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Want to create your own safety initiative, but don't know where to start? This page contains a list of examples when crimes and public safety concerns were successfully addressed using the Community Policing approach in Ukraine. Approaches on how to engage communities, police and other stakeholders; legal frameworks; key principles and recommendations from the experts are here for you to learn and mobilize your community around safety challenges.

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Policing principles: From Sir Robert Peel to Nowadays

Sir Robert Peel is considered to be the father of the modern democratic policing model. In 1829, he founded the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) of Greater London in England and proposed a set of principles to effectively maintain law, order, and safety in the community. These 9 principles remain key to the success of the police organizations over the past two centuries in all democracies around the world. The article presents original principles and their modern interpretation.

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Community policing in the Law of Ukraine on the National Police

The requirement to apply community policing principles is enshrined in the Law on the National Police of Ukraine; hence, it is an integral part of the police service in Ukraine. This post overviews all relevant articles from the Law that inform community policing activities in Ukraine, in particular the engagement of the community and local authorities in joint projects with the police.

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Top 7 tools for effective community engagement in safety initiatives

Infographics. In order to build a safe community, the efforts of the police alone are not enough. According to the community policing concept, the entire community is bound to be responsible for their safety, including the police, local residents, local government, and other local organizations and institutions. How to bring all stakeholders on board to address local safety issues? See the infographic.

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Community policing in addressing domestic violence

Successful stories in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. The level of domestic violence is hard to assess. After all, physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence can have hidden forms, and often the offender and/or victim consider such relationships as normal. Therefore, in order to address violence, not only do survivors require support, but they also need to be taught how to identify signs of violence. This has been successfully accomplished in Ivano-Frankivsk by police together with D.O.M.48.24 non-profit organization.

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Community Consultative Group (CCG). What is it? And how it can help address community safety concerns?

Community policing is a cooperation and partnership in creating safety, protecting rights, freedoms, mutual aspirations, and democratic values. Formalizing such a partnership and defining a common purpose can be the key factor determining the effectiveness of the joint work. The article outlines the principle of a Community Consultative Group, a Canadian approach that has been successfully used in communities across Ukraine.

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