A company's public affairs department strives to influence public policy, establish and maintain strong relationships with legislators, communicate with and monitor stakeholders. To ensure that your organization's interests are not neglected, a strong public affairs plan is vital.

    Police departments and the communities they serve must establish solid bonds built on trust if public safety is to be upheld and effective policing is to be achieved. Police authorities rely on community members' cooperation to learn more about crime in their neighbourhoods and to work with the police to find solutions to issues related to crime and disorder.

    Similar to this, whether or not a community is willing to trust the police depends on whether or not they are perceived as working in accordance with both community values and the laws of legitimacy and procedural fairness. There should be good relations between the public and the police. The community looks on the police department to "protect and serve," and in order for the police to succeed, the community must support and collaborate with them.

    As communication and trust between the public and the police degrade, tensions rise and their collaborative efforts to make communities safer are undermined. Unity is vital in preserving peace and order in every community and if we fail to achieve this oneness, this could lead to many misunderstandings and simple misunderstandings could lead to worse scenarios.

    Positive interactions between the police and the community are essential to fostering trust between the two. Without this trust, police work becomes far less successful. Even if police are successful in deterring crime, people could not feel safe because there is little confidence.