When President Obama created the Task Force on 21st Century Policing in December of 2014, he gave the law enforcement representatives, criminologists, community leaders, and others working on the report three months to "examine, among other issues, how to strengthen public trust and foster strong relationships between local law enforcement and the communities that they protect, while also promoting effective crime reduction." The report that the task force produced can be explored here in full. Readers will find the document broken up into Six Pillars: including Building Trust & Legitimacy, Policy & Oversight, Technology & Social Media, Community Policing & Crime Reduction, Training & Education, and Officer Wellness & Safety. While there were certainly critics of the completed report, the American Civil Liberties Union did state that, if the recommendations in the report were followed, it would "significantly improve the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve."
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