This year, as new challenges arise in areas such as domestic terrorism and civil unrest, participation in the 30th Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference is sure to be productive for law enforcement agencies of all types.

The conference, which is sponsored by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, will be held April 25–27 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and hosted by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office.

Police leaders and officers of all ranks can meet with crime consultants and researchers to learn the latest strategies and tools for addressing a wide variety of crime and safety problems. Attendees can choose from more than 20 different workshops focused on concerns ranging from civil unrest to relations with the homeless population.

Conference sessions will be of varying sizes and use different formats, so attendees can choose the type of learning environment that works best for them.

In addition to presentations from the finalists for this year's Herman Goldstein Award for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing, the conference will feature sessions on the following:

• Analyzing and responding to homelessness-related problems
• Civil unrest and problem solving
• The police role in community development
• Training police officers in POP principles and methods
• Introduction to problem-oriented policing
• Introduction to problem analysis
• Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
• Preparing line-level personnel to work in a POP environment
• Building analytical capacity for POP
• Violent crime reduction
• Burglaries in off-campus housing
• Domestic violence
• Motivating reluctant community partners
• Child sexual exploitation
• Off-road motor vehicles
• Reflections on Herman Goldstein's contributions to policing

Go to the POP Conference website to learn more or register.

Image Courtesy of ASU Center for Problem-Oriented Policing.

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