Justice System Training & Research Institute (JSTRI) at RWU

Proactive Police Response to Domestic-Related Repeat Calls for Service

This guide provides a process for proactive police response to the short-term problem of repeat calls for service at residences, called domestic-related repeat incidents or DRRI. 

Proactive Police Response Guide

ICAT: Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics

ICAT is a training program that provides first responding police officers with the tools, skills, and options they need to successfully and safely defuse a range of critical incidents.   Developed by PERF with input from hundreds of police professionals from across the United States, ICAT takes the essential building blocks of  critical thinking, crisis intervention, communications, and tactics, and puts them together in an integrated approach to training.

ICAT Training Guide

National Policing Institute - Police Data Initiative

The Police Data Initiative promotes the use of open data to encourage joint problem solving, innovation, enhanced understanding, and accountability between communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them.

Police Data Initiative

Transforming Police Recruit Training: 40 Guiding Principles

The United States has traditionally trained police officers on the cheap. The survey PERF conducted for this project found that more than 71% of agencies devote less than 5% of their total budget to recruit 
training. 

Transforming Recruit Training

Directions to Roger Williams University North Campus Residence Hall Great Room

From the South continue on Route 114 past the main entrance. Bear to the right and take your first right onto North Campus Road. Take your very first left into Lot F (North Lot). Slowly make your way to the end of Lot F. Turn right at the very back of the lot so you are parked behind the residence hall.

From the North end coming from Metacom Ave, as North Campus comes into view, please take your first left turn. Take your very first left into Lot F (North Lot). Slowly make your way to the end of Lot F. Turn right at the very back of the lot so you are parked behind the residence hall.

Location of the Great Room

Go up the set of stairs near the gazebo. At the top of the stairs, enter the building using the first door on your left. There are rest rooms on the left. At the end of the short corridor turn right and use the elevators on the right. Go to the second floor. As you exit the elevators, the Great Room is directly in front of you. The entrance is slightly diagonally to the right of the elevator.

Accommodations

Hotel Accommodations

August 6, 2025

Dear Colleagues:
It is our pleasure to announce that the application period for the John D. Coyle Scholarship for the Fall, 2025 Command Training Series: Executive Development Course (October 1-3, 2025 and November 5-7, 2025 with the online portion beginning on Monday, September 22, 2025) has commenced. The purpose of the scholarship has been to provide registration fee funding for recipients, whose Chief of Police is an Active Member of the Association, to attend the annual Command Training Series: Executive Development Course at Roger Williams University.

The New England Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. (NEACOP) remains committed to the professional development of police leaders throughout the region. That commitment has been continually enhanced by the long partnership with Roger Williams University (RWU) and its Justice System Training & Research Institute.

As a result of the NEACOP - RWU partnership over 200 participants have completed the Executive Development Course at the University. Of that number, beginning with the scholarship’s inaugural recipients in 2014, eighteen police officers from throughout New England have been beneficiaries of the awards and continue to advance their departments. We encourage you to nominate a well-deserving policing leader from your agency.

Sincerely,
Phillip Jones David E. Lambert, Ph.D.
President Assistant Dean,
New England Association of Chiefs Police Director, Justice System Training &
Research Institute
Roger Williams University

Chief John D. Coyle Scholarship Application