The COPS Office publishes materials for law enforcement and community stakeholders to use in collaboratively addressing crime and disorder challenges. These free publications provide you with best practice approaches and give you access to collective knowledge from the field. Below you can find our recent and featured publications, and you can also search the Resource Center or our Community Policing Topics pages for specific issues.

After-Action Assessment of the Police Response to the August 2014 Demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri examines the law enforcement response to the mass demonstrations during the first 17 days after Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson (Missouri) Police Department shot and killed Michael Brown, focusing on the primary responders.

The Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing describes the recommendations of the Task Force on 21st Century Policing, established by an executive order signed by President Barack Obama on December 18, 2014.

Robbery of Pharmacies Drug Market Intervention: An Implementation Guide Identifying and Defining Policing Problems

Waking in Oak Creek: A guide for law enforcement A Prosecutor's Stand: A guide for law enforcement Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective: A guide for law enforcement