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About the National Association for Civilian Oversight <br />of Law Enforcement <br />The National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) is <br />a non-profit organization that works to enhance accountability and transparency in <br />policing and build community trust through civilian oversight <br />Mission <br />The mission of NACOLE is to enhance fair and professional law enforcement <br />responsive to community needs. <br />To this end, the goals of NACOLE are: <br />A. To provide for the establishment, development, education, and technical <br />assistance of/for the civilian oversight of law enforcement. <br />B. To develop a national forum to provide an informational and educational <br />clearinghouse and a publication resource of educational information for the <br />public and organizations in the field of civilian oversight of law enforcement. <br />C. To encourage the highest ethical standards in organizations that help <br />oversee law enforcement. <br />D. To educate the public by developing mechanisms to enhance police and <br />community relations, educate law enforcement agencies, and encourage <br />law enforcement to respond with sensitivity to citizens' issues and <br />complaints. <br />E. To encourage full racial and ethnic representation and participation in this <br />organization and the agencies overseen by its members. <br />Established in 1995, NACOLE is the largest and premier civilian oversight organization <br />in the United States; its membership comprises nearly 1,000 oversight practitioners, <br />current and former law enforcement personnel, elected officials, journalists, academics, <br />students, and community stakeholders, among others. NACOLE has worked to <br />legitimize police oversight as a professional field of study and practice and facilitated the <br />development of professional standards, including a Code of Ethics, as well as core <br />competencies and training guidelines for oversight practitioners. NACOLE also hosts <br />an annual training conference where civilian overseers and other interested <br />stakeholders meet and exchange information and ideas about issues facing law <br />enforcement oversight. The 2015 conference saw participation from 114 communities <br />from 30 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and six countries. Such broad <br />s <br />65D-134 <br />