Policing With Precision and Purpose

Hosted by the New Haven Guardians Association

Our Sponsors
Available to All Law Enforcement Agencies and Community Partners

Line, staff and administrative officers working in assignments for Community Policing Programs in any of the following types of agencies: Municipal Police Depts.; County Police/Sheriffs; State Police Depts.; Campus Police/Safety/Security; Federal Agencies; Transit/Port Authorities; Housing Police; School Resource Officers; Correctional Officers. As well, the staff and leadership of community organizations are welcome to attend.

While NABLEO membership caters to law enforcement officers of color, all education and training sessions are open to all, regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity (except for those programs specifically designated for members only).

POLICING WITH PRECISION AND PURPOSE

As society continues to evolve, the scope of law enforcement changes with it. Within the past decade, many law enforcement agencies around the country have seen more changes in policies, procedures, and both state and federal legislation around law enforcement than ever before. With this change came new pathways that affect our duties, as well as establishing new connections with the public. Through a heightened focus on communication, procedural justice, evolution of technology, and a growing concern about accountability, we must revisit and revise what it means to effectively police in a manner that serves both the hearts and bodies of the public, as well as our fellow law enforcement officers.

In line with this concept, the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, Inc. (NABLEO) presents a three-day training, themed “Policing With Precision and Purpose”, October 21-October 23, 2026, hosted by the New Haven Guardians Association, that will revisit the past of law enforcement, analyze policing in the present, and forge a path towards setting standards for law enforcement agencies in the future.

Held at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, located at 155 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06511, sworn and civilian members of Municipal Police Departments, County Police or Sheriffs agencies, State Police Departments, Campus Police/Safety/Security departments, Federal Agencies; Transit/Port Authorities; Housing Police, School Resource Officers, Correctional agencies, as well as, the staff and leadership of the organizations that make up their community partnerships, and members of institutional safety units are invited and welcome to attend.

Featured workshops will present topics of interest to both law enforcement personnel, as well as the staff and leadership of the organizations that make up their community partners, with greater tools, knowledge, and skills for interacting with people, particularly in communities of color, and allow them to build operative and reciprocal bridges of understanding between law enforcement agencies and communities to create sustainable impact models of positive policing. CT POST accreditation is available.

Required registration for this program is at the rate of $400.00, per person, for members, $450.00 per person for non-members, $275.00 for community members/college students enrolled in criminal justice studies programs, and a special one-day attendance rate of $150.00 per person is available through October 3, 2026. Registration fees cover the costs of program materials, a continental breakfast, lunch, and breaks each day, conference identification tags, access to conference networking sessions, specialty gift and certificate of attendance.

Checks should be made payable to NABLEO, and mailed to Sally Thomason, 280 River Road # 105A, Piscataway, NJ 08854. ALL CREDIT/DEBIT CARD PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE ONLINE ONLY AT HTTP://CONFERENCE.NABLEO.ORG.

Participants requiring housing may obtain hotel reservations at the established rate of $209.00 per night by calling the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale at 1-800-THE-OMNI. Rate availability expires on September 21, 2026. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND EARLY HOTEL RESERVATIONS.

Questions concerning the conference should be directed to Sally Thomason, Conference Chair, by email at mzst101@aol.com, or by phone at 732-648-8592. ALL REGISTRATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026. REGISTRATION REQUESTS AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS BY CALLING 401-465-9152. We look forward to your hoped-for participation in this program.