You have to consider the impact of those two policy choices on police community relations.

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Mr. RILEY: Well, one of the things that I think we're accomplishing with the five-year evaluation that we have in Cincinnati of the partnership to improve police community relations is we're helping communities understand what kind of measurement capability and benchmarks they have to have in place.

NPR: Shooting Strains Police-Community Ties in NYC

And if you find two policies that are equally effective, and one of them has a much worse impact on police community relations than the other, then hopefully over time we'll be able to demonstrate that it would be to the department's advantage to favor that policy that disrupts or disturbs police community relations the least.

NPR: Shooting Strains Police-Community Ties in NYC

Police-community relations have improved in Los Angeles since the 1992 riots, and crime has dropped sharply.

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"The goal of this event has been to have an open and frank conversation about policing in Belfast, in particular the policing of public order events and the issues surrounding community and police relations, " the representatives said.

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The next stage was to implant a UPP, or Police Pacification Unit, a team of police officers specially trained in community relations to establish state presence and allow the conditions to begin the legalization of the favela.

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Better relations between the police and minority community leaders might make a difference, as they have in Boston and San Diego.

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The city offered a nine-point working plan to improve strained relations between the city, police and the black community.

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