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Target crime reduction on
Violence
Gun use and trafficking
Drug sales
Prostitution

Forum Topic 4
What can you and others in your community do to help realize the vision of “ Policing in Partnership with the Community”?

Become more engaged and encourage others to engage in public safety councils, block
watches, and town hall meetings/public forums.
Work to create relationships of mutual respect between the police force and community
members by
Communicating with youth
Bringing more police into community settings and schools for open dialogue
Developing more personal relationships with officers
Supporting police when they’re doing things well.
Work to develop collaborative relationships between police and citizens by
Establishing joint goals
Devising strategies to target problem people and problem areas
Informing police about suspicious activity.

For surveys to be most useful, they need
to gather opinions from a wide range of
the public. This requires some effort to

achieve inclusiveness. Surveys that
simply model the opinions of a selfselected group might not be as useful as

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