20th Anniversary Photo Contest – February Winner

Officer Nolan Chan

The COPS Office is pleased to feature the February 2015 winner of the Community Policing in Action Photo Contest: the Oakland (California) Police Department. Officer Nolan Chan, who has served in the department for over 15 years, is pictured with a ninety-seven year old woman who had recently been robbed.
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2014 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award Winners

The COPS Office is pleased to announce the Bayshore Triangle Project team as the winners of the 2014 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award. Read More


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New MOU from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault

President Obama established the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault one year ago on January 22, 2014. Read More


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One on One with … LEO Near Miss

At the 2014 annual meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the Police Foundation launched LEO Near Miss, an online error reporting system designed to help officers and agencies learn from the real-life experiences of their peers across the country. Read More


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2015 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award Accepting Nominations

The nomination window for the 2015 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award will remain open until Monday, May 11 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Read More


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New Training Available on Child Sex Trafficking

The International Association of Chiefs of Police, in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, has just launched a new toolkit entitled “Child Sex Trafficking: A Training Series for Frontline Officers.” Read More


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A Letter from a Police Chief

This is an excerpt from a speech Galveston (Texas) Police Chief Henry Stephen Porretto gave at the “Moving Beyond Ferguson” symposium in Houston, Texas, on Monday, December 15, 2014. Read More

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