SALDEF’s Law Enforcement Partnership Program (LEPP), established in 1999, features a national network of trainers with cutting-edge curriculum in order to reach more than 100,000 law officers around the country. In just the past 5 months, SALDEF has conducted trainings for the New Jersey state police, Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas and the Amtrak police in Washington, DC.
Did you know that as a result of LEPP:
- SALDEF co-produced On Common Ground, a law enforcement training program with the Department of Justice. It has been used to train more than 40,000 employees at the TSA in one year.
- In the Fall of 2014, SALDEF certified 15 new Law Enforcement trainers, quadrupling the organization’s ability to provide Sikh Awareness trainings to law enforcement around the country. These new trainees are already training officers in New Jersey and have secured trainings in Orange County, California.
- As a result of creating long-term relationships through trainings, SALDEF worked with the Washington Washington Metropolitan Police Department, California’s Riverside PD, and Harris County Sheriff’s Office to allow for accommodations of religious articles so Sikhs can serve freely.
- And in recognition of its more than decade long partnership, SALDEF was recognized with the TSA’s first Community Partnership Award at their National Conference in 2013.
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