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Peace Officer Project is a multifaceted, multipronged approach to changing the culture of policing by changing the approach of police, and includes the Peace Officer Promise, Peace Officer Training and the Peace Officer Framework.

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peace officer promise

Peace Officer Promise is for all of the nation’s 18,000 police and sheriff’s departments. It is a renewal of vows which agencies may take, witnessed by their communities and a fundamental statement about what it means to be PEACE OFFICERS.

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peace officer training

Peace Officer: Realizing the True Purpose of Policing delivers training for police agencies, cities and community groups with modules for police leaders, police officers, elected officials and community members delivered via an easy to navigate virtual platform.

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Giant Cop in Times Square

August 8, 2022

COPS Office Dispatch The Peace Officer Promise Takes Manhattan this Summer. Visitors to Times Square this summer may be surprised to see a giant cop looking down on them. It is

PEACE OFFICER PROMISE proclaimed in Times Square billboard ad

July 20, 2022

MidlandsBiz July 20, 2022 The Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. is the first of 200 agencies so far to make the pledge By W. Thomas Smith Jr. A rolling billboard message

In the wake of Uvalde shooting police departments nationwide vow to do no harm

June 28, 2022

The Peace Officer Promise policing’s Hippocratic oath reaches 45 states and DC from Police2Peace June 28, 2022 MarketWatch NEW YORK–With the looming issue of national police reform unsettled, communities around

Peace Officer States
Appear in Blue

The state penal code uses only the term Peace Officer when referring to police officers.

Other States
Appear in Gray

The State penal code does not refer to Peace Officer

Peace Officer

Usually means a law enforcement role which includes a badge, has the power to arrest, and also carries a service weapon.

Survey of US Penal Codes

According to research of the 50 states’ and District of Columbia penal codes, 71% of states use only the term Peace Officer when referring to police officers. and nearly 80% of states use the term in some law enforcement context.

Around the U.S. the term “Peace Officer” is primarily used to refer to police in state penal codes.

Serving Communities Around the Country

17,985

Total Departments

Total U.S. Municipal Law Enforcement Departments

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics

14,819

Total Police

Local Police Departments

Comprised of local city police departments

3,166

Total Sheriff's

County Sheriff's Offices

Comprised of local county sheriff's offices

6,871

Department Reach

Number Introduced

Number of departments of all types Introduced

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