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Archive February 2018

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Can Community Policing Help Prevent More Tragedies?

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.
 
Rather than simply responding to crimes once they have been committed, community policing concentrates on preventing crime and eliminating the atmosphere of fear it creates. Earning the trust of the community and making those individuals stakeholders in their own safety enables law enforcement to better understand and address both the needs of the community and the factors that contribute to crime.

 

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Preparing for Student Walkouts

In the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Broward County, Florida last week, students across the country are turning their anger and frustration into action. If students in your community are talking about and/or planning to be part of organized walkouts, there are two resources you might find helpful.
 
 

 

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Community Response to School Shooting Tragedies

You are invited to participate in an extraordinary webinar, created to explore opportunities for collaboration among like-minded members of the school transportation community. The webinar: School & Mass Shootings in America: What Now? which is FREE, will be held at 2pm ET on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. 

 

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