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

  • Implementation Tools

  • Type of product

  • Audience

  • Reset

After Action Report | 2017

Maintaining First Amendment Rights and Public Safety in North Minneapolis: An After-Action Assessment of the Police Response to Protests, Demonstrations, and Occupation of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fourth Precinct

  • Mass Demonstration Response

After Action Report | 2017

Rescue, Response, and Resilience: A Critical Incident Review of the Orlando Public Safety Response to the Attack on the Pulse Nightclub

  • Mass Critical Incident Response

Guidebook/Tool | 2017

Focused Deterrence of High-Risk Offenders

  • Community Trust and Partnerships
  • Crime and Violence Reduction

Research Brief | 2017

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

  • Community Trust and Partnerships

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
  • Recruitment and Retention

Article | 2016

Leading Culture Change

  • Training and Education

Guidebook/Tool | 2016

Partnerships in Pre-Trial Justice: 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

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