• COPS Office Photo Contest – February Winner
• Collaboration and Mentorship: Quakertown First Responders Explorer Post #58
• Street Law for Police & Teens: Advancing Justice through Classroom Education Programs
• A History of African Americans in Law Enforcement

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The COPS Office is pleased to feature the February 2017 winner of the Community Policing in Action Photo Contest: The Houston Police Department. The winning photo features Officer Jeremy Lahar chatting with a young girl in a local children’s hospital.

Collaboration and Mentorship: Quakertown First Responders Explorer Post #58

Jason did something he never did before—. he climbed a 150-foot extended ladder on a fire truck. Ashley operated a fire hose for the first time, using.  all her might not to fall backwards from the strong pressure. Tyler enjoyed the thrill of being carried on an authentic stretcher used by paramedics for real patients at the hospital. And Laura is still talking about the excitement of watching the K9 police dogs perform a demonstration; she now dreams of becoming a police officer.

Street Law for Police & Teens: Advancing Justice through Classroom Education Programs

As police departments and communities across the country strive to improve relationships and foster trust, Street Law, Inc., a nonprofit organization, offers a new tool for working with youth: Street Law for Police & Teens.  Designed to build positive relationships between police and youth while empowering young people with legal knowledge and civic skills, Street Law for Police & Teens is a program for law enforcement officers to teach young people about law and policing.

A History of African Americans in Law Enforcement

1867: African-American police officers are appointed to the police department in the Selma, Alabama; they would be followed in 1868 by officers in Jackson, Florida, and in 1870 by officers in Houston and Galveston, Texas. 

1870: New Orleans, Louisiana has 177 African-American officers, and three of five police board members were African American.

April 12, 1870: Officer William Johnson of Jacksonville, Florida becomes the first recognized African-American police officer killed in the line of duty.

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