Community Engagement: Building Trust
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In addition, the Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims (ELERV) Strategy introduces federal, state, local, campus, and tribal law enforcement leaders to the concepts and benefits of enhancing their response to victims of all crimes. It also illustrates how every person in a law enforcement agency has a role in effective victim response. Due to the customizable nature of the ELERV Strategy, agencies can easily start small and build on their efforts over time. Implementing the ELERV Strategy can lead to broader community-wide trust and confidence in the police, foster the healing process for victims, increase victim participation, and produce stronger, more comprehensive cases to hold offenders accountable. MADD recognizes and responds in a trauma informed manner because being trauma informed promotes resiliency and healing for those who have been impacted. Drunk and drugged driving are violent crimes that often cause long term harm. Law enforcement agencies are uniquely positioned to address victims' needs immediately after a crime, and the Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Victims' (ELERV) Strategy can help. MADD is here to support your efforts. SERVING VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DRUNK AND DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVING It is important to build awareness, engagement, and trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, building trust with the community is fundamental to effective policing. There are many ways that community engagement can make a difference. The following sections will discuss several examples of campaigns, recommendations, and options for engaging, educating and building trust in your local communities. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) features a Trust Building Campaign that seeks to enhance trust between police agencies and the communities they serve by ensuring positive community-police partnerships that promote safe, effective interactions, create strategies to prevent and reduce crime, and improve the well-being and quality of life for all. The IACP’s Trust Building Campaign contains policies and practices representing six key focus areas that are essential to enhancing trust and collaboration between communities and police.
Trust Building Campaign 6 key focus areas include: 1.Bias-free policing 2.Use of force 3.Leadership and culture 4. Recruitment, hiring and retention 5.Victim services 6.Community relations
As a community-based organization, MADD can provide support both within and outside of the criminal justice process from immediately after a crash to many years later. MADD can provide support in situations other providers may not be able to, such as when the offender dies in the crash or after
the case is adjudicated. Our scope of services is expansive, ranging from
emotional support, information and referral, assistance finding financial resources, peer support and many other types of services. 11
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