About
Faith & Blue was launched to facilitate safer, stronger, more just and unified communities by directly enabling local partnerships among law enforcement professionals, residents, businesses and community groups through the connections of local faith-based organizations. The initiative aims to re-calibrate police-community relations through solutions-focused, in-person, socially distanced and/or virtual activities that are organized jointly by faith-based or other community groups and law enforcement agencies.
Communities are stronger and safer when residents and law enforcement professionals can relate as ordinary people with shared values, hopes, and dreams. The partners who are a part of National Faith & Blue Weekend believe we can find ways to work together around our many commonalities instead of being divided by our differences.
National Faith & Blue Weekend is an extension of the One Congregation One Precinct initiative (OneCOP), a program of MovementForward, Inc., which is a bridge-building, solutions-focused human and civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. The OneCOP initiative pairs together officers at the beat or precinct level with local houses of worship.
Working together, the paired officer and faith leader address mutually held biases and increase familiarity. OneCOP has launched in a number of cities, and yet the need for this type of collaboration is apparent in every community. With 65 million Americans attending a house of worship each week, there is a tremendous opportunity to engage the public at large. National Faith & Blue Weekend was conceived as the way to open OneCOP to everyone.
National Faith & Blue Weekend is made up of people dedicated to mutual understanding and collaboration. It is organized jointly by the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and MovementForward, Inc.'s OneCOP initiative and sponsored by FirstNet Built with AT&T along with the Motorola Solutions Foundation.
National Partners
FBI National Academy Associates
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Fraternal Order of Police
Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association
International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
International Association of Chiefs of Police
International Brotherhood of Police Officers
Major Cities Chiefs Association
Major County Sheriffs of America
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives
National Black Police Association
National District Attorneys Association
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
National Narcotics Officers’ Association Coalition
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
National Police Foundation
National Sheriffs’ Association
Police Executive Research Forum
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
USDOJ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Secure Community Network
Small & Rural Law Enforcement Executives Association
Regional & State Partners
Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police
Alaska Association Chiefs of Police
Arizona Chiefs of Police
Badger State Sheriffs' Association
California Police Chiefs Association
Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police
Delaware Police Chiefs' Council
Florida Police Chiefs Association
Florida Sheriffs Association
Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police
Georgia Sheriffs' Association
Idaho Sheriffs' Association
Illinois Association Chiefs of Police
Illinois Sheriffs' Association
Indiana Sheriffs' Association
Kansas Sheriffs' Association
Kansas Association Chiefs of Police
Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police
Maine Chiefs of Police Association
Maine Sheriffs' Association
Massachusetts Major City Chiefs of Police Association
Maryland Chiefs of Police Association
Maryland Sheriffs' Association
Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association
Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association
Minnesota Sheriffs' Association
Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police
Missouri Police Chiefs Association
New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police
New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police
New York State Association of Chiefs of Police
Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association
Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police
Oregon Association Chiefs of Police
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
Pennsylvania Sheriffs' Association
Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association
Sheriffs' Association of Texas
South Carolina Police Chiefs Association
South Carolina Sheriffs' Association
South Dakota Sheriffs' Association
Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police
Utah Chiefs of Police Association
Utah Sheriffs' Association
Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
Vermont Sheriffs' Association
Virginia Sheriffs' Association
Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs
Western States Sheriffs' Association
Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association
Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police
Major Faith-Based Partners
The Episcopal Church
Catholic Diocese of Birmingham
Centers for Spiritual Living
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
The Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande
Dioceses of Sioux City
