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Shaphan Roberts

First Page

461

Last Page

478

Document Type

Symposium

Abstract

Metropolitan cities face a myriad of social challenges, including increased crime, homelessness, and declining business vitality. These issues are interrelated, demanding solutions that are multifaceted and systemic. Solutions backstopped by law enforcement are needed to foster an environment conducive to business growth, job creation, and reducing homelessness. However, a widespread lack of trust in local law enforcement complicates addressing these challenges, highlighting the importance of community engagement and cooperation for effective policing and crime prevention. A comprehensive approach is necessary to address these social challenges. Integrating the stakeholder and sectors models with insights from literature focusing on community policing, economic development, and social services can provide solutions unique to city challenges. These models advocate for collaboration across society’s sectors—public, private, and civil—to achieve common objectives. Such an approach leads to a coordinated response, creating an interactive effect that significantly reduces crime, homelessness, and economic downturns, while building community trust. Key to this strategy is enhancing partnerships between law enforcement and communities, facilitating a collaborative relationship that allows for a deeper understanding of crime’s root causes and generating economic revitalization efforts. By adopting a holistic strategy that leverages the stakeholder and sectors models’ strengths, metropolitan cities can tackle the systemic nature of their challenges, fostering a safer, more inclusive, and prosperous urban environment, enhancing community resilience, and rebuilding trust in law enforcement.

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