Western Regional Institute
for Community Oriented Public Safety

Overview

The Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS) provides regional training, develops training curriculum, and conducts on-site assessments by utilizing a training and leadership cadre (a team of local government officials, citizen representatives, and law enforcement professionals).

WRICOPS is a five-state partnership of Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming involving Criminal Justice Training Commissions/Peace Officer Standards and Training organizations, police and sheriffs associations, and universities.

As a national partnership model, WRICOPS is one of 27 university–practitioner collaborations funded by Congress, known as Regional Community Policing Institutes, and receives frequent visits of delegations from other states to learn from its success. 

The Washington State University philosophy of teaching, research, and public service provides a desirable organizational environment to engage a network of universities and law enforcement agencies to provide on-site regional COP training and skills development.  

E-mail WRICOPS@wsu.edu for more information.

News & Events

Report on Human Trafficking

Workshop on Disaster Preparedness

Contacts

John Goldman
Executive Director
Email: goldman@wsu.edu
Telephone: (509) 358-7953

Larry Guterriez
Program Coordinator
E-mail: gutierrez@wsu.edu 
Telephone: (509) 358-7949
Fax: (509) 358-7933

Mailing Address

WRICOPS
WSU Spokane
P.O. Box 1495
Spokane, WA 99210-1495

Shipping Address

WRICOPS
WSU Spokane
412 E Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99202

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Contact us: reyoung@wsu.edu, 509-358-7950 | 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Suite 401 WSU Spokane, Spokane, WA

WRICOPS Principal Investigators: Mike Erp | Mike Gaffney | John Goldman | Kelsey Gray | Nicholas Lovrich