1. Transparency
Chief Ernest McCowen and Michael Cureton
(Retired)

2. Transparency
• A Critical Incident just put your City in the
national spotlight
• Are you prepared to notify the community
• Are you prepared to share critical
information directly or indirectly
• How do you measure your effectiveness

3. Transparency
• Community Policing principles make a
difference
• BuildingTrust
• Creating Partnership
• Fostering Legitimacy with the public

4. Transparency
• A simple method that makes a difference
• Reach
• Connect
• Replicate

5. Transparency
• Reach
• Extend an invitation to affected members
of the community
• Stretch your efforts in a manner beyond
usual and typical responses

6. Transparency
• Connect
• Identify who needs to be at the table
• Identify the focused area of concern, the
hot spot

7. Transparency
• Two ways to connect
• Transitive
• In Transitive

8. Transparency
• Replicate
• Repeat what works
• Gather feedback
• Disseminate and notify the whole
community

9. Transparency
• Questions and Answers

10. Transparency
• Questions and Answers