Why Collaborate?

An excerpt from the DoJ 's 

Collaboration Toolkit For Community Organizers: 

Perhaps the most convincing arguments for developing partnerships among
community organizations and their local law enforcement agencies are
seen in the benefits attained by communities that have implemented these
partnerships. For example, effective community–police collaborations can:

◆ Provide a more systematic, comprehensive approach to addressing
community crime and disorder problems
◆ Accomplish what individuals alone cannot
◆ Prevent duplication of individual or organizational efforts
◆ Enhance the power of advocacy and resource development for the
initiative
◆ Create more public recognition and visibility for the power of
community-police cooperation.

A collaborative partnership between your law enforcement agency and
the individuals and organizations it serves is essential to finding answers
to community problems. Today’s law enforcement agencies recognize
that police rarely can solve public safety problems alone and encourage
interactive partnerships with community groups and other stakeholders.

These partnerships can be used to accomplish the two interrelated goals
of (1) developing solutions to problems through collaborative problem
solving and (2) improving public trust.

The .pdf : http://ojp.gov/fbnp/pdfs/Collaboration_Toolkit.pdf