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 Community Relations
Community Relations Is:
  • Accepting the civic responsibility and taking an active interest in the well-being of the City of Franklin's police department
  • Building an image and employee morale through guidance, motivation and effective teamwork
  • Managing and leading with many skills and knowledge in crime prevention effort
  • Assessing opportunities and risk
  • Effectively marketing the programs and agency
  • Concerned with identifying and addressing problems arising between the Franklin Police Department and all segments of the city's populace through the following:
Community Involvement Activities:
  • Establish liaison with existing community organizations or groups where needed
  • Learning of issues and responding to them before they become problems
  • Developing programs which increase community understanding and confidence in current departmental programs
  • Propose departmental activities and programs
  • Plan community involvement activities for increasing public support, dialogue and understanding
  • Formal participation in a liaison with civic, social, business or other public community groups
  • Present programs to community groups and organization; addressing crime prevention and other selected aspects of departmental programs
  • Publicize objectives, community problems and successes of the Franklin Police Department
  • Convey information transmitted from citizen organizations to agency
  • Solicit and gather citizen and community input in regards to departmental policies, practices and procedures
  • Convey and utilize the information in the development and improvement of departmental policies, procedures and responsiveness to community needs
  • Determine citizen satisfaction with police services based on feedback received in group activities, review of inquires and specific complaints
  • Improve agency practices based on police and community interaction
  • Establish community Neighborhood Watch Groups
  • Conduct and work with the following Franklin Police Departmental Programs to improve the lives of our citizens and our employees:
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