Ten Essential Actions to Improve School Safety

2018 COPS Office STOP School Violence: School Violence ...

(COPS Office) has long demonstrated a commitment to school safety and to ensuring student success in supportive, safe environments. The COPS Office has invested more than $900 million in American schools through previous grant programs such as Secure Our Schools, COPS in Schools,

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2018 COPS Office STOP School Violence: School Violence ...

Prevention Program (SVPP) Application Guide . The COPS Office Application Guide is designed to assist applicants in applying for COPS Office award programs. This guide includes general information on the administrative and legal requirements governing the COPS Office STOP

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Problem-Solving Tips - A Guide to Reducing Crime and ...

effectiveness of the problem-solving approach and incorporated it into the community policing philosophy. Since the mid-1980s, communities of all sizes and police agencies of all types—including sheriffs’ departments, state police, highway patrols, and transit police—have successfully used the problem-

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2017 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Application Guide

2017 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Application Guide The COPS Office Application Guide is designed to assist applicants in applying for COPS Office award programs.

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Lowell, MA Police Department

Reentry in Lowell ♦Department of Correction (DOC): – 80-100 individuals released to Lowell each year – 44% of the individuals with a last known address in Lowell are re-convicted of a …

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Change of Information Form - cops.usdoj.gov

Change of Information Form If you need to let the COPS Office know about changes or corrections, please type or print the information on this sheet and submit it to the COPS Office. In addition to the changed or corrected information, always indicate your organization’s name on this sheet. Changes in the law enforcement and/or government execu-

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U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented ...

The Chicago Police Department Establishes Fully Integrated Data System Using COPS Office grant funding from a combination of programs, the Chicago Police Department has unveiled and deployed a web-based data management system called Community and Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting (CLEAR). They established

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Reducing Fear of Crime - COPS OFFICE

police departments seemed to recede even as community policing expanded. More recently, however, the gap between (1) falling crime rates and (2) stable or even increasing levels of fear (what some call the reassurance gap) has led to renewed interest among police in strategies for reducing fear of crime.

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chapter 1 Drones - COPS OFFICE

chapter 1 Drones A Report on the Use of Drones by Public Safety Agencies—and a Wake-Up Call about the Threat of Malicious Drone Attacks

Strategic Communication Practices

Contents This project was supported by a Cooperative Agreement 2008-CK-WX-K008 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice.

Understanding the Roles of Law Enforcement Officers in ...

For example, law enforcement officers must uphold the law, and school officials have a school code of rules to enforce (Rosiak, 2009). Agreements between local law-enforcement agencies and school districts can effectively define the role a school resource officer will play in assisting school personnel with discipline issues

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Guiding Principles A Resource Guide for Improving School ...

A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline . January 2014 . ... support staff, and school-based law enforcement officers – on how to engage students and ... creating safe schools where effective teaching and learning can take place. Simply put, no

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Targeted Support for Low-Performing Students

• The improvement plan also must identify resource inequities ... starting with a discussion of effective school needs assessments and school improvement plans (SIPs) . The ... chief state school officers and superintendents need to understand what is going on inside the numbers . …

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Guide 2: School Policies and Legal Issues Supporting Safe ...

developing the school-law enforcement partnership from an interagency perspective. Section 3 focuses on steps for implementing school–law enforcement partnerships in schools. Also included are descriptions of the roles of law enforcement in schools with examples of many strategies used to make schools safer and more effective.

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Lockdown Drills: Guide and Resource

Effective practice drills do not require intense simulation using actors, sounds or fake weapons or ammunition, and there is no evidence that such simulations improve preparedness. 3. Processing: Students and staff should have the Safety preparedness is an essential part of the school emergency plan so students and staff are able to

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Transitioning from Primary to Secondary School

start school, move from primary school to secondary school, and from secondary schooling to adult life. It is a process of change that for some students may require substantial preparation, planning, adjustment and support. This resource is designed to assist schools to support students with additional

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STEP User Guide Intial Assessment

In creating a welcoming school environment, it is important that schools consider the needs of English language learners and their families. Supervisory officers, school administrators, classroom teachers, ESL/ELD teachers, initial assessors, parents, and students all have a …

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