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The COPS Office and the world of policing suffered a great  loss last month with the passing of Tawana Waugh Elliott. She was a genuine  advocate for law enforcement professionals and the communities they serve and  was able to build trust through her warmth and ability to listen.

Tawana worked at the COPS Office for nearly 20 years and had  roles as varied as working in our Response Center, on our Communications team,  in Training, with Police Practices and Accountability, and finally in Resources  and Technical Assistance. She also served as an Engagement Editor on the *Dispatch* and in various working groups  designed to promote collaboration around the office. Throughout her career  here, she had a singular focus: How can we get our message out so we can best  help the field? That determination and spirit motivated her to travel all over  the country, meeting grantees and engaging law enforcement so that she could  learn and teach us what communities and law enforcement need from the COPS  Office to fulfill our mission of spreading the word and practice of community  policing.

 We will miss Tawana’s infectious laugh, funny stories, and  upbeat personality. We will also miss her insightful wit as we sat around the  conference table. She had an extraordinary way of distilling difficult concepts  down to simple ideas and kept our focus on how to best serve our constituents.

 All of us in the COPS Office, especially those of us who  worked closely with her in her many roles, hope for peace for her husband and  two daughters. Her memory serves as an inspiration for all to focus on the task  of helping communities and law enforcement learn from one another with the same  empathy and engagement that Tawana had.

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