Today, approximately 40 million foreign-born people live in the United
States, seven million of whom arrived within the past eight years.
Because very little is known about how most police agencies nationwide
work with immigrant communities, in 2010, Vera’s Center on Immigration
and Justice partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services to identify and disseminate
information on law enforcement practices that cultivate trust and
collaboration with immigrant communities and merit replication. Staff
from Vera’s Center on Immigration and Justice solicited information from
more than 1,000 agencies in jurisdictions with large immigrant
populations and evaluated nearly 200 agencies’ practices. The resulting
multimedia resource—report, toolkit, podcasts—
features the efforts of 10 law enforcement agencies of different sizes,
capacities, and circumstances. Engaging Police in Immigrant Communities
is a practical, field-informed guide for community policing
professionals seeking to begin or build upon their work with immigrant
communities and immigrant community leaders looking to collaborate
effectively with law enforcement.
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