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Janesville Police Department to host focused community dialogue to increase public trust and strengthen police-community partnerships.

On 6/13/17, the Janesville Police Department will host a three-hour United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services community workshop, Procedural Justice for Communities: A Dialogue to Change. Sponsored in partnership with the Center for Public Safety and Justice (CPSJ) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the ultimate goal of this workshop is to lay the foundation for building mutual trust, enhancing the community’s perspective of police legitimacy and lessening the “us vs. them” attitude that can exist between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

The Janesville Police Department has already trained its officers and civilian employees in Procedural Justice for Law Enforcement: Organizational Change through Decision Making and Policy as well as Procedural Justice for Law Enforcement: Front-line Officers.

Developed by CPSJ in collaboration with the nation’s key researchers and law enforcement executives, the Dialogue to Change workshop and the procedural justice classes embody the four key pillars of procedural justice– 1) fairness in processes, 2) transparency in actions, 3) opportunity for voice, and 4) impartiality in decision making – providing practical steps for application in the ongoing, dynamic relationship between law enforcement and community.

In the light of national events, the Janesville Police Department remains dedicated to identifying and implementing best practices in law enforcement, which will continue to strengthen trust among its officers and the community it serves.

For more information on the procedural justice series visit cpsj.uic.edu. or contact Sgt. Aaron Ellis at [email protected]


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By: Sgt. Aaron Ellis
Date: 06/12/17