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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Policing and People with Developmental Disabilities: Emerging Issues in the Field

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Selecting 911 Calls for Alternative Emergency Response: Lessons from Long Beach, California

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Small & Rural Agency Crisis Response: A National Survey and Case Studies

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Transforming Dispatch and Crisis Response Services: Meeting Challenges with Innovation

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How to Use 988 to Respond to Behavioral Health Crisis Calls

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Justice Briefing Live: Responding to Homelessness: Effective Strategies for Law Enforcement and Community Partners

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Reforming the Police Through Procedural Justice Trainings: A Multi-City Randomized Trial at Crime Hot Spots

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Report | 2022

School Policing Programs: Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go Next

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