Mission Palms Hotel
Tempe, Arizona

Sponsored by: The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing

Hosted by: Tempe Police Department and the Arizona State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

The annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference is often described by attendees as the most substantive policing conference they've ever attended. Each year, police officers and police leaders, and all the ranks in between, as well as crime consultants and crime researchers, come together to discuss what they've learned about trying to reduce different crime and safety problems. Attendees choose the workshops they'll attend from an agenda that will feature more than 20 different crime and safety problems. In addition, leading up to the POP Conference, the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing sponsors an international competition to identify the top problem-solving projects of the year. These are also presented at the Conference and attendees help in judging the winning project for the Herman Goldstein Award for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing. Conference sessions are of varying sizes and use different formats, so you can choose the type of learning environment that works best for you.

Highlights from our conference:

Goldstein Award Finalists

• Zombie Houses: The Portland Approach to VacantHomes (Portland Police Bureau)
• Walmart Restorative Justice Initiative(Arlington, Texas, Police Dept.)
• Restore Rundberg: Leveraging Community Engagementto Reduce Crime and Fear of Crime (Austin Police Dept.)
• A Prevention First Response to Men PerpetratingFamily Violence in North Canterbury (New Zealand Police)
• Operation Alabama: Response to Rise of RoughSleeping and Related Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in the London Borough ofNewham (London Metropolitan Police)
• Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (HighPoint, North Carolina, Police Dept.)
• Employing POP to Target Convenience Store Crime(Glendale, Arizona, Police Dept.)

Other Conference Presentations

• Introduction to Problem-Oriented Policing
• Introduction to Situational Crime Prevention
• Measuring Organizational Change forProblem-Solving
• Neighborhood Revitalization in Old Sacramento(Sacramento Police Dept.)
• Communicating Problem-Oriented Policing Success
• Country Inn & Suites Hotel Nuisance PropertyProject (Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Police Dept.)
• New Approaches to Intervening with FrequentPolice Clients in the United Kingdom
• Neighbourhood Empowerment Team: A CollaborativeProblem-Solving Approach to Police/Social Work Problems in Edmonton, Alberta

 
CPTED Old and New: Cutting Crime with UrbanDesign

• Police-Prosecutor Problem Solving
• POP in Specialized Investigative Units: Policingthe Shadow Economy in Phoenix and Policing Vice in Houston
• Homelessness and Nuisance Behavior in Indio,California
• Developing Analytical Systems to SupportProblem-Oriented Policing
• Collaborations and Innovative Approaches forReducing Street Homelessness (Houston Police Dept.)
• Gang Injunctions: Tracking and DisruptingInter-Gang Conflict in Los Angeles
• Police Assisted Referral of Public-HousingResidents (Cuyahoga, Ohio, Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Dept.)
• New Training for Problem-Solvers: PTO and PBLPrograms
• Policing Terrorism: Principles and Examples