20th Anniversary Photo Contest – November Winner
The COPS Office is pleased to feature the November 2015 winner of the Community Policing in Action Photo Contest: The Longwood (Florida) Police Department. Their winning photo features members of the Longwood Police Department and the Longwood Citizens on Patrol program greeting veterans at the Orlando International Airport upon their return from their Honor Flight trip in 2013.
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Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy
I participated in implementing the pillars of procedural justice and police legitimacy over the course of the past 10 years in each of the divisions I have been responsible for in my capacity as a captain for the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS). As simplistic as it sounds, it is true: procedural justice and police legitimacy work. Treating everyone with dignity and respect, regardless of their lot in life, is paramount in our profession.
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Lessons from the Police Response to the Demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri
On September 3, 2014, the COPS Office released the After-Action Assessment of the Police Response to the August 2014 Demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri. The After-Action Assessment focused on the 17-day period starting immediately after the shooting of Michael Brown at 12:02 p.m. CDT on August 9, 2014, through midnight on August 25, 2014, the day of his funeral.1 The COPS Office—with its technical assistance provider, Institute for Intergovernmental Research—led a team of subject matter experts “to examine the police response to the mass gatherings, identify significant findings about critical decisions and practices, and develop lessons learned that law enforcement agencies nationwide can use to help build trust, improve relationships, and protect civil rights in the communities they serve.”
Child Sex Trafficking Online Training
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Violent Crimes Against Children Sectionof the Criminal Division at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is pleased to announce the launch of the Child Sex Trafficking: A Training Series of Frontline Officers online training course. This training is available to law enforcement officers only and builds on the Child Sex Trafficking: A Training Series for Frontline Officers toolkit developed by the IACP, the COPS Office, and the FBI.
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COPS Office Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance
In response to requests from the law enforcement community for a proactive, non-adversarial, and cost-effective form of technical assistance for agencies with significant law enforcement-related issues, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) developed the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA).
The purpose of CRI-TA is to improve trust between agencies and the communities they serve by providing a means to organizational transformation around specific issues. It is not a short-term solution for a serious deficiency but rather a long-term strategy that first identifies issues within an agency that may affect public trust and then offers recommendations based on a comprehensive agency assessment for how to resolve those issues and enhance the relationship between the police and the community.
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