It has evolved from a local and regional educational and training resource into a national and international institution of higher education and advanced training. As President of the College, I have been privileged and proud to help guide the fulfillment of this important mandate over the past eighteen years. We have learned during this time that there is a great deal to gain through the opening of dialogue between criminal justice agencies and law enforcement agencies in particular, across the country and throughout the world. Dialogue not only allows for a sharing of information and for cultural exchange but it also allows for insight into unique perspectives on problems that are common to the human condition.
Public safety is certainly an issue of universal concern.
This course which helps to provide the practice of policing with a sharpened understanding of human dignity as an innate quality possessed by all human beings. The course stresses the fact that people, regardless of race, color, creed, sex, country or social status are all human beings who have an inherent right to respect, fair treatment and personal dignity. Treatment that the public receives from police officers must reflect these principals. While these are important premises for the practice of policing in the United States and in every country around the world. In some of the emerging democracies, these premises, tend to be less defined.