Community trust and partnerships reflect the extent to which community members are included in public safety priorities and problem-solving.

Community trust and partnerships with law enforcement include an approach to community engagement that defines expectations for proactive community engagement activities, articulates agency leadership’s role in promoting and participating in community engagement, and establishes accountability mechanisms to ensure efforts are sustained and reviewed for continuous improvement.

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Resources Related to Community Trust and Partnerships

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  • Implementation Tools

  • Type of product

  • Audience

  • Reset

Research Brief | 2017

How Do People in High-Crime, Low-Income Communities View the Police?

  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Public Transparency

Report | 2017

Maintaining First Amendment Rights and Public Safety in North Minneapolis 

  • Crime and Violence Response
  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Response to Mass Demonstrations

Guidebook/Tool | 2016

Guidebook for the Implementation of New or Revitalized Police Oversight

  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Public Transparency

Article | 2016

Managing Police Departments Post-Ferguson

  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Public Transparency

Article | 2016

Leading Culture Change

  • Crime and Violence Response
  • Community Trust and Partnerships

Guidebook/Tool | 2016

A Law Enforcement Leader’s Guide to Understanding and Engaging in Meaningful Front-End Justice System Change

  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Stops, Searches, and Arrests

Report | 2016

Collaborative Reform Initiative: An Assessment of the Salinas Police Department

  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Use of Force
A Law Enforcement Officer's Duty Belt

Guidebook/Tool | 2016

Guide to Critical Issues in Policing

  • Crime and Violence Response
  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Mental Health and Crisis Response
  • Response to Mass Demonstrations
  • Use of Force

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