Thank you for visiting our web site. The Missouri-Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation (MO-RCPI), established in 1997, is one of the original thirty-one Regional Community Policing Institutes founded through the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). We have transitioned to a Regional Center for Public Safety Innovation allow the MO-RCPI to expand on its deliverables. MO-RCPI is a member of the RCPI National Training Network and I serve on the RCPI National Steering Committee.   

As a member of the RCPI National Training Network the MO-RCPI provides professional and interactive community policing training and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies, business and community stakeholders throughout the state of Missouri. The MO-RCPI collaborates with its partner organizations to facilitate the implementation of the concepts and philosophy of community problem solving as a primary means of addressing crime and disorder to improve the overall quality of life for citizens of Missouri.

MO-RCPI training and technical assistance is comprised of curricula produced by the Department of Justice, COPS Office, MO-RCPI, federal components such as FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Missouri Crime Prevention Association, Missouri Center for Safe Schools.

MO-RCPI prides itself in its commitment to providing the highest quality of training by ensuring that training facilitators are subject matter experts. This commitment has resulted in the MO-RCPI establishing a reputation across Missouri and beyond as an excellent resource for law enforcement agencies and community stakeholders as they address their own unique community concerns.

MO-RCPI training supports the following national level training initiatives; COPS Office Community Policing Development Initiative, Police Integrity Initiative, President Bush’s Citizen Corps Initiative and DNA Initiative, Project Safe Neighborhoods, Value-Based Initiative, Homeland Security, National Incident Management Systems, and COPS in Schools. A comprehensive list of MO-RCPI training deliverables are listed at the end of this summary.

MO-RCPI has facilitated over 3,500 training sessions, 32 regional conferences, 1 National, and 1 International Conference since its inception. These training and technical assistance sessions have reached 700+ Missouri law enforcement agencies, 20,000+ law enforcement officers and 6,500+ community stakeholders. MO-RCPI has successfully demonstrated the strengths of the RCPI through its ability to draw law enforcement and community stakeholders into a collaborative training environment for the purpose addressing specific problems and/or concerns unique to the host community.

MO-RCPI looks forward to the opportunity to provide service to your organization.

Sincerely, Bryan Courtney

• MO-RCPI partnerships with Kansas City Police Department and Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance have been credited in the 2004 Community Task Force Report: Feb 2005 for “have been effective in closing drug houses and combating street prostitution and auto theft.” This is in reference to the MO-RCPI direct service facilitated “Community Team Building” training deliverable in which MO-RCPI actually facilitates the problem solving process with law enforcement and community stakeholders. Thus far, there have been 22 such “Community Team Building” facilitations resulting in on-going law enforcement/citizen stakeholder collaboration as Kansas City neighborhoods fight crime and disorder. MO-RCPI is very proud of this effort and its role in the process.

• MO-RCPI partnership with Missouri State Emergency Management Agency in supporting the Missouri Citizen Corp Council by entering a memorandum of agreement to be the SEMA provider of Citizen Emergency Response Team training of trainers courses. 23 trainings thus far.

• MO-RCPI has adopted the Federal Emergency Management Agency G190 course “Basic Incident Management for Law Enforcement” as a deliverable. MO-RCPI has been the primary source of training for the United States Postal Service in incident management as the USPS prepares for the installation of the Bio-detectors in the three Missouri postal processing plants.

• MO-RCPI has also adopted the FEMA National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) curriculum as a deliverable to assist Missouri law enforcement agencies become NIMS compliant, making them eligible to apply for federal funds.

• MO-RCPI partnered with the Governor’s Office in developing, marketing, and facilitating the Missouri Governor’s Summit on Meth.

• MO-RCPI facilitated the Value-Based National Conference and developed the official Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Value-Based Initiative Guide.

• MO-RCPI partnership with the Kansas City Missouri Police Department developed a Anti-Terrorism Interdiction curriculum based on their success interdicting FBI “No-Fly List” persons at public transportation in Kansas City. The unit has interdicted 18 “no-fly list” persons November 04’ through March 05’. 06’ Provided training to over 2,000 officers across the state of Missouri.

• MO-RCPI has entered a partnership with MO SEMA to produce a Community Focused Anti-Terrorism Awareness video based on the Michigan State Police “Seven Signs of Terrorism” video for statewide distribution.

• MO-RCPI has been invited to sit as a member of the Missouri Restorative Justice Coalition.

• MO-RCPI also sits on the following committees: MO Police Chiefs Command School Committee, MO SEMA Citizen Corp Council CERT Steering Committee, St. Joseph Weed and Seed Law Enforcement Committee, MWSC Regional Law Enforcement Academy Advisory Board, MWSC Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Advisory Committee.

• Gained POST approval for training deliverables allowing the MO-RCPI to provide required continuing education to officers

• Partnering with the regional law enforcement academies to market, register attendees, and provide facilities, and provide POST hours for MO-RCPI training

• MO-RCPI values the concept of the RCPI National Training Network and has reached out to other RCPIs for subject matter experts and for the development of resources. MO-RCPI has made itself available to sister RCPIs as demonstrated by MO-RCPI providing 30+ “Ethics for the Individual Officer” training session for the KS-RCPI for the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department. Also, MO-RCPI recently traveled to Washington state for WRICOPS to provide subject matter experts for the facilitation of regional training for them.