This program, to be held on Friday, July 29, 2011 from 8:30AM until 4:00PM, at the Brown University, Sharpe Refectory Dining Hall, 144 Thayer Street, in Providence, RI , is designed to assist today's law enforcement agencies in building and developing better methodologies for conducting their recruiting process, increase the number of minority candidates who apply, thus increasing the number of Black and Latino officers who are hired (and hopefully retained).

Current research under study indicates a serious under-utilization of several of the core institutions within the Black community as they relate to law enforcement's outreach efforts towards recruiting. As well, institutional and cultural behaviors and attitudes related to the law enforcement profession may have significant impact on an agency's ability to draw candidates and candidate's willingness to apply.

Presented in four distinct modules, this program will seek to discuss issues related to the cultural environment of police agencies, the recruitment process itself, selection and investigation of candidates, and methods of community outreach and marketing (recruiting is nothing less than a marketing campaign) to diverse communities.

This program is being presented in partnership with the Brown University Department of Public Safety, Col. Mark Porter, Chief of Police, and the Department of Public Safety/RI Municipal Police Academy, Anthony Silva, Chief.