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The Bureau of Justice Assis- tance provides toolkits , grants , and free technical assistance to agencies ready to shape the modern public safety land- scape . 4
Key takeaways
• Engage city leaders ers and com- munity stakeholders early
• Share information between agencies to help create tai- lored responses
• Iterate and persist to meet the community ’ s evolving needs by use of rigorous analysis of data and sentiment gather- ing from the community and stakeholdersers
Trend # 2 : Data is key to im- proving relationships with all stakeholders
In recent years , public confi- dence in law enforcement has approached record lows5 5 , es- pecially in traditionally under- served communities .
In 2022 , leading agencies will expand the use of data in their efforts to rebuild community trust .
Citizens are taking an active role in public safety prob- lem-solving , and agencies are rethinking their engagement through three tenets : availabil- ity , accessibility , and authentic- ity .
Availability is the first , not the only , step in data sharing .
Historically , agencies have shared their data with the pub- lic through annual reports . This
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