Many public safety partnerships have found it useful to create Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) articulating the roles and responsibilities of various partners.
These agreements not only create a structure by which partners can be held accountable, they are also tools that can help ensure that institutions continue to engage in collaborative safety work even if key founding individuals move on. Consider also that many funders require such agreements, and creating them under the pressure of a grant deadline can be difficult when public agencies like police departments need to secure official approval of language. The following tools have been used by partnerships around the country.
- Basic MOU Template: Download pdf. Download Word document.
- Sample Multi-Sector Partnership MOU: Download pdf. Download Word document.
- BCJI Sample Partnership Agreement: Download pdf. Download Word document.
- BCJI Sample Partnership Agreement with Research Partner
- Michigan State University Sample Memorandum of Understanding
Shared with permission from from Michigan State University, Project Safe Neighborhoods TA Provider - Data Confidentiality/Security Agreement Between Agency and Researcher Template: Download pdf. Download Word document.
Shared with permission from Police Foundation
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