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This guidance document describes the challenges that must be addressed by fusion centers, local law enforcement agencies, and communities in developing relationships of trust.

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) invested considerable time and resources examining the impact that CEDs have had on law enforcement agencies and communities across the country. While the guidelines and glossary in this document are not meant to represent the final and definitive perspectives on conducted energy devices (CED), they do provide needed clarification and information that… (read more)

Officer-involved shootings, though relatively rare when compared to the number of interactions law enforcement officers have with the public each day, tend to be high profile events that draw media coverage and sometimes citizen concern. This guide stresses the importance to have in place protocols to investigate an officer-involved shooting without prejudice and to be transparent with the… (read more)

The International Association of Chiefs of Police, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, has released a new publication to assist agencies with their recruitment efforts. The Law Enforcement Recruitment Toolkit comprises four reports, each focusing on a different area of recruitment: Police Recruitment, Recruiting for Diversity,… (read more)

This report outlines strategies to be used as a roadmap for police departments seeking to include officer mental wellness as a core element of officer safety and well-being and to mitigate the threat of officer death by suicide. These strategies are also designed to prevent the destructive effects of emotional trauma, mental illness, and officer deaths by suicide on a police community; to… (read more)

Awareness Brief on homegrown violent extremism. This document highlights the following areas: defining homegrown violent extremism, recruiting extremists, examples of extremism, and the role of community policing in prevention efforts.

Relations with the community are often strained due to incidents of use of force. This document examines the core use of force issues and identifies strategies that can be employed to address these issues and build community trust.

Discover Policing website combines comprehensive information on law enforcement jobs with a full-featured career center where candidates can post resumes and hiring agencies can post vacancies. Discover Policing is the cornerstone of a nationwide initiative to market the benefits of careers in law enforcement to a broad and diverse audience. Through a clear and accurate portrayal of the full… (read more)

This guide focuses on the pivotal role of the Internal Affairs function as one component of an agency-wide professional standards effort in building trust between law enforcement agencies, their staff, and the communities they protect and serve. The guide addresses the Internal Affairs function from complaint processing to decision-making, discipline, notification, and community transparency, as… (read more)

The IACP convened three focus groups of community stakeholders, frontline officers, and law enforcement executives to discuss building community trust. They discussed  strategies that have been used successfully to develop communities of trust and identified challenges facing law enforcement and the community. This toolkit collects some of the most successful strategies, promising programs,… (read more)