"the iacp in partnerships with international association of directors of law enforcement standards and training will use FY24 CPD funding to develop and implement a comprehensive, multi-faceted…

This Cooperative Agreement award of $500,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in partnership with the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, will use the funding to develop and implement a comprehensive outreach and marketing strategy to enhance police capacity to recognize and report hate crimes across the United States. The project will create a suite of national resources, including online training, webinars, podcasts, publications, and in-person presentations, to support the accurate recognition, documentation, response, and initial investigation of hate crimes and bias incidents. This effort aims to improve community engagement, enhance police response, and build organizational capacity for community policing strategies. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

"the iacp in partnerships with international association of directors of law enforcement standards and training will use FY24 CPD funding to develop and implement a comprehensive, multi-faceted outreach and marketing strategy to enhance police capacity to recognize and report hate crimes across the U.S. The enhancing effective law enforcement recognition, response, and investigation of hate crimes project will develop a series of quality-driven, evidence-based, accessible, and impactful national resources to support the accurate recognition of, documentation, response to, and initial investigation of hate crimes and bias incidents. This suite of resources will be comprised of online training, webinars, podcasts, publications, and in-person presentations, and will be available to every police agency in the U.S., providing concrete ways for police agencies to improve community engagement, enhance police response to hate crimes and bias incidents, and improve agencies organizational capacity for community policing strategies. The iacp will develop a 2 to 3-hour online hate crimes training, adapted from the iacp/ community oriented policing services (COPS) office existing in-person training curriculum hate crimes recognition and reporting. The innovative use of best-in-class, scenario-driven virtual training will make this critical training accessible on a national scale while reducing barriers to access for law enforcement agencies of all sizes and resource capacities. Similarly, the use of webinars and podcasts leverages emerging technologies to reach a new generation of police officers and delivers vital training content with little or no impact on agencies budget or workforce resources. A revised guide for the recognition, response, and investigation of hate crimes and bias incidents, including model policies, resources, and considerations, will serve as the preeminent standard for police agencies. The iacp will present these policies and guidelines at professional conferences and iacp stakeholder meetings, while calling attention to the resources and training available for police agencies. This project will address key areas of need which support improvements to public safety and community trust through increased knowledge, skills and training, increased reporting, and effective engagement and response with victims and communities in the wake of hate crimes.