Best Practices and Case Studies: Partnerships in Action

Community Mobilization: The Foundation for Community Policing
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), June 2001. Written by a community organizer, this article summarizes the successes of community-police partnerships in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California. A team of police and civilian community organizers formed the City Heights Neighborhood Alliance, which worked to reduce drug-related crimes while improving quality of life for area residents.

Making the Match: Law Enforcement, the Faith Community and the Value-Based Initiative
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Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), January 2004. From 2000 to 2003, COPS awarded grants to law enforcement agencies to partner with faith-based and other community organizations through the Value-Based Initiative program. This publication provides an in-depth look at how some of the partnerships those grants funded have come together, the challenges they have met, and the successes they have enjoyed. The guide contains suggestions and guidelines on starting a police and faith-based community partnership, with input from those who have done so successfully.

Problem-Solving Partnerships: Including the Community for a Change
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Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), June 2001. This brochure highlights a handful of problem-solving projects of COPS Office grantees who used the SARA model in conjunction with community partnerships to address crime issues in their communities. Also included are recommendations for agencies and their partners that can help ensure success for future problem-solving projects.

Problem-Solving Tips: A Guide to Reducing Crime and Disorder through Problem-Solving Partnerships
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Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), July 2006. This guidebook, part of the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police series, will help communities use the SARA model (scanning, analysis, response and assessment) for building problem-solving partnerships.

The COPS Collaboration Toolkit: How to Build, Fix, and Sustain Productive Partnerships
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Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), September 2001. Law enforcement alone cannot implement and advance community policing. This toolkit is a guide for law enforcement agencies and their partners for developing and sustaining productive partnerships. Applicable to many types of police-community partnerships, this guide will help in identifying stakeholders, building mutual trust, developing a shared vision and goals, promoting teamwork and open communication, sustaining motivation, and implementing an action plan.