
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Community-Based Approaches to Prevention: A Report on the 2014 National Summit on Preventing Multiple Casualty Violence
From the back cover: "The American public has expressed increasing alarm over incidents of multiple casualty violence. While the law enforcement community has progressed in advancing training in the tactical response to incidents, there are significant gaps in strategies aimed at preventing multiple casualty violence. To address this need, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers has collaborated with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Johns Hopkins University's School of Education to facilitate a series of national summits specifically focused on prevention. The third and final summit occurred in February 2014, bringing together subject matter experts from a wide range of disciplines positioned to help prevent multiple casualty violence, such as law enforcement, health care, law, social sciences, education, and academia. Over the course of the three-day summit, participants outlined the elements of a prevention toolkit adaptable to the needs of individual communities."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2015
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Understanding Firearms Assaults Against Law Enforcement Officers in the United States
From the COPS [Office of Community Oriented Policing Services] website abstract, "This publication attempts to answer important questions regarding firearm assaults against law enforcement officers. Initially prepared as a framework for discussion in the 2014 Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Group roundtable dedicated to identifying best practices for reducing firearm assaults and ambushes, this publication reviews the group's findings on law enforcement policies, procedures, training, and agency characteristics that can reduce officer deaths and injuries. It is divided into three sections: the meeting's findings and recommendations, a review of 50 years of literature written about situational factors that could lead to assaults, and data identified through a current study."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Kuhns, Joseph B.; Dolliver, Diana; Bent, Emily; Maguire, Edward R.
2016
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COPS Office FY2015 Application Guide: Community Policing Development
"Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance, the development of innovative community policing strategies, applied research, guidebooks, and best practices that are national in scope. The COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office, a federal provider of innovative, customer-focused resources that address the continuing and emerging needs of those engaged in enhancing public safety through community policing, has designed the CPD solicitation to address critical topics in the law enforcement field by building on the principles of community policing. […] The 2015 CPD program has been established to fund specific projects related to the following topic areas: (1) Microgrant Initiative for Law Enforcement; (2) Critical Response Technical Assistance; (3) Community Policing Emerging Issues Forums; (4) President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Field Initiated Projects; (5) Collaborative Reform Initiative Program Evaluation; and (6) Invitational Initiative. There is up to $4 million in CPD funds, and the COPS Office aims to fund numerous projects. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. Funding is limited, and we expect this solicitation to be very competitive."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2015-05
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Collaborative Reform Initiative: An Assessment of the St. Louis County Police Department
"The nation was jarred by events that occurred in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri; Staten Island, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; and in 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. These events--which followed officer-involved incidents in these American cities and around the nation--exposed deep divides between communities and their police departments. As the discord reached a fever pitch, law enforcement agencies nationwide began the process of self-evaluation, reflecting on policies and practices and implementing innovative strategies to better engender community policing principles, build trust, and allay fear. The St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD), with 855 authorized sworn commissioned officer positions, is responsible for providing police services to an estimated population of approximately 407,000 county residents. The population served increases to approximately 1 million when accounting for the fact that the department also provides contracted law enforcement services to 66 municipalities, 12 school districts, and five other organizations within the county. The department provides both full service contracts--in which the SLCPD is the sole police agency for a municipality and provides all police services--and dedicated patrol contracts that require the SLCPD to provide requested police services."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Norton, Blake; Hamilton, Edwin E.; Braziel, Rick; Linskey, Daniel; Zeunik, Jennifer
2015
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Collaborative Reform Initiative: An Assessment of the San Francisco Police Department
"As a result of an extensive independent assessment of the San Francisco Police Department's (SFPD) activities and operations, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) presents findings and recommendations on how to address the agency's needs proactively in a long-term manner to improve trust between the SFPD and the communities it serves."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
2016-10
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Collaborative Reform Initiative: An Assessment of the Salinas Police Department
"Between March and July of 2014, Salinas (California) Police Department (SPD) officers were involved in four officer-involved shootings (OIS). The OIS incidents resulted in the deaths of all four suspects, all of whom were Hispanic. These incidents led to widespread protests against the SPD. Following the four OIS incidents, community members began protesting, as many believed SPD was engaged in biased policing. There were also allegations of brutality, claims that the department was covering up excessive and inappropriate use of force, and a general lack of trust for the department. The SPD's relationships with many in the Hispanic community, particularly in the East Salinas area, were especially damaged by these shooting incidents. As a result of these tensions, Salinas Police Chief Kelly McMillin contacted the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), seeking assistance through the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA). The COPS Office agreed to provide the requested assistance, and the SPD voluntarily entered into a CRI-TA agreement. The following project goal and four objectives were identified and agreed upon by the COPS Office and the SPD as the focus areas of the assessment: The goal of this CRI-TA assessment is to improve the SPD's responsiveness and accountability to the community, taking into account national standards, promising practices, existing research, and community expectations."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Santos, Roberto; Gregory, Rick; Cordero, Leocadio; Richard, Gerald
2016
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Collaborative Reform Initiative: Six-Month Assessment Report on the Spokane Police Department
"In fall 2012, only months after being sworn in as the chief of the Spokane Police Department (SPD), former Chief Frank Straub requested that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) assess the SPD's use of force policies, processes, and practices. The COPS Office responded and tasked CNA with conducting this assessment under the COPS Office's Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) program. The goal of this review was to improve use of force processes in the SPD, taking into account national standards, best practices, existing research, and community expectations. The objectives of the review were as follows: (1)Examine the SPD's use of force policies and procedures compared with national best practices and existing research, identify areas for improvement, and provide recommendations. (2)Analyze a sample of use of force investigation files from 2009 through 2013 and identify trends, strengths, and weaknesses. (3) Examine the role of the ombudsman in use of force investigations compared with national best practices and existing research. (4)Improve the SPD's culture as it relates to use of force to build trust with the community. The focus of the COPS Office and CNA review centered on the following aspects of SPD's use of force: (1) policy and procedures, (2) training and tactics, (3) investigation and documentation, (4) civilian oversight, and (5) community outreach."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Rodriguez, Denise; McClelland, Blake
2015
