The annual Community Policing in Action Photo Contest celebrates the spirit of community policing by highlighting moments of trust, collaboration, and connection between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.

Each year, the COPS Office invites state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to submit one photo that reflects the agency’s positive community engagement and trust building with community members, stakeholders, local government, and others.

The COPS Office selects approximately twelve (12) winning photos that may be showcased as headers on the COPS Office Twitter and Facebook pages and on the homepage of the COPS Office website. Winning agencies may also be featured in an article in the COPS Office e-newsletter, the CP Dispatch, and/or a COPS Office issued press release. Please note that both selected and non-selected photos may be archived and used in other COPS Office or U.S. Department of Justice communications for Federal Government purposes in the future. There is no cash award or other prize for this photo contest.