Community Safety Paper Series. Organizing for Safety: Transforming Community Activism Into Community Change
Date Published: 07/18/2005
Author: George Loew
Publisher: LISC
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Experience has shown that effective community organizing around public safety is one of the most lucrative paths to community revitalization. This paper presents examples from Tacoma, Washington and North Little Rock, Arkansas to demonstrate the unique and critical role that proactive police officers can play in facilitating this sort of community activism to improve public safety. Furthermore, they illustrate the powerful model of law enforcer as mediator.
Topics: Economic Development & Safety, --Community Safety
Type: Case study / model practice