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Building Trust Between the Police and the Citizens They Serve: An Internal Affairs Promising Practices Guide for Law Enforcement
This valuable resource prepared by the International Association of Chiefs of Police is
intended to help law enforcement professionals better understand the pivotal role of the
Internal Affairs function as one component of an agency-wide professional standards
effort in building trust between law enforcement agencies, their staff, and the
communities they are sworn to protect and serve. The guide addresses the Internal Affairs
function from complaint processing to decision-making, discipline, notification, and
community transparency, as well as building an effective Internal Affairs approach for
any size agency. It also looks at the Internal Affairs process from the citizen’s viewpoint,
presenting information about how local agencies can be accountable to their citizens
through trust-building initiatives and other activities. This publication is available in
hardcopy and PDF format.
www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=5416.
Law Enforcement Recruitment Toolkit
This toolkit is a valuable resource in addressing the recruitment needs of the field. It was
developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and comprises four
reports, each focusing on a different area of recruitment. The lead piece, Police
Recruitment: Foundation Concepts, describes police departments’ changing recruitment
needs, the obstacles that stand between the departments and their recruitment goals, and
the strategies that some jurisdictions are using to overcome those obstacles. Each
subsequent report, Recruiting for Diversity, Agency Collaboration in Police Officer
Recruitment and Selection, and Community Partnerships in Police Recruitment, explores
a specific approach to recruitment and provides specific examples of successes in these
areas. The issues of police recruitment, selection, and retention are critical to the
advancement of community policing and the policing profession in general. This
publication is available in hardcopy and PDF format.
www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=542..