Community Engagement and Policing

Introduction

This section explains what community engagement is and why it is important for policing.

• What is community engagement?: a model describing different types of community engagement including consultation, involvement, partnership and delegation. These are illustrated with examples at a national and local policy level. This section also sets out the benefits of community engagement
• Policies and legislation: a brief summary of the main policy drivers in policing and elsewhere that place a duty on public services to focus more on community engagement. This section includes links to the key policy documents
• Policing practice: research evidence and examples of how community engagement is being used in policing
• Community engagement and organisations: how organisations have adapted their structures and processes to develop and embed their community engagement activities
• Tools and templates

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