Does Community Policing Build Trust in Police and Reduce Crime?
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2021-12-14

The Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network has released the findings from its latest Metaketa research study, which examines the question: Does community policing build trust in police and reduce crime? It combines the results of field studies on locally-appropriate community policing practices in Brazil, Colombia, Liberia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Uganda. The study found that implementing practices such as foot patrols, town halls, reporting hotlines, and problem-oriented policing to improve police-community interaction failed to increase trust in police or reduce crime rates. The results suggest that there are structural changes that societies may need to address before community policing practices can succeed.

Join USIP as we host policymakers and practitioners for an in-depth look at EGAP’s Metaketa results — as well as a discussion on how we can use these important findings to help shape the future of community policing.

For more information about this event, visit: https://www.usip.org/events/does-community-policing-build-trust-police-and-reduce-crime

Speakers:

Presenters

Graeme Blair
Assistant Professor, University of California Los Angeles

Dorothy Kronick
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania 

Nico Ravanilla
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego

Zulfiqar Hameed
Additional Inspector General of Police Operations, Punjab Police 

Panelists

Ena Dion
Senior Program Officer, Justice and Security Dialogues, U.S. Institute of Peace 

Sandra Pabon
Senior Program Director, Citizen Security Dialogues, U.S. Institute of Peace 

‘Kemi Okenyodo
Executive Director, Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative

Joseph Hewitt, moderator
Vice President of Policy, Learning, and Strategy, U.S. Institute of Peace

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