America is a nation of democracy, freedom, ethical principles, and the rule of law.
Therefore, policing in America is unique compared to many countries throughout the world.
Policing, inseparable from police-community partnerships, is essential to our way of life and we must be fully committed to enhancing this collaboration.
Aside from law enforcement officials, every person privileged to call America home must be dedicated to police-community unity.
Building Police-Community Collaboration
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), there are currently over 900,000 law enforcement officials, the highest figure ever, serving America.
Our law enforcement officials engage in countless acts of protection, respect, and service each day.
These sentinels, united with law-abiding citizens who value our way of life, safeguard the nation from anarchy, lawlessness, and discord.
Harmony in society is only possible with the collaboration of police and community members. This unity is indispensable to an ethical society and deserves an unwavering perseverance to building cohesiveness.
It would be disingenuous, naïve, and irresponsible to state that contemporary challenges to police-community collaboration do not exist in America.
But police-community partnerships must be forged as America is experiencing a phenomenon involving a culture of violence and crisis of character. The antidote to this venom that has been injected into our society demands police-community collaboration.
Law enforcement needs the support of the community to prevent, investigate, arrest, and prosecute those who violate society’s laws.
