Law Enforcement

Please join the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) in celebrating National Community Policing Week by entering the “Community Policing in Action” photo contest by November 4. Now in its third year, the contest promotes community policing and trust building by showcasing positive community policing engagements.

Please join the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) for the first National Coffee with a Cop Day on Friday, October 7, 2016. Coffee with a Cop is an innovative program that began in 2011 by the Hawthorne (CA) Police Department (HPD). It has since grown exponentially, reaching thousands of agencies throughout the United States and abroad (including Canada, Australia, Europe, and Africa).

On Saturday, September 24 the U.S. Department of Justice released a memo from Attorney General Loretta Lynch announcing a three-part strategy - prevention, enforcement, and treatment - to address the country’s prescription opioid and heroin epidemic.

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is hosting the webinar “Police-Mental Health Collaboration Programs, a different Way of Policing” on Wednesday, September 28 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET. The purpose of this webinar is to provide an overview of police-mental health collaboration (PMHC) programs—collaborative partnerships among law enforcement agencies, mental health providers, and other community-based entities.

CSG Justice Center Webinar - Police-Mental Health Collaboration Programs, a Different Way of Policing

Law enforcement agencies have used police-mental health collaboration (PMHC) programs to help officers safely and effectively respond to calls for service involving people with mental illnesses for decades. This webinar will provide an overview of PMHC programs—collaborative partnerships among law enforcement agencies, mental health providers, and other community-based entities—and will feature two Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) grantees whose programs effectively respond to people with mental illnesses.

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