One of the great opportunities that comes with being the director of the COPS Office is traveling around the United States to meet with local, state, and tribal law enforcement professionals and leaders and to see firsthand how they incorporate community policing into their organization and their daily activities. In April, I took a unique road trip through six cities in five states. As I travelled to California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and finally, Washington State, I saw the relevance of community policing to overall public safety and national security become more and more evident with each stop.