As it did for Forest Lake, Minnesota, a shared city hall, fire, and police station can significantly reduce operating costs.
Community policing, transparency, and data are three keys to improving relations with your community.
With the assistance of ICMA CityLinks partnerships, municipalities in El Salvador and Guatemala are adopting crime and violence prevention practices developed by communities in the United States.
After participating in educational exchange visits with Santa Ana, California, two Salvadoran cities adapted a school-based gang reduction program from Santa Ana and conducted a successful pilot in three schools.