 | | Delegation at Niagara Falls |
The Phase III delegation, made up of three police officers and two city administrators, arrived in Rochester with a variety of goals, mainly focused on learning how Rochester law enforcement officers interact with the city administration, school district, social service providers and community groups to prevent and solve crimes, and to ensure public safety.
While in Rochester, the delegation re-examined many of the community policing programs observed by their colleagues during LEEP Phase I (December 2000), including the NET (Neighborhood Empowerment Teams) program, Crimestoppers, Restorative Justice, D.A.R.E. and RPD's Truancy Program. The group toured the Regional Training Center, visited local high schools, shadowed NET Administrators and Crime Prevention Officers, and learned about juvenile crime and drug prevention programs, domestic violence response, law enforcement recruiting, hiring and disciplinary practices and drug intervention and rehabilitation programs. They were especially impressed with the ways in which the Rochester Police Department engages the community to help them prevent crime, solve crimes, and rehabilitate offenders.
| Training statistics |  | | The delegation, host families, program contributors and PH staff celebrated the final banquet at Rochester's War Memorial. |
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Total Interactive, Hands-on Training Hours 32
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Total In-Class Training Hours 25
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Total Program Orientation and Debriefing Hours 9
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Total Cultural Program Hours 21
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Total Number of Program Contributors 67
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Total Number of Agencies Represented 27
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| Total Number of Host Families 5 |
Total Number of Russian Delegates 5
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| Total Number of Project Harmony Staff 2 |
 | | Delegate Natalia Rybnikova with host Margie Lefler |
At the conclusion of the two-week program, the delegates identified several community-oriented policing programs they would like to pursue in Novgorod. These included Neighborhood Empowerment Teams, Crimestoppers, Juvenile Accountability Conferencing, and Rochester's Truancy Intervention Program. Novgorod faces a serious problem with juvenile crime, and the delegation felt that adaptations of the latter two programs might help them to address this problem. In fact, immediately upon the delegation's return to Novgorod, Natalia Rybnikova, Deputy Director of the City Committee on Education and Youth Policy, convinced her Director to purchase a computer for the Juvenile Affairs Section of the Police Department, headed by Aleksey Mityunov, so that they can develop a database on truant and at-risk youth. Project Harmony staff in Russia will continue to follow-up with and provide support for the delegates as they move forward with their plans and begin preparing for Phase IV of the exchange.
Other highlights of the program included being reunited with the four trainers that traveled to Velikiy Novgorod for Phase II (May 2001), meeting with Chief Robert Duffy and Mayor William Johnson, sailing down the Genesee River on a dinner cruise, dining at Dinosaur Barbecue, cheering Canadaigua High School's football team (coached by host Junior Poles) on to victory, and getting soaked at Niagara Falls.
 | | Casey Johnston, Alexander Kovalev, Artyom Kachkovsky, Marilyn Johnston, and Captain Lynde Johnston |
Participant List
Summary of Program Schedule
Program Highlights
The delegation also began thinking about what kind of training they would like to see during LEEP Phase IV, scheduled to take place in Velikiy Novgorod in May 2002. Many thanks to Captain Lynde Johnston, Margie Lefler, the Rochester Police Department, the Rochester City School District, and all of the individuals and organizations that contributed to yet another successful phase of the exchange!
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