Engaging police in immigrant communities : promising practices from the field
(Book)

"October 2012." -- Verso of t.p.

"This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement 2010-CK-WX-K020 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice." -- Verso of t.p.

"This report is a field-informed guide for agencies that are looking to begin or build upon their work with immigrant communities. More than 1,000 agencies across the country were asked about several topics, including the frequency of encounters with immigrants, policies and programs governing police services to immigrants, agency outreach efforts, personnel recruitment, and training activities. The practices of 175 agencies in 42 states were evaluated by Vera. Among these agencies were 133 municipal law enforcement agencies, 27 sheriff's offices, none state law enforcement agencies, and six other law enforcement agencies. Vera's evaluation methodology included compiling each agency's police-immigrant relations practices and assigning each agency a score according to how well it embodied the principles of promising practices. After three rounds of further evaluation, which included in-depth telephone interviews and site visits, the 10 agenices profiled here were selected." -- Introduction.

Law enforcement agencies highlighted include: Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park Police Department (Minnesota); Chelsea Police Department (Mass.); Clearwater Police Department (Fla.); Everett Police Department (Mass.); Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (Tenn.); Orange County Sheriff's Office (Fla.); Storm Lake Police Department (IA); and Tulsa Police Department (OK).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-54).