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December 1999 Web Sightings
Web Sightings - Community Policing
October 1999
- Western Regional
Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS) - One of 34 university-practitioner
collaborations funded by Congress, known as Regional Community Policing Institutes.
Located at Washington State University, WRICOPS provides regional training,
develops training curriculum, and conducts on-site assessments.
- Community Policing Consortium
- A partnership of five of the leading police organizations in the United
States. These organizations play a principal role in the development of community
policing research, training and technical assistance. The Consortium's Electronic
Library contains an extensive bibliography of the latest in community
policing literature.
- Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services - The U.S. Department of Justice's community oriented policing
site includes news, grants program information, publications, promising practices
from the field, and a tools and tips page.
- National Center for Community
Policing - Michigan State University's Center for Community Policing offers
a collection of online articles including a community policing bibliography.
- Regional Community Policing Institute at Eastern Kentucky University - Offers an online training course in community policing. The self-study course includes both text and video.

