All partners are working collaboratively with UNCFSP, one another, and their communities to identify, develop and implement innovative, proactive community policing strategies. 

CCPP partners receiving instruction on how to administer their CCPP projects.

In February, the principal investigators from the HBCUs each brought one representative from their local police force to UNCFSP headquarters for a two-day orientation with representatives from the Department of Justice. The interaction was lively as we reviewed the program requirements, tweaked and approved the needs assessments, and learned how to conduct focus groups. Everyone came away with a clear understanding of what the program is to accomplish and what specific steps are involved.

A lively focus group discussion  aims to identify crime issues near LeMoyne-Owen College.

In March, each school administered a survey of community members and law enforcement about their perceptions of the problems in the communities around their campuses, and their suggestions for solutions. The aso conducted targeted focus groups to identify violent crime and gang
issues in their areas. The data is being processed to help them understand community community and police perceptions of these issues. 

Focus group members meet at  LeMoyne-Owen College

The data analysis will be used by partnerships of HBCU representatives, law enforcement, and community members to identify challenges surrounding the issues, and initiate new strategies to meet those challenges. Using the collected data and the power of partnership, they will make a plan to implement a new program to make improvements in crime in their vicinities.

At the end of the project, we will evaluate the effectiveness of the plans that were designed and implemented, and publish the results of the community partnership work to be used as a model for future endeavors against crime in other communities.