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The community-police partnership is vital to the success of the criminal justice system in preventing and investigating crime. As a crime prevention specialist, your work with the community is vital to preventing and investigating crime.

Create a speech from the perspective of a police agency representative in which you introduce a new community partnership initiative to the public. The speech will be given in a town hall public forum in your city. The initiative will address a crime-related issue or concern in your community.

Include these points in your speech in the order that follows:

Introduction: Introduce yourself by stating a fictitious name and other preliminary information.

Professional Responsibilities: Identify a philosophy of law enforcement. Explain the basic purpose and function of law enforcement in society. Briefly describe the goals and desired outcomes of community policing.

Community Issue: Describe an issue or concern your community is facing and its impact. Note: Consider using the issue you identified in this week's discussion.

Community-Partnership: Summarize the duties of law enforcement to support communities. Describe 1-2 strategies the agency is using or will use to partner with the community to address the issue. Include details to explain how the strategies you described will address the issue.

How will law enforcement ensure transparency and communication?

Will law enforcement leverage public programs to combat the issue?

Conclusion/Call to Action: Identify an action the citizens in your community can take to join law enforcement's efforts to address the issue.

How can community members contribute to or participate in addressing the issue?

How can community members provide suggestions or make complaints about the community partnership process?

Should community members serve in an advisory role to law enforcement? Why or why not?