Police agencies in the US are confronting new challenges; as a result, they require continuing, evidence-based, and objective approaches to support their reform and transformation efforts

As public confidence in law enforcement declines (kennedy ET AL., 2022), and as the policing profession confronts a history of racially biased practice, police agencies must reform and build trust with their communities to better promote the safety and well-being of all people. The collaborative reform initiative organizational assessment (CRI OA) program, initiated by the office of community oriented policing services (cops office) in 2011, provides law enforcement agencies with a proactive, non-adversarial vehicle for working with the department of justice (DOJ) to ensure fair, impartial, and effective policing for the communities they serve. CNA, in partnership with the institute for intergovernmental research (IIR), proposes to continue implementing the cops CRI OA program. Both organizations are steeped in the philosophy and practice of community policing, are experienced in rigorous and objective policing assessment methods, and have successfully implemented sustainable police reform. They currently serve as the training and technical assistance (TTA) providers for the CRI OA.