What is Community Policing?

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.

 

Community Policing Awards

In its 13th year, the IACP/Cisco Community Policing Awards competition honors those departments worldwide that have prevented and decreased crime and terrorism by forging partnerships with their communities.

Participating Departments & Citizens

Latest Blogs

David: Dayton P.D. "The Urban High School Disorder Reduction Project" - Last month I had the privilege of presenting the IACP/ Cisco Community Policing Award to the Dayton Police Department and...[read more]
Posted 12.29.11
Dr. Robbie: Oslo Public Service Summit - 2011 - I had the honor of representing the IACP Community Policing Committee and GILEE (and the Andrew Young School of...[read more]
Posted 12.15.11
Dr. Robbie: Kill Community Policing? - Literally on the eve of the IACP 118th annual conference (Chicago) an article posted on PoliceOne.com by chief Joel Shults...[read more]
Posted 11.27.11
Dr. Robbie: Public-Private Partnerships - The Atlanta Police Department - through the Atlanta Police Foundation - has established the Atlanta Security Council. It is comprised...[read more]
Posted 11.26.11
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Latest News

Professor to aid city in tackling murder
Posted on 27 January 2012

By: J. KARIN CURLEY Capowich will train NOPD in new policing strategies Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas have a plan to reduce murd... ;

NHPD develops strategy
Posted on 27 January 2012

The New Haven Police Department will move 21 officers from its investigative division to patrol as it rolls out its community policing strategy throughout the Elm City’s 10 districts. NHPD Chief Dean Esserman and Mayor John DeStefano Jr. announced their plans for the department at a Thursday morning press conference at the Newhallville police substation, paving the way for walking beats for ...

Police to start walking beats
Posted on 25 January 2012

Two months into his tenure as New Haven Police Department chief, Dean Esserman released his plan for returning New Haven to a community policing model in a meeting Wednesday evening at the Wexler-Grant Community School in Dixwell. Esserman explained to a crowd of Dixwell and Newhallville residents that his community policing plan will include officers walking beats in the city’s neighborhoods by ...

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