community policing Archives

Police bike patrol rides through a busy intersection at dusk, wearing helmets and tactical gear, with brick buildings, traffic lights, and event crowds in the background.

Community-Focused Problem-Solving

All police agencies share common goals: to reduce crime and improve their community’s quality of life. Over the past several decades, agencies have become increasingly effective in applying proven a...

Community-Police Engagement

Portland Police officer in dark uniform with visible shoulder patches and duty belt walks outdoors with arm around an older person in a suit and flat cap during a community event.

Steering the Ship

Rarely do the names of famous 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and longtime National Football League All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce come up in the same conversation. However, despite the...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Gathering Community Feedback for Improvement

Police agencies often hear about community concerns through town meetings, conversations, or complaints. Community-wide surveys, sometimes used in other industries, are unusual in public safety....

Community-Police Engagement

Foundations for Sustainable Partnerships

Partnerships in public safety are the foundation of successful law enforcement functions. Several key ingredients are needed in creating these partnerships. For a partnership to succeed, participants...

The Brief

The Brief: Meeting the Needs of Youth

uvenile Justice Councils are charged with developing proactive programs, systems, and resources that assist in keeping youth out of the juvenile justice system....

The Brief

The Brief: Not Yesterday’s Campus Cop

Policing at the campuses of higher education institutions has existed for over a hundred years. The first U.S. “campus police officers” were commissioned in 1894 at Yale University in Connecticut...

Spotlight

Spotlight: Community Feedback

Accountability is an important element of modern-day policing. Along with town hall meetings, body-worn cameras have been an instrumental tool in showing community members and police executives how of...

The Advisor

The Advisor: Importance of Community Policing

Community policing is important because it is designed to build relationships that lead to partnerships with community stakeholders. The best way to address community challenges is to listen to and le...