The international association of chiefs of police (IACP) is pleased to submit this proposal to collaborate with the office of community oriented policing services (COPS) to continue the work of the…

The international association of chiefs of police (IACP) is pleased to submit this proposal to collaborate with the office of community oriented policing services (COPS) to continue the work of the collaborative reform initiative technical assistance center (CRI-TAC). Since 2017, IACP has successfully leveraged our longstanding relationships with eight leading policing organizations to provide comprehensive, tailored training and technical assistance (TTA) to more than 1,000 agencies across 52 states and territories throughout the united states. Through CRI-TAC, IACP remains ready to continue delivering critical TTA to assist local, county, state, tribal, territorial, and campus policing organizations in cooperation with COPS and our partner associations. Program activities will utilize a by the field, for the field model that supports the goals of the collaborative reform initiative: building trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve; improving operational efficiencies and effectiveness; enhancing officer safety and wellness; and developing and disseminating evidence-based, promising, and innovative public safety practices. Policing continues to be a dynamic and transitional profession. Agencies throughout the country have been challenged to find new and progressive ways to proactively police and connect with the communities they serve. Many operate with increasingly limited resources, personnel, and/or funding. The CRI-TAC was developed to help combat this lack of resources and other barriers to agency innovation and adaptation by providing no-cost access to exceptional resources, consultation, and training opportunities. Specifically, the CRI-TAC develops solutions which are customized to individual agencies and allows them to play an active role in the process. With this design, CRI-TAC helps increase agencies internal capacity for future problem solving, even further improving the effectiveness of police agencies and enhancing trust in the communities they serve. The CRI-tacs operational structure builds upon existing IACP and partner resources so that response to policing agencies is rapid and resources are leveraged effectively and efficiently. To remain quality-driven, evidence-based, accessible, and memorable, CRI-TAC will maintain partnerships with leading policing associations; manage and identify nationally respected policing and public safety subject matter experts; produce documents summarizing promising or best practice guidance and considerations; conduct outreach and marketing to promote TTA services; and assess and analyze the effectiveness of services and processes. IACP and its partners will work with the COPS office to continue the provision of comprehensive TTA, informed by cutting-edge innovation and evidence-based and promising practices, embracing a collaborative, supportive approach to serve policing agencies and their respective communities. Together through our collective experience, subject matter expertise, and unmatched reach in the field, we will continue to support the needs of the office of community oriented policing services collaborative reform initiative technical assistance center as one element of the collaborative reform initiative.