community policing

This webinar will explore successful examples of law enforcement/community coalitions that have produced positive outcomes. Examples of positive outcomes include increasing public awareness of opioid risks, reaching youth with critical messages regarding fentanyl, responding to fatal overdoses, reducing stigma associated with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and promoting links to effective treatment. The webinar will also discuss multidisciplinary and community policing partnerships that helped lead to program success.

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking nominations for its annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing now through April 24, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET. The award recognizes sworn state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers who exhibit outstanding community policing efforts in one of three areas: innovations in community policing, criminal investigations, or field operations.

Next Wednesday, October 2, law enforcement agencies nationwide will recognize the fourth annual National Coffee with a Cop Day. Launched by officers from the Hawthorne, California Police Department in 2011, the mission of National Coffee with a Cop Day is to reduce barriers between police and the public and to increase public safety. This effort provides a framework for officers to establish trust and build bridges with the communities they serve.

For the fifth year, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is hosting its annual "Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest. State, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies are invited to submit a photo that showcases examples of community policing in action with other law enforcement and community stakeholders.

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Diagnostic Center recently published a blog titled, “Police are the Public and the Public are the Police: Building Trust in Twenty First Century Community Policing.” The blog, written by Steve Rickman of SER Associates, reveals the emerging challenges that face police departments in this new era of policing as well as the probable reasons for those challenges.