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1. Improving Police - Community Relations through Community Policing National Crime Prevention Council 2006

4. Community Policing “ A policing philosophy that promotes and supports organizational strategies to address the causes of crime, to reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships.” - Community Oriented Policing Services Office

5. The 8 “P”s of Community Policing A PHILOSOPHY of full service, PERSONALIZED POLICING , where the same officer PATROLS and works in the same area on a PERMANENT basis, from a decentralized PLACE , working in PARTNERSHIP with citizens to identify and solve PROBLEMS .

14. How Do People View the Police?

30. Trust Building Model TRUST EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP BUILDING GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND RANGE OF SOLUTIONS GREATER SUCCESS !

43. CRIME IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD A lack of community involvement may lead to some of the most serious and perplexing problems your community faces .

45. One great way to perpetuate community involvement is through the Neighborhood Watch program

49. Additional Citizen Actions Discuss your community’s overall security, including lighting, and contact neighbors or the proper authorities to request necessary improvements. Contact your local law enforcement agency and work with it to discuss basic community modifications that may overcome current problems.

50. Are state crime prevention associations and Neighborhood Watch programs involved in community policing and homeland security? As citizens, we all share the responsibility for reporting and preventing terrorism in our communities. We can be alert and aware of those activities in our neighborhood that may have links to terrorist and criminal behavior. Absolutely!

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