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Problem
Research has shown, and community members and law enforcement professionals agree, enhanced and expanded training and peer support for public safety personnel is needed to reduce crime, build trust, and enable successful police-community collaboration.
Multiple functions within and outside law enforcement provide ongoing peer support and access to cutting edge resources and strategies for professionals in the discharge their duties. Yet, there is a colossal lack of networking and ongoing training opportunities for community engagement roles, including chaplains, within the law enforcement profession. As crime rates rise, communities and police also concur that strong community–law enforcement partnerships are increasingly requisite for public safety. The LECEN addresses this gap.
Solution
Network members:
- Learn about best and promising community outreach practices and resources that will help them excel in their jobs.
- Connect with other law enforcement professionals working in similar roles across the nation, which will provide immediate and sustained professional development opportunities.
- Organize local programming simultaneous to other network members, sharing best practices and lessons learned, and having first access to resources including training guides and swag.
Research-Based Approach
The LECEN utilizes evaluated best practices in creating connections across difference. The underlying theory is “Intergroup Contact Theory” which was pioneered after World War II efforts in integration and sets the conditions for successful engagement between groups, including the types of activities and the role for leadership. LECEN members learn how to further use these approaches, how their agencies can support them, and how to evaluate for impact.
For more information, please contact us at lecen@movementforward.org
Impact
While most law enforcement community engagement professionals have great instincts and good intentions, they might lack the expertise, organizational capacity, and resources required to implement their ideas.
Further, most community engagement professionals have not received any form of peer support on how to best engage with and involve community members, or how to promote their outreach programs, events, and ongoing activities. Others have successfully organized impactful events but lack the expertise to transform these activities into long-term and sustained strategic partnerships that reduce crime and increase mutual trust. These are just a few examples of the community engagement training gaps addressed by participating in the law enforcement-community engagement network.
Cohort Members
- Hartselle Police Department – Hartselle, AL
- Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office – Birmingham, AL
- Arizona Department of Corrections – Phoenix, AZ
- Arizona Department of Public Safety – Phoenix, AZ
- Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office – Conway, AR
- West Memphis Police Department – West Memphis, AR
- Fort Smith Police Department – Fort Smith, AR
- Fresno Police Department – Fresno, CA
- Oxnard Police Department – Oxnard, CA
- Elk Grove Police Department – Elk Grove, CA
- San Diego Police Department – San Diego, CA
- Aurora Police Department – Aurora, CO
- Central Connecticut State University – New Britain, CT
- Groton Police Department – Groton, CT
- University of Delaware – Newark, DE
- Coconut Creek Police Department – Coconut Creek, FL
- Clearwater Police Department – Clearwater, FL
- Coral Springs Police Department – Coral Springs, FL
- Brookhaven Police Department – Brookhaven, GA
- Hapeville Police Department – Hapeville, GA
- Maui Police Department – Maui, HI
- Honolulu Police Department – Honolulu, HI
- Boise Police Department – Boise, ID
- Buffalo Grove Police Department – Buffalo Grove, IL
- Macomb Police Department – Macomb, IL
- Marion County Sheriffs Office – Indianapolis, IN
- Black Hawk Sheriff’s Office – Waterloo, IA
- Liberal Police Department – Liberal, KS
- Wichita Police Department – Wichita, KS
- New Orleans Police Department – New Orleans, LA
- Kennebunk Police Department – Kennebunk, ME
- Methuen Police Department – Methuen, MA
- Brownstown Police Department – Brownstown, MI
- St Clair County Sheriff’s Office – Port Huron, MI
- Brooklyn Center Police Department – Brooklyn Center, MN
- Moorhead Police Department – Moorhead, MN
- Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office – Minneapolis, MN
- Jackson Police Department – Jackson, MS
- Blue Springs Police Department – Blue Springs, MO
- Gage County Sheriff’s Office – Beatrice, NE
- Kearney Police Department – Kearney, NE
- Manasquan Police Department – Manasquan, NJ
- Englewood Police Department – Englewood, NJ
- Berlin Borough Police Department – Berlin Borough, NJ
- Milan Police Department – Milan, NM
- Rio Arriba Sheriff’s Office – Espanola, NM
- Pueblo of Acoma Police Department – Acoma Pueblo, NM
- Erie County D.A. – Buffalo, NY
- Skaneateles Police Department – Skaneateles, NY
- Rocky Mount Police Department – Rocky Mount, NC
- Apex Police Department – Apex, NC
- Fargo Police Department – Fargo, ND
- Sinclair Community College – Dayton, OH
- Bixby Police Department – Bixby, OH
- Office of Ohio Attorney General – Columbus, OH
- Muskogee Police Department – Muskogee, OK
- Osage Nation – Pawhuska, OK
- Norristown Police Department – Norristown, PA
- Spring Township Police Department – Spring Township, PA
- Plymouth Township Police Department – Plymouth Township, PA
- Providence Police Department – Providence, RI
- Rhode Island State Police – Lincoln, RI
- Columbia Police Department – Columbia, SC
- City of Rock Hill Police Department – Rock Hill, SC
- Yankton Police Department – Yankton, SD
- Dickson Police Department – Dickson, TN
- Memphis Police Department – Memphis, TN
- Waco Police Department – Waco, TX
- Harris County Sheriff’s Office – Humble, TX
- West Jordan Police Department – West Jordan, UT
- Roanoke City Sheriff’s Department – Roanoke, VA
- Pulaski Police Department – Pulaski, VA
- King County Sheriff’s Office – Seattle, WA
- Renton Police Department – Renton, WA
- Saint Albans Police Department – Saint Albans, WV
- Huntington Police Department – Huntington, WV
- Milwaukee Police Department – Milwaukee, WI
- Marquette University Police Department – Milwaukee, WI
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