The Community Relations Service provides confidential mediation, facilitation, training, and consulting services to help communities enhance their ability to independently prevent and resolve future conflicts. CRS also works with police chiefs, mayors, school administrators, other local and state authorities, community-based organizations, and civil and human rights group. CRS is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice that does not takes sides in a dispute, and it does not investigate, prosecute, impose solutions, assign blame, or assess fault.
Updated July 7, 2015