Community / police relations and public trust

Certification course to investigate officer involved critical incidents

By utilizing the Police 2 Peace module of training, our department will have access to training opportunities as well as a roadmap for organizational success.

I am requesting TTA assistance in procuring grant funding for training that builds trust and legitimacy through advanced leadership at the Police Executive Research Forum-Senior Management Institute for Personnel (SMIP). The SMIP is a program that provides senior police executives with intensive training in the latest management concepts and practices in government today. Communities expect more from their police departments in terms of trust and legitimacy, de-escalation strategies, critical thinking, and community engagement.

Stratford Police Department has created and implemented a community policing program over the past ten years. The program is a hybrid of the Police Activities League (PAL) and a Stratford-innovated program, the Police Engagement Program(r) (PEP). PAL hosts year-long programs with K-12 students, ranging from social activities, sports programs and has three separate curricula in the schools, which were approved by the Stratford Board of Education. The Stratford PD also intervenes to provide support when social services are unavailable.

Funding assistance to obtain an adequate number of licenses for the Police2Peace program to cover the entire agency including all sworn, and civilian staff as well as the municipalities elected officials and administrative staff. The breakdown of the licenses needed for those categories is as follows:

Sworn officers: 80
Police leaders: 12
Police Associates/Representatives: 15
Elected officials: 15

Total licenses: 122

We are currently evaluating the need for an embedded mental health clinician within our agency, but one of our first priorities must be providing training to our law enforcement officers to better equip them with the skills and knowledge to more efficiently handle calls for service involving those with mental illness. We are requesting assistance in providing our officers with CIT training to meet the aforementioned need.

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Bring Game Changer Program to VCU for an in person event.

Game Changer brings together community members, law enforcement, judicial and legislative branches of government for moderated focus groups. Together we discuss community problems and devise solutions. Dinner and event tickets are provided. Pre and Post perception surveys are completed by each participant to generate data

Bring Game Changer Program to VCU for an in person event.