Winning Back Your Community

Certification

This course is certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Description

Police-community relations is, by all accounts, the most critical issue facing law enforcement in America today. This course presents law enforcement leaders with solutions, based on empirical research and actual practice, for improving citizen satisfaction, citizen confidence, and citizen support for law enforcement. This training utilizes the findings from social scientific research to identify what factors influence citizen satisfaction with the police, and then provides real-life case study examples to illustrate each of the solutions identified by the research. This course is suited for law enforcement leaders of any rank who engage in directing agency operations and assist in forming departmental policies.

Topics

• The current police-community relations climate
• Why evidence-based practices matter
• Predictors of citizen satisfaction with the police
• Negative contacts with the police
• The influence of police presence
• Training recommendations
• Perceptions of crime and disorder
• Perceptions of police resources in the neighborhood
• Current research on media and news trends
• Immigrant outreach and education
• Summary and policy recommendations

Instructor

Deadline

Please register for this course by October 31.