EVIDENCE PROVES POLICE FOUN
Providing essentials, officer training and wellness programs, and positive involvement in youth recreation highlight findings in a nationwide survey After last summer’s protests were followed by news reports of harmful and disturbing communitypolice conflicts, police foundations saw the need to counter misconceptions.
250 police foundations were asked to participate in a national survey conducted by law enforcement practitioners and research partners at Idea Analytics for an evidence-based approach. The result is the Positive Community-Police Engagement Report which confirms the key role these nonprofit organizations play in public safety and recognizes examples of constructive communitypolice engagement that happen daily. Police foundations have been in operation for 50 years, and as successful independent communityled nonprofit organizations, police foundations can help bridge the gap between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The Positive Community-Police Engagement Report analyzed programs, training, and other methods of support as a roadmap for law enforcement and police foundations to create programming, support, and initiatives in their respective markets. It looked at four areas of support: • Youth initiatives • Adult and community activities • Police technology and equipment • Officer wellness and development
Highlights of the Positive Community-Police Engagement Report include: • 78% of police foundation respondents supported youth programming on sports, arts, education, and recreation. • 65% of police foundations funded programming to provide essential needs for local youth and their families. The populations of cities whose police foundations participated in the survey could translate to police foundations supporting essential community needs for more than 25 million people nationwide.
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