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Regional Community Policing Institute

The University of Tennessee RCPI is a Regional Community Policing Institute (RCPI) funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The RCPI, one of more than 27 RCPIs nationwide, is a partnership among the City of Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville's Police Advisory and Review Committee, and the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Public Service.

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RCPI services include assessment, planning, technical assistance, and instruction all aimed at developing your organizational capability. The University of Tennessee RCPI's service area includes three southeastern states: Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee. If you work or reside outside this area and would like information on your specific RCPI, please refer to this map.

Most of the training is fully funded and there is no charge to participants. However, costs for specialized training and specifically tailored seminars are set based on location, topic and number of participants.

The University of Tennessee RCPI specializes in:

  • Community Oriented Policing and Community Partnerships
  • Infrastructure Development
  • Custom-Designed Training and Instruction
  • Adult Learning Model
  • Internal/External Assessments

The RCPI works toward these objectives:

  • Integration of community policing principles into all forms of police training
  • Applying the principles of adult learning to all training activities
  • Developing participants' capacity for critical thinking and their ability to apply critical thinking in responding to complex enforcement, community and organizational problems
  • Using innovative training methods to prepare officers to work with community members to Identify persistent community problems
  • Learn more about why these problems occur
  • Address the underlying conditions that precipitate these problems
  • Involving law enforcement agencies, academic institutions, local government and community organizations in training efforts
  • Involving trainers from a variety of disciplines
  • Incorporating train-the-trainer components
  • Current research in the training curriculum
  • Expand training beyond the walls of the traditional police academy

 

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Contact RCPI

Mike Hill
Program Manager

1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Suite 101
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Phone: (865) 946-3222
Toll Free: (866) 449-5342
Fax: (865) 946-3214
mike.hill@tennessee.edu