The U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) recently invited SMART to present its Sikhism 101 for Law Enforcement training program as part of its annual conference in Kansas City, MO. SMART’s National Director Preetmohan Singh presented the curriculum introducing law enforcement officials to the Sikh faith and its articles of faith. The audience included representatives from police departments, community-based organizations, and other faith groups from across the nation involved with the COPS program. This curriculum has already been presented to over 4,000 law enforcement officials, with over 90 percent of them stating that it will help them better perform their duties. SMART is working with COPS to further expand this training to increase effective partnerships between the law enforcement and Sikh communities nationally.
