• Criminal Justice
• WSICOP
• WRICOPS

Principles

This philosophy of community policing in Washington is based on the following operational values:

• Community involvement to establish an environment in which community members have legitimate rights, roles, and responsibilities in working with police professionals in assessing problems and designing solutions for their communities.

• Service orientation defines policing as the provision of services which addresses all aspects of the problems of safety, disorder, and crime experienced by individuals and groups in the community.

• Problem solving identifies community problems and their contexts and develops-by creative, proactive and consultative means-long range solutions.

• Decentralization encourages initiative, responsibility, responsiveness, flexibility, and ownership of local actions by all police professionals and community members.

Governance

WSICOP is guided and directed by a policy council. This council consists of citizens-at-large, small and large agency chiefs and sheriffs, criminal justice educators and trainers, as well as representatives from the Office of the Governor, the United States Attorney, and universities.

A Community Policing Roundtable, with open law enforcement membership, and a Citizen's Advisory Board, composed of a broad cross-section of citizens, allows for a broader scale of involvement and promotes citizenpolice partnerships across Washington State.