Spring 2000, No. 15

Community Oriented Policing Services

On the Beat

www.usdoj.gov/cops/

On February 7, 2000, President

Clinton unveiled the Administration's request for the FY 2001

budget. The budget includes a request of

$1.3 billion for the COPS program to add

officers to the beat, enhance crime  fighting technology and support crime prevention initiatives. This represents the first

step in the Administration's 21st Century

Policing Initiative.

We have made great inroads in the fight

against crime, bringing our nation's crime

rate to the lowest point in more than a generation, said President Clinton, but we

must not relent until we are the safest large

country in the world. We must continue to

invest in our local law enforcement and

fund the vital COPS program.

The 21st Century Policing Initiative was

first introduced by President Clinton and

Vice President Gore on January 14, 1999,

as a continuing effort to promote public

safety in America. The President's FY

2001 budget requests funding for up to an

additional 7,000 officers, the latest crime

fighting technologies and innovative crime

prevention initiatives. 

The request includes:

 $420 million to add law enforcement

officers to our streets and schools; 

 $350 million for crime fighting technology; 

 $200 million to hire community prosecutors; 

 $135 million for crime prevention initiatives; 

 $55 million to address school safety; and 

 $45 million to enhance law enforcement

in Indian Country. 

Congress is reviewing and holding hearings on the President's request. A final

budget for FY 2001 is expected to be

approved and signed by the President in

September 2000.

Thomas C. Frazier was

appointed Director of the

Office of Community

Oriented Policing Services

(COPS) on September 24,

1999 by President Clinton.

Director Frazier had served

as the Commissioner of the

Baltimore Police Department from 1994 to 1999. Prior to coming to

Baltimore, he was a member of the San Jose,

California Police Department from 1967 to

1994. Frazier rose through the ranks, commanding every Bureau of Field Operations. He was

instrumental in the design and implementation

of community oriented policing in the City of

San Jose and understands broad-based community needs in developing police-community

partnerships.

As the COPS program Director, I intend to

build on the tremendous success achieved by

both Mary Lou Leary and Joseph Brann, said

Director Frazier. The COPS program is continuing to provide much-needed assistance to

local law enforcement agencies in their fight

against crime by utilizing innovative strategies,

21st century technology, and building important

partnerships with the community.

Director Frazier holds a Master of Science

degree in Administration of Criminal Justice

and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social

Sciences, both from the California State

University, San Jose.

He has served in U.S. Army Intelligence and

during the Vietnam War was awarded the 

Bronze Star, Air Medal, and the Combat

Infantryman's Badge.

He has also served as a member of the Board of

Directors for the following organizations:

 Police Executive Research Forum

 Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation (Trustee)

 Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of

America (Vice President of Exploring)

 Maryland Special Olympics

 Co-Chairman for the Maryland Council on

Criminal and Juvenile Crime

 The Baltimore Advisory Council on Tourism,

Entertainment, and Culture

Director Frazier has written numerous articles

on leadership for the International Association

of Chiefs of Police monthly publication, Police

Chief Magazine.

THOMAS FRAZIER LEADS COPS INTO THE 21st CENTURY 

COPS Program Welcomes the Former Baltimore City Police Commissioner

PRESIDENT CLINTON REQUESTS $1.3 BILLION FOR COPS PROGRAM
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President Clinton proposed the 21st Century

Policing Initiative, which is designed to continue the COPS program and to help meet the most

pressing needs of local law enforcement. 

Under the 21st Century Policing Initiative, COPS

would be extended an additional five years to fund up

to 50,000 additional officers. The Initiative provides

$422 million for hiring officers, increases the funds

available for training and technical assistance, provides $200 million for community prosecutors and

invests $350 million toward technology for America's

law enforcement. This initiative quickly gained the

support of every major law enforcement organization

and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. 

Two bills were introduced in Congress to reauthorize

the COPS program: HR 3144 (Weiner - NY) and S

1760 (Biden - DE). Both bills are currently pending

before their respective Judiciary Committees.

The House and Senate Appropriation Committees are

currently considering COPS funding for fiscal year

2001. President Clinton requested $1.3 billion for

COPS, which includes funding for new officers, technology, training, prevention programs, and community prosecutors. Congress is expected to vote on this

funding request this summer.

DirectorsColumn

After 33 years of service in American

law enforcement (the past six as the

Commissioner of the Baltimore

Police Department), I have seen first hand

the tremendous impact that the COPS program is having on policing in America. The

program has been a

significant benefit

to both the communities I have personally served, as well

as those of my closest colleagues:

police chiefs from

around the country. 

I have spent my

career working shoulder to shoulder with

chiefs from our nation's biggest cities and

smallest towns, addressing their most pressing public safety needs. Being a part of the

COPS Office has only confirmed what I

already know: community policing and the

COPS program are making a very real difference in the neighborhoods we call home.

I've learned about officers like Holly

Johnson of El Paso, Texas. Johnson walks a

beat in a low income community whose residents must contend with decaying apartment complexes that are home to drugs and

violence. The residents of those complexes

know that Officer Johnson is there to help,

and together they are ridding that community of the crime that plagues it. Officer

Johnson's story is not uncommon; thousands of COPS funded officers just like her

are on the streets of our hometowns each

day.

As Director of the COPS program, I intend

to build and expand our initiatives. Our FY

2001 budget request asks for $422 million

to add up to 7,000 officers to the beat and

purchase much needed technology and an

additional $200 million to hire community

prosecutors. These much needed prosecutors will compliment law enforcement's

capabilities to fight and prevent crime.

Our budget includes $350 million toward

innovative technologies. Police departments

will be able to enhance interagency information networks, technology centers, ballistics testing, DNA research and backlog

reduction, crime lab enhancement, as well

as crime mapping and analysis. 

Our COPS in Schools grants have been

instrumental in allowing officers to mentor

our children and provide a safe learning

environment in our schools. To build on this

success, we are asking for $135 million for

crime prevention and programs to enhance

safety in our nation's schools. 

Officers face tough, life threatening decisions every day. The COPS program and

police departments understand this better

than anyone else. The COPS program is

committed to developing training to help

officers perform their duties in this difficult

environment. 

We are committed to enhancing our efforts

in integrity and diversity training with the

help and advice of law enforcement practitioners. Our budget request includes $20

million to develop and deliver additional

curriculum and training. 

There is much to look forward to in our

future, as we build on a successful past. I

would like to take this opportunity to thank

Mary Lou Leary for her role in our success,

serving as Acting Director of the COPS

Office during our transition. I wish her

much success in her new appointment as the

Acting Assistant Attorney General for the

Office of Justice Programs.

Community policing works. I know it, you

know it, and communities throughout this

country know it. We can continue to fight

and help reduce crime by renewing our

commitment to public safety. I look forward

to serving you in the coming years and continuing the legacy of this very important initiative.

 Thomas C. Frazier, Director

COPS Appropriations

There has not been a single law passedor organization established

that has helped law enforcement as much as the COPS program.

 Police Chief Stanley L. Knee, Austin, Texas
The Regional Community Policing Institutes were created

from grants awarded by the COPS Program. The mission of

the institutes is to facilitate understanding of and commitment to the community policing philosophy, community members, and local government officials through training and seminars. 

Every institute has accounts of how their constituents are utilizing

the community policing strategy to fight crime and prevent violence in their neighborhoods. From Maine to California, the institutes are committed to assisting cities and towns to meet their goal

of a crime free and safe environment. The Florida and Missouri

RCPI's told the COPS Office about two such success stories. The

first story is about using technology to teach violence prevention

to school age children and the second about a community's struggle to fight crime as a result of

increased methamphetamine use.

Florida Regional

Community Policing

Institute (RCPI)

With the outbreak of school violence throughout the country,

attention has been focused on the

prevention of youth violence. In

Florida schools alone, there were

13,513 violent acts committed

against others, 3,672 weapons

related incidents, and 61,801 cases

of fighting during the 1998-99 school year. These statistics highlighted the need for the state of Florida to work at improving relationships between law enforcement and students to prevent school

violence.

The Florida RCPI recognized the need to develop preventative

measures to address this important issue. They created a CDROM entitled Aftermath: Lessons in School Safety. The interactive program simulates situations such as dealing with alcohol,

drugs, suicide and fighting at school. Students are presented with

these scenarios and then asked how they would react in each situation. The CD-ROM will be distributed to every middle school 

within the state of Florida this year with the accompanying curriculum. School Resource Officers will use these tools in tandem

to address the very serious problem of school violence.

Regional Community Policing Institute at

Missouri Western State College (RCPI)

Thayer, Missouri is a small town that has been overwhelmed by

the explosion of methamphetamine. The problem had reached epidemic proportions resulting in property crimes, increased drug use

and violence. 

Becky Covington, a trainer at the Missouri RCPI, read a newspaper article about Thayer's troubles and called to offer the

Institute's services. The RPCI provided training to the affected stakeholders, and taught them the skills necessary to tackle the community's problems. Training was conducted on

community policing, problem solving

techniques, and teambuilding. 

The community now feels empowered as they undertake their methamphetamine problem. They have

applied the SARA model to address

the drug problem and hold regular

community meetings with local government, law enforcement, and the

highway patrol to strategize and assess the progress of their problem solving efforts. The relationship between community members and local law enforcement has markedly improved. The

results have been so positive that the highway patrol now wants to

set up similar programs with the aid of the RCPI in neighboring

towns and cities. 

For more information on these and other Regional Community

Policing Institutes, please call the Training and Technical

Assistance Division at the COPS program at (202) 633-1495 or

visit the COPS web site at 

http://www.usdoj.gov/cops.

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RCPI Success Stories - STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS TO COMBAT AND PREVENT CRIME

The COPS program wants to hear from you. If your agency

has innovative practices or success stories as a result of

employing the community policing philosophy, please let us

know. Forward any news article, academic study, or department promotional materials to COPS Program, 11th Floor,

1100 Vermont Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20530. Your agency

could be featured in an upcoming issue of On the Beat or

other COPS program publications.
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What if I need to modify my MORE grant award?

All changes to COPS MORE grants must be pre-approved in writting by the COPS program

prior to their implementation. A non-budget modification request is one that does not require a

change in budget categories or a reduction in funding. Budgetary or Full Time Equivalent

(FTE) modification requests will require a change in budget categories, a possible reduction in

funding, a change in the overall scope of the project, or a change to the required level of redeployment. Any modification, whether its budget or non-budget, must be submitted in writing to

your grant advisor and includes the following information:

 The department's ORI number, grant award number, and the award to be modified

 A short description of the originally awarded items, total project costs, and required level

of redeployment

 A description of the proposed change to the awarded items; 

 A statement explaining how the change will affect the agency's ability to achieve the

required level of redeployment; and

 Signed by both the law enforcement and government executive.

In the case of a request including a budget or FTE modification, the grantee must additionally

submit:

 Detailed budget sheets reflecting the new total project costs resulting from the modification request; and

 A new demonstration of time savings if proposed changes affect the award amount or

project objective.

All requests to make changes under your COPS MORE grant must be submitted in writing on

official department letterhead. The COPS program will review your request to determine if the

proposed change is consistent with the original application submitted and if redeployment will

remain the same. Any increases in salary and/or equipment costs must be added to the department's local match.

Do we automatically receive a grant renewal for our award under the COPS MORE Program?

No. If funding is available, the COPS program may renew MORE Civilian grant awards for up

to two additional years. If applied for, funds are disbursed to previously awarded grantees contingent on that the grantee can demonstrate how the COPS MORE funds have resulted in the

increase in number of officers re-deployed into community policing. Equipment and technology awards under the COPS MORE program are not eligible for renewal. 

What if we have not completed the procurement or implementation of our COPS MORE Grant by the

expiration date?

A no cost grant extension provides additional time, but no additional 

funding, to complete the original one year (12 month) grant period. Grantees should request an

extension if more time is needed to fully implement their project for one full year. For example, if the equipment and or technology has not been purchased by the end of the one-year

grant period and additional time is needed to draw down funds and fully implement the awarded equipment. 

For civilian employee awards, an extension will allow the grantee to draw down funds for a

full 12 month period. Under any circumstances, the total amount of grant reimbursement can

not exceed a 12 month period, even though grantees may require extensions to complete the 12

month funding period because of implementation delays. If any additional funds remain after

the 12 month funding period as a result of a decrease in equipment costs or a reduction in

salary or fringe benefits, a grant modification must be requested to reallocate or de-obligate the

excess funds. Grantees may not expend excess grant funds beyond the 12 month funding period. 

What if I need an extension on my AHEAD, FAST or UHP grant?

Agencies may request a no-cost grant extension no sooner than two years after the official start

date of the award. You may apply for an extension by submitting a letter to your grant advisor

outlining the necessity for the extension and how much time is needed to complete the three

year cycle. Agencies whose grant is due to expire in the future will receive an Extension

Request Worksheet 2-3 months prior to their grant expiration date. A letter will be mailed to

your agency with the new award end date once the request is reviewed and approved. Grantees

who wish to request a no cost grant extension after the end date of a grant award will be

reviewed on a case by case basis. (cont. on page6)

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the COPS in Schools (CIS) and

Universal Hiring Program (UHP) grants and

$37 million in grants for the MORE 2000

grant program this fiscal year. These programs are designed to put more officers on the

beat and in our nation's schools. We have

already received over 5,000 application

requests for the UHP and CIS program with

this limited amount of funding. 

As a reminder, UHP grants provide funding

for departments to hire community policing

officers. These officers are assigned to communities and neighborhoods to form community partnerships and foster problem solving

activities. UHP grants pay for 75 percent of

the total salary and benefits of each entry

level officer hired over a three year period, up

to a maximum of $75,000 per officer. 

CIS grants support law enforcement's commitment to violence prevention and school safety.

CIS funded officers serve as mentors and educators as well as provide a security presence

in schools. These grants provide up to

$125,000 to pay for the salary and benefits of

each new school resource officer over three

years. 

COPS MORE 2000 grants will help departments become more efficient by providing

funding to hire civilian support staff that will

allow officers to spend more time to engage in

community policing activities. To be eligible,

applications must be postmarked on or before

July 14, 2000. Applications that are postmarked prior to June 30, 2000 will be given

priority consideration. 

CIS and MORE 2000 applications may be

obtained and downloaded at

www.usdoj.gov/cops or by contacting the U.S.

Department of Justice Response Center at 1-

800-421-6770. The deadline for CIS grant

applications is June 16, 2000. The UHP

application deadline has passed and announcements will begin in the coming months. 

"The COPS program is committed to safety in

our schools and on our streets through our

grant opportunities. More officers will add to

our goal in helping further reduce our nation's

crime rate and to support community efforts

to provide a safe learning environment for

America's children." 

 Thomas C. Frazier, Director COPS Program

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS MODIFICATIONS, RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS COPS Announces Grant

Opportunities for FY 2000
On October 21, 1999, President Clinton honored recipients

of the National Association of Police Organizations'

(NAPO) Top Cops award in a Rose Garden ceremony at

the White House. The Top Cops awards pay tribute to law

enforcement officers from around the country for their exceptional service during the

previous year. The honorees are nominated

by their fellow law enforcement officers and

are chosen from hundreds of entries.

I look forward to this day every year, to

honor the people who are standing behind

me, said President Clinton. They honor us

every day just by going to work. And they, I

am sure, would be the first to tell you that

even though they have done really magnificent things deserving of the honor of

America's Top Cops, that they really stand in

the shoes of thousands, indeed, tens of thousands of others who do the right thing day in

and day out to make America a safer place.

The President also took the opportunity to commemorate the fifth

anniversary of the COPS program and urged Congress to continue this successful initiative. With the assistance of the COPS program, law enforcement agencies have driven the crime rate down

for a record eighth consecutive year.

They (law enforcement) said, if you will give us the tools, the

American people will make our streets safer and we will do our

part, commented President Clinton. Well, five years later, we

have already funded over 100,000 police officers, more than we

promised, ahead of time and under budget.

Five of the 32 officers honored by NAPO during

the 1999 ceremony were funded and hired as a

direct result of the COPS program. They were

Officer Andy Azodi, Officer Chris Dunn, and

Officer Craig Schofield Hewitt of the Los

Angeles Police Department, California; Officer

Roy Wedlow, Jr., of the St. Joseph Police

Department, Missouri; and Officer Thomas

Dolan of the Johnston Police Department, Rhode

Island. Each officer displayed service and bravery well beyond the call of duty. Each officer

risked their lives to ensure that others would survive.

The COPS program salutes not only these five,

but the 32 law enforcement officers who were

recipients of the 1999 Top Cops award and every man and woman

who protects our nations communities each and every day. The

officers exemplify the hard work and dedication essential to protecting our nation's streets and neighborhoods. For more information on the Top Cops Awards, visit NAPO's web page at 

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The COPS program has developed a

curriculum to assist departments in

calculation and tracking of time

savings and redeployment as required for

all COPS MORE grants. The training will

be provided by COPS staff at MORE

Technical Assistance Mini-Conferences

and at Regional Community Policing

Institutes (RCPI) around the country. 

To date, the COPS program has held miniconferences in Boston, MA, San Diego,

CA and Austin, TX with two more scheduled for later this year. The two remaining

seminars will be held in Chicago, IL on

June 19 - 20 and Washington, DC on July

31 - August 1. Please contact Kathleen

Keough of the Institute for Law and

Justice, the designated COPS MORE

Technical Assistance Mini-Conference

provider, for further information about registration at 

In addition to the COPS sponsored training, RCPI's across the country will conduct

Redeployment Workshops at various sites.

The training is free of charge and interested agencies should contact their respective

RCPI for information on registration. The

following is a list of planned workshops

for this year. Additional workshops will be

added and you can obtain the most current

list by visiting the COPS MORE web page

at www.cops.usdoj.gov or by contacting

your grant advisor at 

MORE TRAINING FOR 2000

COPS PROGRAM OFFERS TRAINING ON TRACKING TIME SAVINGS AND REDEPLOYMENT

COPS CELEBRATES ITS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, TOP COPS HONORED

July

July 10, 2000

Columbia, Missouri

July 12, 2000

Golden, Colorado 

July 18, 2000

Wichita, Kansas

July 20, 2000

Fort Wayne, Indiana

July 25, 2000

Charleston, West Virginia

August

August 8, 2000

Boston, Massachusetts

August 10, 2000

Charlotte, North Carolina

August 15, 2000

Spokane, Washington

August 17, 2000

Salem, Oregon

http://www.napo.org.

(800) 421-6770.

(703) 684-5300.

UPCOMING RCPI T RAINING
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We want to go out to the citizens in town, talk with them and find

out what their concerns are, explained Sergeant Steve Ang of the

Ocean City Police

Department's Community

Oriented Policing (COPS)

unit. We want to know what

kinds of problems people are

having in their neighborhoods. It is with this philosophy that the COPS unit set up

shop at a recent opening of a

supermarket. Customers were

provided with information and

pamphlets from safety information about bicycle helmets

for children and adults to child

safety seats to home burglary

and fire protection. We knew

there would be a lot of curious citizens checking out the new

store, said Sergeant Ang. Our basic concept is to go out to the

people.

As a result of Sergeant Ang and the COPS Unit's tireless efforts,

the citizens of Ocean City have reveled in the positive impact on

their community. Whether it's the COPS unit attending an opening

of a new local business or patrolling neighborhoods on their bikes,

the officers are providing a

more visible and approachable

police presence. We find that

people are much more comfortable approaching an officer

on a bicycle than they are

when an officer is in a car.

There are no physical barriers.

The officers of the COPS unit

have also discovered that

patrolling city streets and

parks on their bikes is an effective crime fighting tool during

the busy tourist months of this

ocean side community. We can patrol the Boardwalk in the summer, and move around on the bikes. We often stop unruly behavior that a patrolman walking or in a car would not see, said

Sergeant Ang. Our presence alone reminds people to be careful,

and kids not to get out of control.

COPS in ACTION - Ocean City, New Jersey

The Ocean City COPSunit in action.

What if I need to modify my AHEAD, FAST or UHP award?

Agencies who wish to modify their AHEAD, FAST or UHP award must receive written approval

by the COPS program prior to implementing the proposed change. Modifications may not be used

to increase the award amount, but may be requested for:

 Decreases in the number of officers that will be hired under a COPS AHEAD, FAST or UHP

grant

 Changing full-time awarded positions to part-time positions or vice versa.

 Salary and benefits modifications; or

 Major programmatic changes

All modification requests should be submitted on department letterhead and include the following:

 The departments ORI, Grant Award Number and the amount to be modified

 A short description of the original award and total project costs

 A description of the proposed changes including new budget worksheets reflecting salary and

fringe benefits changes; and

 Signatures by both the law enforcement and government executives

A modified award will be mailed to your agency with any changes that you have requested once

the modification is reviewed and approved by the COPS program.

Please contact your grant advisor if you have any further questions about modifications, renewals

or extensions at 1-800-421-6770.

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4)

We want to resolve problems and find answers. The problem could be a small one, like trash removal. If we can't solve

it, we'll find out who can and help them. It might be a big one, like crime prevention. We want to keep the community safe.

 Sergeant Steve Ang, Ocean City Police Department (609) 525-9108 
COPS PROGRAM AWARDS OVER $80 MILLION IN GRANTS

ADDING MORE THAN 700 OFFICERS TO AMERICA'S STREETS

The COPS program announced funding in March to departments for both the COPS in Schools (CIS) and UniversalHiring Program (UHP) grants. Combined, these two

awards amount to over $80 million to hire 738 community policing

and school resource officers nationwide. 

The COPS program has awarded more than 104,000 officers since

1994. But cities and towns across the country are demanding even

more. Our office has received over 5,000 application requests this

fiscal year alone. The message departments are sending is ringing

loud and clear: the communities they serve still need more officers

patrolling their streets and schools. 

On March 2, 2000, the COPS program announced over $20 million

in UHP grants to add 285 community policing officers to the beat.

All said, 101 communities in 34 states and two territories received

grants. These new officers will build on the success achieved by

their predecessors in fighting crime through community based

problem solving partnerships. 

The latest round of CIS grants were announced by President

Clinton during his April 15, 2000 radio address. Over $61 million

was awarded to more than 200 communities. This equates to over

400 new school resources officers to mentor and protect our

nation's students. To date, the CIS initiative has funded over 2,600

officers. 

The vast majority of our schools are safe places for our kids to

learn. But any violent incident is one too many, said President

Clinton during his radio address. These initiatives help to hire and

train school resource officers to be a real part of kids' daily lives 

using the community policing strategies that have made neighborhoods safer all over America.

As a reminder, the COPS program has limited funding for both

UHP and CIS grant programs and the June deadlines are fast

approaching. For more information or application requests, please

visit the COPS Internet site at www.usdoj.gov/cops or call the U.S.

Department of Justice Response center at 

Don't delay, the COPS program wants to

hear from you today. Our program is

looking for innovative community policing strategies and success stories for

upcoming publications. Please forward

any news article, academic study or

department promotional materials to

The COPS Program, 11th Floor, 1100

Vermont Ave, NW, Washington, DC,

20530. Your agency could be featured in

an upcoming issue of On the Beat or

other COPS program publications.

(800) 421-6770.
June 17-21, 2000 National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)

2000 Annual Conference and Exhibition

Kansas City, Missouri 

Contact: (800) 424-7827 or www.sheriffs.org

June 20-22, 2000 New England Community Police Partnership

(NECP2)

8th Annual Community Policing Symposium

Manchester, New Hampshire

Contact: (603) 641-7070

July 9-13, 2000 National Organization of Black Law

Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)

24th Annual Training Conference and

Exhibition

Biloxi, Mississippi

Contact: (703) 658-1529

July 11-13, 2000 Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association

2000 Annual Conference

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Contact: (717) 236-1059

July 14-18, 2000 National Association of Counties (NACO)

65th Annual Conference and Exhibition

Charlotte, North Carolina

Contact: (202) 393-6226

August 22-25, 2000 Hispanic American Police Command Officers

Association (HAPCOA)

27th Annual National Training Conference

Washington, D.C.

Contact: (202) 484-8261

For more information or to receive a free copy of this newsletter, write to the COPS Office, Attn: On the Beat, 

1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530, or visit our Website at www.usdoj.gov/cops

You can also call the US Department of Justice Response Center at 1.800.421.6770

Within the Washington area, call 202.307.1480

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