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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1996                        (202) 616-2765
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888

    ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY POLICING EVENT

Chiefs & Sheriffs From Across the Country to Participate in National
Symposium


     WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- Attorney General Janet Reno will be the
keynote speaker Friday morning at the first meeting of the
National Community Oriented Policing Resource Board in the
nation's capital. 
 
     More than 80 chiefs of police and sheriffs from across the
country are participating in the board's effort to advise the
Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS) on innovative policing programs and methods. The
members of the resource board also will provide firsthand
information for agencies seeking to adopt community oriented
policing or improve their existing efforts.  

          When:   9:30 a.m., Friday, February 23, 1996

          Where: Colonial Room, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

     The COPS Office was formed after Congress passed the 1994
Crime Act to place an additional 100,000 law enforcement officers
on the nation's streets. The Administration has announced funding
for more than 33,000 police officers and sheriffs' deputies to
date across the country.

NOTE:  This information is for planning purposes only, and may
not be released or distributed.


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