-Allen Nance, Acting Director, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice
The San Francisco Police Department upholds community policing as the cornerstone of its operational philosophy. The Department’s mission is to protect life and property and work closely with the community by forming partnerships to prevent crime, reduce the fear of crime, apprehend those who commit crimes, and provide a safe environment.
Recently, the Police Department in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice released our community policing report that summarizes current SFPD community policing strategies and partnerships with community members to enhance public safety. This document represents the city's vision and efforts to enhance community policing by engaging community leaders, highlighting best practices, and outlining strategies being employed to partner with residents to improve safety.
Police Departments across the United States have been expanding their use of community policing strategies to enhance public safety and empower residents to collaborate with police to improve neighborhoods. No one-size-fits all solution exists for community policing—strategies must be tailored to the diverse communities within our city. Many of these initiatives are underway and have taken shape in different areas: from the Alvord Lake Task Force in the Park District to expanded Neighborhood Watch programs in the Taraval District; from Community roundtables on quality of life issues in the Tenderloin District to citizen safety patrols.
Clearly, government alone cannot keep our communities safe. It is only through true collaboration and partnership with local residents that we can ensure public safety. This report is very much a “living-document” and I encourage all San Franciscans’ to read the report and get involved with our efforts to keep our city safe.
Where can we get a copy of this report? Perhaps you could add a link to the report in this post. Keep up the great work.
Posted by: Matt strain | January 03, 2007 at 10:39 PM
Cameras Not Cops. Cameras make the best sense. Remember how fast the bombers were identified in the UK last year?
Posted by: jfnorton1066 | January 28, 2007 at 12:28 AM