Community Partnerships Framework in Abu Dhabi Police

Security and policing have always been closely linked to successful community partnerships. Recent events and studies uncovered a significant correlation between the legitimacy and performance of a police force and the implementation of approaches to enhance relations with the community, based on simple factors like compliance and cooperation. The proposal discusses Abu Dhabi Police’s experience, and the formulation of its own Community Partnership model, covering different aspects of policing and management. The model covers the following criteria: (1) enhancing values and organizational culture; (2) community oriented strategy; (3) proactive community security; (4) community enhancement operations; (5) organizational reputation; (6) effective partnership values; (7) governance; and (8) value and sustainable impact.