The Police Foundation’s Communications Division has four primary responsibilities:

1. Publishing the work of the foundation;
   
   
2. Ensuring that the knowledge acquired through the foundation’s work is widely disseminated so that it will have an impact on discussion and practice in the field;
   
   
3. Conducting a comprehensive public education program designed to educate the public and promote the work of the foundation;
   
   
4. Serving as an objective and authoritative resource for members of the media seeking context and understanding about events involving policing and issues affecting policing.

Publications

The Police Foundation has a long history of research on policing and publishes the results of its research as an information service. Since its inception in 1970, the foundation has stressed the importance of helping to create a new body of knowledge about policing. The quality and quantity of its research reports have helped make the foundation a catalyst for change in American policing. For a complete listing of titles in print and ordering information, go to Publications. Some foundation reports and monographs are available online in the Electronic Library.

The work of the foundation has been and continues to be incorporated into the emerging criminal justice literature. Permission to quote and reproduce is readily granted. Please see Copyright Information for details.

Police Foundation publications are used worldwide in police training programs and in college and university classrooms. See Publication Review Policy for more information.

Dissemination and Public Education

In support of the foundation’s mission and to ensure that the benefits of the foundation’s findings are fully realized, the results of the foundation’s work are broadly disseminated to the criminal justice community, including practitioners and scholars, and to policy makers, the media, and to the public.

Each year, the Police Foundation receives hundreds of inquiries from law enforcement personnel, government agencies, public officials, students, and others seeking information and advice about police policies and practices.

Throughout the years the foundation has sponsored national conferences and regional workshops on issues as diverse as:

• community policing
• women in policing
• police productivity
• higher education for the police
• patrol management
• crime control strategies
• police liability
• strategic planning
• community institutions and inner-city crime reduction
• the impact of drugs and violence on the police
• the police role in civil disorders

Media Assistance

Each year, foundation staff provide Media Assistance to hundreds of members of the print and broadcast media. Hubert Williams, the president of the foundation, speaks out on issues important to policing and serves as a source of advice and information to police officers and executives, public officials, and members of the news media.

Press Releases and OpEds are available at this link

About the Police Foundation provides a brief overview of the foundation’s history and mission.

For more information, please contact Mary Malina, Communications Director, (202) 833-1460, email: mmalina@policefoundation.org.