Training & Education: Action Items

WHAT IS IT ?

This is a web page defining community policing according to the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services Office. It gives a brief summary on what community policing is and the elements it contains.

HOW DO YOU USE IT ?

This is good background information that is not hard to understand on what comprises community policing.

School administrators, planners, educators, and others should review the definition of CPTED and related concepts before making a determination to implement.

ACIVITY

Using the data points provided in the web site, write a short paragraph describing the ideal way law enforcement and the various groups within the school can most effectively interact. Share this scenario with the greater SchoolSafetyNet community by posting it to the web site

REFERENCES

Definition of community policing from the US Department of Justice's Office of Community Policing Services. Retrieved from the internet November 21, 2003.
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=36

COLLABORATION

Staff from all areas of the school should meet with the law enforcement representative to discuss how to implement community policing principles in to their work.