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  REACH initiative aims to help those experiencing mental health crises

  Mar 12, 2021 1:30 pm

  UIPD’s first Crisis Outreach Coordinator is helping to build a team of social workers who will co-respond with police officers during mental health emergencies to provide better in-the-moment clinical assessments of people experiencing a crisis and to follow up and make sure that they are connected with long-term care.

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  Powell joins UIPD to boost community outreach and engagement

  Feb 17, 2021 3:30 pm

  This week, Dementro Powell started in his new role at the Division of Public Safety, where he will be tasked with building new relationships between police officers and community members and encouraging constructive conversations to promote equity and inclusivity.

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  UIPD receives high accreditation marks

  Feb 8, 2021 12:00 pm

  That means the department has cleared 180 stringent accreditation criteria which seek to assure that the department’s policies and practices are consistent with top industry standards and that its police officers are providing a high level of customer service to the community.

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  Comfort in a crisis: Two therapy dogs join UIPD support team

  Jan 26, 2021 8:45 am

  Therapy K9s Lollipop and Winston will be making their debuts on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus this spring to help in crisis situations, in outreach programming and to comfort students who are dealing with high levels of stress or anxiety.

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  ‘Party patrol’ continues its work to keep campus healthy

  Jan 25, 2021 3:00 pm

  As students return to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus for the spring semester, the University of Illinois Police Department’s “party patrol” will resume its work to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

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