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The Police Foundation of Colorado Springs is dedicated to aiding the Colorado Springs Police Department. Through donations, the Foundation supports Colorado Springs police officers by promoting excellence within the department and improving public safety for the city of Colorado Springs.
The Police Foundation's first grant to the Colorado Springs Police Department helped send three of the Department's senior leaders to the Senior Management Institute for Police at Boston University. Here is what one of the attendees said about his experience.
"I am incredibly grateful to Police Foundation for sending me to the Senior Management Institute of Police (SMIP). The three-week academic program is of superb quality and is a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend. As an intensive leadership boot camp, I studied under the instruction of professors from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, MIT’s Sloan School of Management, John Hopkins, and other top caliber universities.
In addition to the excellent academics, the program offered numerous opportunities for networking. My class consisted of more than 80 senior law enforcement leaders from all across North America. Classroom discussions focused on organizational problems being faced by all of our agencies. Regardless of the size or geography of any one particular police department many of our challenges remain the same.
When I am developing a project or looking at how to improve practices within our department, I access my network of classmates to learn and share best practices. The information and professional contacts I gleaned from the program will support my work throughout the rest of my career.
The opportunity to attend SMIP would not have been possible without the Police Foundation. I am grateful for your continuing support of the men and women of our great department."
To build effective partnerships that support the Colorado Springs Police Department and our local community.
In the United States, police foundations trace their history back to July 22, 1970, when Ford Foundation president McGeorge Bundy announced the establishment of a Police Development Fund to foster improvement and innovation in American policing.
Now commonly known as a police foundation, the prevalence of these organizations spread across the nation in no time with notable police foundations representing major police departments across the United States. With the support of police foundations, innovations, social experiments, and community policing occurred in police departments nationwide.
Traditionally, police foundations support police departments with resources not available from their respective cities. As the major source of private support, police foundations share in the vision that communities are made safer and better places to live thanks to the hard work and dedication of police officers.
Police foundations serve local police departments by fundraising, granting tax-exempt gifts and individual donations to improve the effectiveness of police activities. To serve and protect to the best of their abilities, police departments need to keep pace with advanced technology, new equipment, and professional development. Police foundations help in this process by serving as a flexible arm of support.
Organization name
Police Foundation of Colorado Springs
other names
PFCS
2009
Tax id (EIN)
27-0926740
Category
Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
10 Lake CircleEl Paso County, CO, US