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Southeastern Louisiana University
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SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
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Date: 04/15/02
Contact: Angey Saucier 35
LCPI AND SOUTHEASTERN HOLD POLICING COURSE
HAMMOND The Louisiana Community Policing Institute, in conjunction with
Southeastern Louisiana University's Department of Continuing Education, will be holding
"Introduction to Community Oriented Policing" Thursday, April 18 at the University Center.
The free course for law enforcement and community leaders will introduce three basic
concepts of community-oriented policing, including partnerships, problem solving and
organizational change.
Participants will be instructed on the history of policing in America, benchmarking their
current community-oriented policing status, creating goals, and the importance, need for and role
of partnerships in community-oriented policing. In addition, they will be given the opportunity to
form partnerships will members of law enforcement and to gain knowledge on how community-
oriented policing is designed to reduce the "them and us" feeling between law enforcement,
government, social service agencies and the community to create a common goal of reducing
crime and improving the quality of life in the entire community.
On May 16, LCPI and Southeastern's department of continuing education will also
present a course on diversity, making participants aware of cultural factors that affect society and
behavior. Another course will be offered June 13 on higher awareness of ethics and integrity.
Each course will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, contact Continuing
Education at 985-549-2301. Registration for the courses in also available online at lcpi.org.
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Press release available online at www.selu.edu/news/spring02.html