Volume 48 | Page 13

zen cohesion. www.AmericanSecurityToday.com September 2020 - Edition Courtesy of CPD and Facebook of criminal activity and other developments in the neighborhoods will likely take root. A smaller police footprint may engender incipient hostility towards police or less so, depending on police-community relations. In addition, suspension of citizen ride-alongs and citizen academies as well as the elimination of in-person police-community forums undermine police-citi- Leveraging virtual forums, conference calls, and outreach to community leaders in the non-physical world can bridge the limitations on street-level, (physical) community links caused by the pandemic. Reductions in enforcement actions and in-person responses to calls for service were found among 78 percent and 76 percent of respondents, respectively. Courtesy of CPD and Facebook 13