• The Newark (Delaware) Police Department: To Protect and Embrace
• Public Agencies Head Online to Poll Residents, Gather Input
• When Serving Meets Surviving – Officer Mindset Matters
• Operation Understanding DC

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The COPS Office is pleased to feature the July 2016 winner of the Community Policing in Action Photo Contest—The Newark (Delaware) Police Department. The winning photo features Officer Aaron Olicker (left) and Cpl. James Spadola giving out free hugs in downtown Newark on May 8, 2015.

Public Agencies Head Online to Poll Residents, Gather Input

Over the past few years, law enforcement agencies across the United States have increasingly focused on openness, transparency, and communication with the residents they serve, thanks to the White House’s 21st Century Policing Task Force’s Police Data Initiative.

When Serving Meets Surviving – Officer Mindset Matters

Are law enforcement officers guardians or warriors? It is a question that has been asked in many communities in recent months. The answer is complex, yet simple. Both answers can be correct. And despite perceived differences between communities and their police officers, there can be a unified response to the question.

Operation Understanding DC

For over twenty years, Operation Understanding DC (OUDC) has worked to bring together African-American and Jewish teens for a year-long leadership development program to learn about each other's history and culture. In June, Program Director Avi Edelman and two program alumni students conducted a presentation at the COPS office to provide information about OUDC and lead participants in exercises about perception and assumption.

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