Task Force Report and Related Documents
Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, May, 2015
The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing: One-Year Progress Report, Mayor 2016
Implementation Best Practices
Mayors have been invited to share information on their cities’ approaches to the kinds of sound community policing policies and practices that are reflected in the recommendations of the President’s Task Force. The exchange of best practices among cities is acknowledged to be an important aid in the implementation of Task Force recommendations. The reports that follow summarize efforts underway in a number of cities; each identifies a person to be contacted for more detailed information.
- Aurora’s implementation of Recommendations from President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing
- Baltimore Police Department Progress and Improvements
- Community Policing and Community Engagement in Boston
- Charleston Illumination Project: Community Engagement, Strategic Planning and Implementation Report
- City of Columbia’s Implementation Plan: Moving from Recommendations to Action
- Mediation Center Roles in Stronger Police-Community Relations in Four Cities
- Community Policing and Crime Reduction Policies and Practices in Laredo
- Menlo Park’s Local Partnerships to Revitalize Community Policing
- Oklahoma City Police Department Initiatives
- The Orlando Police Department’s Implementation of Community Policing Through Community Engagement
- Implementing the 21st Century Policing Task Force Recommendations in Phoenix
- Implementing the Pillars of the 21st Century Policing Task Force Report in Pittsburgh
- Schenectady Police Strategies to Build and Maintain Community Trust and Confidence
- St. Louis’s Efforts to Strengthen Police Community Relations
- Achieving Balance: Integrating Crime Reduction and Public Trust in Sumter, SC
- A Case Study in Building Trust and Legitimacy through Social Media in Westland
The invitation to share best practices on this page is open to all mayors. Descriptions of best practices should be submitted to [email protected].
Other Materials from the COPS Office:
Message from COPS Office Director Ronald L. Davis, July 28, 2015 (http://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/president-s-task-force-21st-century-policing-recommendations-print-action)
Collaborative Reform Initiative: An Assessment of the St. Louis County Police Department, 2015 (http://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-p316-pub.pdf)
Procedural Justice for Law Enforcement: An Overview, 2015
(http://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-p333-pub.pdf)
Other Publications and Information
Community Conversations and Other Efforts to Strengthen Police-Community Relations in 49 Cities, August 2014.
IACP Launches Institute for Community-Police Relations
May 2016
Guiding Principles on Use of Force
Police Executive Research Forum, March 2016
Advice from Police Chiefs and Community Leaders on Building Trust
Police Executive Research Forum, March 2016
Making Cities Safe Through Community Policing
The United States Conference of Mayors and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, United States Department of Justice, 2015
Articles from U.S. Mayor:
August 7: 2015: Mayors Gather at White House to Discuss Community Policing (http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/08_07_15/080715USMayor.pdf, p. 10)
March 9, 2015: Johnson Urges Quick Implementation of President’s Policing Task Force Recommendations (http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/03_09_15/030915USMayor.pdf)
February 2, 2015: Conference of Mayors Presents Policing Recommendations to President Obama’s Task Force during Winter Meeting (http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/02_02_15/020215USMayor.pdf, pp. 12-13)
Strengthening Police-Community Relations in America’s Cities, A Report of The U.S. Conference of Mayors Working Group of Mayors and Police Chiefs, January 22, 2015
(http://usmayors.org/83rdWinterMeeting/media/012215-report-policing.pdf)
January 19, 2015: Mayors Best Positioned to Build Police Community Trust, Johnson Tells Task Force
(http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/01_19_15/011915USMayor.pdf)
December 15, 2014: Johnson Appoints Gary Mayor Freeman-Wilson to Lead Special Mayors-Police Chiefs Working Group (http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/12_15_14/121514USMayor.pdf)
This project is supported by grant number 2014CKWX0014 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice. Any opinions contained herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. References to specific agencies, companies, products, or services should not be considered an endorsement by the authors or the U.S. Department of Justice. Rather, the references are illustrations to supplement discussion of the issues.