Mayors And Police Chiefs To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of COPS Program; Focus On Community Policing Strategies, Building Police-Community Trust
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER TO ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE
LITTLE ROCK, AR | OCTOBER 8 & 9
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Conference of Mayors announced today that mayors and police chiefs will gather in Little Rock, AR at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center on October 8 and 9. The two-day gathering will mark the 20th Anniversary of the date in 1994 when President Clinton established the Community Oriented Policing Services Program (COPS), which put 100,000 additional officers on the beat and contributed to an historic drop in crime. The Meeting is being conducted with the support of the COPS Office at the Justice Department, and the meeting agenda will include a discussion of lessons to be learned from the events that occurred in Ferguson, MO on August 9.
President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder will address the mayors and police chiefs during this important meeting on the morning of Wednesday, October 8TH. IMPORTANT NOTE: While this morning session is OPEN TO PRESS COVERAGE, the balance of the meeting is CLOSED TO PRESS. Mayors and Police Chiefs will hold a PRESS AVAILABILITY at 12 NOON at the Clinton Library for interested media.
Under the leadership of USCM President Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and hosted by Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola, mayors and police chiefs will join COPS Office Director Ronald L. Davis and Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery to identify specific strategies to resolve resident frustrations, reduce gun violence and strengthen the relationship between communities and their police force to make cities safer. Following the meeting, the nation's mayors will present a plan of action to the Justice Department that can be used to improve community-police relationships and help prevent situations like the one in Ferguson from occurring.
*** NOTE: Reporters interested in covering the morning session of the meeting and/or the PRESS AVAILABILITY at 12 NOON with Mayors and Police Chiefs should RSVP to Elena Temple-Webb at [email protected] and/or Karen Hinton at [email protected]. Space is limited and requests will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. ***
| WHO: |
President William J. Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayors, Police Chiefs |
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| WHAT: |
The Nation's Mayors and Police Chiefs Identify Lessons To Be Learned from Ferguson, Discuss Effective |
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| Community Policing on the 20th Anniversary of the COPS Program |
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| WHEN: |
Wednesday, October 8th |
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| 9:40am CT – Attorney General Eric Holder |
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| 10:00am CT – President William J. Clinton |
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| 12:00 NOON CT – Press Availability with attending Mayors and Police Chiefs |
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| WHERE: |
William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library |
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| 1200 President Clinton Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201 | (501) 374-4242 |
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| Featured Speakers Include: |
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| Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento (CA) and USCM President |
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| Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of Baltimore (MD) and USCM Vice President |
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| Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia (PA) and USCM Past President |
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| Joe Riley, Mayor of Charleston, (SC) and USCM Past President |
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| Annise D. Parker, Mayor of Houston (TX) and Chair of USCM Criminal and Social Justice Committee |
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| Mark Stodola, Mayor of Little Rock (AR), Host |
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| Francis Slay, Mayor of St. Louis (MO) |
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| Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans (LA) |
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| Ralph Becker, Mayor of Salt Lake City (UT) |
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| Toni Harp, Mayor of New Haven (CT) |
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| Stuart F. Delery, Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States |
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| Ron Davis, Director, COPS Office |
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| Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director, The U.S. Conference of Mayors |
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| Gregory C. Mullen, Chief of Police, Charleston (SC) Police Department |
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| Susan L. Pamerleau, Sheriff, Bexar County (TX) |
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| John Seabers, General Manager, Sinclair Stations, San Antonio (TX) |
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| Charles Ramsey, Commissioner of Police, Philadelphia (PA) |
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| Michael S. Harrison, Interim Superintendent, New Orleans (LA) Police Department |
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| Anthony Batts, Police Commissioner, Baltimore (MD) |
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| Martha Montalvo, Executive Assistant Chief and Chief of Staff, Houston (TX) Police Department |
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| Chris Burbank, Chief, Salt Lake City (UT) Police Department |
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| Kenton Buckner, Chief of Police, Little Rock (AR) Police Department |
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| Dean Esserman, Chief of Police, New Haven (CT) Police Department |
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