March 2017

Guest Editor: Tracy Phillips, IACP

Law enforcement agencies are diligently seeking to increase legitimacy, establish trust, build (or rebuild) community-police relations, and improve the field. However, putting these concepts in practice can take many forms, and different communities require different approaches. This issue looks at some of the projects, initiatives, and ideas that can turn these nebulous goals into concrete actions as law enforcement worldwide grapples with policing in the 21st century.

Articles

• Forward Momentum: Examples from the Advancing 21st Century Policing Initiative

  By Tammy Felix, Research Scientist;  Laura Kunard, PhD, Senior Research Scientist;  James “Chip” Coldren, PhD, Managing Director, Justice Programs; and  James “Chips” Stewart, Director, Public Safety, CNA
  Tremendous changes within the field of law enforcement have taken place over the last several years. When the U.S. Department...

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• Building Solid Community-Police Relationships Through Community Policing Promising Practices From the Field

  By James Fox, Chief of Police (Ret.), Newport News, Virginia;  Ronal Serpas, Chief of Police (Ret.), Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Kathleen Kelley, Project Coordinator, IACP
  For decades, the argument has been made that one of the surest ways to build positive, lasting community-police relationships...

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• Connecting with Your LGBTQ Community

  By Jim Ritter, Officer, LGBTQ Liaison, Community Outreach Section, Seattle, Washington, Police Department
  Responding to the myriad of issues and demands placed on law enforcement agencies by diverse community groups can often be overwhelming for law enforcement executi...

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• Collaborative Policing: The New Paradigm for Effective Policing

  By Hildy B. Saizow, Senior Subject Matter Expert, Smart Policing Initiative
  Collaboration is fundamental to effective law enforcement in the 21st century, but community-police collaboration is not a new concept. As long ago as 1829, Sir Robert Peel, who created the first prof...

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• Policing Persons with Disabilities in the 21st Century: A Call for Crisis Prevention and Procedural Justice

  By Ariel A. Simms, JD, Criminal Justice Attorney Fellow, The Arc of the United States, and Sean Collins, Officer, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Police Department
  Robert “Ethan” Saylor was a 26-year-old man who enjoyed going to the movies. He also had Down syndrome, a genetic condition that often causes intellectual and developmental delays. In February 201...

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• The Direct Relationship of Mentoring, Positive Intervention, and Enhanced Youth-Police Engagement

  By Tarrick McGuire, Lieutenant, Arlington, Texas, Police Department, IACP Fellow
  Mentoring—investing time into encouraging and supporting someone else’s life, education, career, or professional development—is generally accepted to be a positive act that yields positive outco...

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• Encouraging Crime Reporting by Immigrants

  By Michael McGrath, Director of Public Safety, City of Cleveland, Ohio, and  Megan L. Sprecher, Immigration and Poverty Law Attorney, End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin
  Domestic violence is an underreported crime. Victims are hesitant to report for a variety of reasons including fear of reprisal by the perpetrator, shame, and worry that no one will believe them. The ...

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