Speaker 1: Section sixteen of the Final Report of the President's Task
Speaker 1: Force on Twenty first Century Policing. This is a LibriVox recording.
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Speaker 1: Report of the President's Task Force on the Twenty first
Speaker 1: Century Policing Implementation. The members of the President's Task Force
Speaker 1: on twenty first Century Policing are convinced that these fifty
Speaker 1: nine concrete recommendations for research, action, and further study will
Speaker 1: bring long term improvements to the ways in which law
Speaker 1: enforcement agencies interact with and bring positive changes to their communities.
Speaker 1: But we also recognize that the administration, through policies and
Speaker 1: practices already in place, can start right now to move
Speaker 1: forward on the bedrock recommendations in this report. Accordingly, we
Speaker 1: propose the following items for immediate action. Seven point one recommendation.
Speaker 1: The President should direct all federal law enforcement agencies to
Speaker 1: review the recommendations made by the Task Force on twenty
Speaker 1: first Century Policing and to the extent practicable, to adopt
Speaker 1: those that can be implemented at the federal level. Seven
Speaker 1: point two Recommendation The U S. Department of Justice should
Speaker 1: explore public private partnership opportunities, starting by convening a meeting
Speaker 1: with local, regional, and national foundations to discuss the proposals
Speaker 1: for reform described in this report and seeking their engagement
Speaker 1: and support in advancing implementation of these recommendations. Seven point
Speaker 1: three recommendation. The U S Department of Justice should charge
Speaker 1: its Office of Community Oriented Policing Service COPS Office with
Speaker 1: assisting the law enforcement field in addressing current and future challenges.
Speaker 1: For Recommendation seven point three, the COPS Office should consider
Speaker 1: taking actions, including, but not limited to, the following. Create
Speaker 1: a National Policing Practices and Accountability Division within the COPS Office.
Speaker 1: Establish national benchmarks and best practices for federal, state, local,
Speaker 1: and tribal police departments. Provide technical assistance and funding to national, state, local,
Speaker 1: and tribal accreditation bodies that evaluate policing practices, recommend additional
Speaker 1: benchmarks and best practices for state Training and Standards boards.
Speaker 1: Provide technical assistance and funding to state training boards to
Speaker 1: help them meet national benchmarks and best practices in training
Speaker 1: methodologies and content. Prioritize grant funding to departments meeting benchmarks.
Speaker 1: Support departments through an expansion of the Cops Office Corroborative
Speaker 1: Reform initiative. Collaborate with universities, the Office of Justice Programs
Speaker 1: and its bureaus, Bureau of Justice Assistants BJA, Bureau of
Speaker 1: Justice Statistics BJS, National Institute of Justice NIJ, and Office
Speaker 1: of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP, and others to
Speaker 1: review research and literature in order to inform law enforcement
Speaker 1: agencies about evidence based practices and to identify areas of
Speaker 1: police operations where additional research is needed. Collaborate with the
Speaker 1: BJS to establish a central repository for data concerning police
Speaker 1: use of force resulting in death as well as in
Speaker 1: custody deaths, and disseminate this data for use by both
Speaker 1: community and police. Provide local agencies with technical assistance and
Speaker 1: a template to conduct local citizen satisfaction surveys. Compile annual
Speaker 1: citizen satisfaction surveys based on the submission of voluntary local surveys,
Speaker 1: develop a national level survey as well as surveys for
Speaker 1: use by local agencies and by small geographical units. And
Speaker 1: develop questions to be added to the National Crime Victimization
Speaker 1: Survey relating to citizen satisfaction with police agencies and public trust.
Speaker 1: Collaborate with the BJS and others to develop a template
Speaker 1: of broader indicators of performance for police departments beyond crime
Speaker 1: rates alone that could comprise a uniform justice report. Collaborate
Speaker 1: with the ni IJ and the BJS to publish an
Speaker 1: annual report on the state of policing in the United States.
Speaker 1: Provide support to national police Leadership associations and national rank
Speaker 1: and file organizations to encourage them to implement task Force recommendations.
Speaker 1: Work with the US Department of Homeland Security to ensure
Speaker 1: the community policing tactics in state, local, and tribal law
Speaker 1: enforcement agencies are incorporated into their role in homeland security.
Speaker 1: End of Section sixteen. End of Final Report of the
Speaker 1: President's Task Force on twenty first Century Policing