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Dealing with Crime and Disorder in Urban Parks
Dealing with Crime and Disorder in Urban Parks reviews how a park’s design,
maintenance, and policing can affect its crime and disorder problems. This guide also
makes recommendations to help police take an important leadership role in reclaiming an
urban park and ensuring that its facilities can once again benefit a broad spectrum of
citizens.
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=527.
Policing in New Immigrant Communities
The common challenges that law enforcement agencies face when working with
immigrant communities include language barriers, fear of police, and cultural differences,
among others. To address these challenges and discuss promising practices for
cultivating, maintaining, and restoring partnerships to keep communities safe, the Office
of Community Oriented Policing Services, in partnership with the Vera Institute of
Justice, sponsored a focus group comprising leading law enforcement leaders, experts,
and community leaders from five jurisdictions in the United States. This report is based
on that discussion.
www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=526.