THE PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING

In March of 2015, the Interim Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing was released. The Task Force was charged by the President to “examine ways of fostering strong, collaborative relationships between local law enforcement and the communities they protect and to make recommendations on the ways policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust.” Within six pillars–building trust and legitimacy, policy and oversight, technology and social media, community policing and crime reduction, training and education, and officer wellness and safety–the task force presented 156 recommendations to law enforcement agencies with the goal of strengthening democratic policing in a diverse society.

All supervisory members of the department were required to read the report. Subsequent to reading the report, our entire command staff broke the report down into sections for cross analysis of what our agency was doing right and what we needed to improve upon