1. What is a community partnership?
2. What is collaboration? Why is that the approach that is preferred? Wouldn't it be easier to just pass laws?
3. What are the core components of partnerships/collaborations?
4. What are the four dimensions of trust?
5. The author emphasizes that police should have regular "beats" so they get to know the community. How could that help a disaster coordinator or emergency manager of a company or an agency?
6. Why is a shared vision or goal important to developing a community partnership?
7. The author devotes three pages to call management systems and advice. While businesses and public agencies may not have the call volume that police do, calls do indicate the needs of the community. How could you utilize this information in a public agency other than a police department?
8. We are all familiar with the types of problems police deal with day to day. describe how the concept of community policing would be helpful to an emergency manager.
9. Describe how you could partner with a police agency to prepare a community for dangerous situations.
10. How could you encourage the police in your community to adopt a community policing strategy?
11. What are the concerns the author raises about using volunteers?
12. Why is mobilizing community support more challenging in low income neighborhoods?
13. What are some ways you could overcome those challenges as a public employee working in emergency management?