Community-Police Engagement
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On 2003, the Denver, Colorado, Police Department partnered with the Denver Juvenile and Family Justice Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (DJFJ TASC), Colorado Judicial Branch, to create t...
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Imagine if everyone opened up their morning newspaper every day and first read a short, positive story about an officer making a successful arrest. Then they turn the page and see photos and charges f...
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Volunteers have been formally and informally supporting law enforcement efforts for more than a century through auxiliary and reserve programs. Over the years, the growth of the community policing mov...
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How ready are we? This is the question that political and law enforcement leaders should be asking themselves, assuming they have seen the television coverage of the turbulence in the Mideast and the ...
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Around the world, critical incidents related to issues of indigenous rights or social and economic conditions in indigenous communities often attract national and international media coverage, but day...
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots organization of people living with mental illness and their families. NAMI served on the advisory group for the 2009...
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Racial profiling has been an obvious point of contention between law enforcement and minority group members. Over the past decade, the term “bias-based policing” has been coined, and the subject h...
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While there may be a few bad apples within the ranks, the overwhelming perception of the U.S. police is one of trust. And what a difference trust makes in how we view the world and what we can accompl...