20th Anniversary Photo Contest – April Winner

Inspector Alisa Petty

The COPS Office is pleased to feature the April 2015 winner of the Community Policing in Action Photo Contest – The Metropolitan (Washington, D.C.) Police Department. The photo features Inspector Alisa Petty talking with two young girls during a National Night Out event in August 2014.
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A New Procedural Justice Course

“Procedural justice” refers to the idea of fairness in the processes that resolve disputes and allocate resources. Read More


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COPS Office Information Sharing Grants in CA

On September 16, 2014, Sycuan Tribal Police Department’s officers, all of whom are commissioned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services as special deputy officers, were approved to access the state’s robust law enforcement telecommunications system, the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS)—a first in the state. Read More


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Measure Community Policing for Free

The Community Policing Self-Assessment Tool (CP-SAT) is easy to administer and now available free of charge to all tribal law enforcement agencies! Read More


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Help the COPS Office Review Grants!

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) will solicit grant applications in the coming months for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 COPS Office Anti-Heroin Task Force program (AHTF), COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP), and COPS Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI). 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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