LINKS TO SITES OF INTEREST

Sites Specific to Community Policing

• Community Policing Consortium - This website is an exceptional resource, produced by top leaders in the field. Also make sure to put yourself on the list for their printed materials.
  • Community Links - This Consortium publication looks at efforts nationwide.
• The U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office - Their grants have helped agencies nationwide.
• Emerald Journals: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management - The journal provides expert discussion, analysis and strategies for those concerned with achieving greater effectiveness in policing and law enforcement.

Curriculum & Lesson Plans

• Mississippi Police Corps Curriculum (note that it will take time for the page to load) - The Mississippi Police Corps devleoped more than 60 course descriptions, organized among the eight domains of policing:
  • ethics
  • skills
  • legal
  • wellness
  • leadership
  • communication
  • problem solving
  • community

  Curriculum topics range from intelligence-led patrol to conducting sobriety tests to dealing with domestic violence.

  Bucqueroux was a member of the Police Executive Research Forum team whose mandate was to help the Mississippi Police Corps put their curriculum online. The team was directed by Drew Diamond, deputy director of PERF, and included Robert Lunney, former police chief in Edmonton, Canada.

  Though the Web site for the Mississippi Police Corps has been taken down, the link above will take you to the curriculum they developed.

Strategic Plans (please submit an electronic copy of your strategic plan and we will post it)

• City of Grand Rapids

Other sites with valuable information

• Balanced & Restorative Justice - Here are hidden links to four weeks of free online classes produced by Bonnie Bucqueroux and her team for the Michigan Bureau of Juvenile Justice:
  • BARJ Week 1 - What BARJ is and is not
  • BARJ Week 2 - BARJ strategies and community collaborations
  • BARJ Week 3 - Implementing and assessing BARJ
  • BARJ Week 4 - Catching up
• How To Become a Police Officer - by Eli Galayda
• StopViolence.com - A rich resource on opportunities to reduce violence in our culture.
• Crime Prevention Coalition of America - This group is dedicated to providing and promoting crime prevention education, training, technical assistance and professional development to crime prevention practitioners.
• Community Toolbox - A tremendous online resource about building various skills.
• The Vidocq Society - This group, comprised of top forensic scientists worldwide, works selected cold cases pro bono.
• Police Futures Group - The Police Futures Group, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, was established in September 1997 and is attached to the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
• Law Enforcement News - The John Jay College publication that offers up-to-date news of the field.

National Police Organizations

• The Police Executive Research Forum - The progressive popularizers of Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) as conceived by Dr. Herman Goldstein.
• The International Association of Chiefs of Police - The largest membership organization serving law enforcement nationwide.
• National Sheriffs Association - Home page offers links to state organizations.
• The Police Foundation - A leader in the field of progressive policing.

Criminal Justice Organizations & Victim Groups

• National School Resource Officer Association
• National Citizens Police Academy Association
• Crime Victims for a Just Society - A national crime victims' organization that supports community policing.
• Victims and the Media Program - A resource for journalists, police public information officers, and victim advocates and service providers.
• Cop Net - An excellent collection of online resources and opportunities for interaction. Make sure to check out their Justice Directory.
• U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime - This agency admininsters victim compensation funds to states and provides training and support for victim advocates and service providers.
• U.S. Department of Justice's Crime and Victim Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics - An excellent resource for information and trends.
• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• National Domestic Violence Hotline (Linea Nacional sobre la Violencia Domestica) - Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224(TDD).
• U.S. Department of Justice's Violence Against Women Office
• The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• Justice Information Center - National Criminal Justice Research Service
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• Victim Assistance Online
• Parents of Murdered Children
• Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD)
• Security on Campus
• National Organization of Victim Assistance - NOVA

Other sites of interest

• The Killology Research Group - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of the book On Killing, has established this group to explore how human beings are taught to overcome their inherent aversion to killing.
• Policy.com - A superb online source of information and analysis on critical issues.