Community Relations (CLEET) Question
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Policing (Oklahoma Regional Community Policing Institute) - correct answer ✔Stressing a philosophy of
partnership with the community.
Utilizing the problem-solving process as a basic technique in crime prevention.
Ten Principles of Community Policing - correct answer ✔1. Vision
2. Change
3. Leadership
4. Partnership
5. Problem Solving
6. Trust
7. Empowerment
8. Equality
9. Service
10. Accountability
1. Vision - correct answer ✔Police Leaders need to paint a picture of where the department and the
community will be in three to five years if Community Policing succeeds.
2. Change - correct answer ✔Community Policing does NOT mean business as usual. It is NOT just an
experiment or special program, but a change in the way that all police personnel deliver services to the
community. This may require department's to review policies and procedures concerning:
Selection and Hiring
Training
Performance Evaluations
, Promotions
Awards and Rewards.
3. Leadership - correct answer ✔Community Policing requires Leadership at all levels of the
department.
The most persuasive power in Community Policing does not come from the Chief but from Personal
Power (the ability of a single individual, no matter his or her position to INSPIRE others to positive
change).
4. Partnership - correct answer ✔The partnership between the police and the community must be
TRUE and EQUAL; built on collaboration.
Equal partners together creating strategies for Positive Change!
The community must be a FULL partner in Identifying, Prioritizing, and Solving problems in their
neighborhoods.
5. Problem Solving - correct answer ✔Collaborative, Community-Based Problem Solving (CCPS)
CCPS consists of a series of specific steps that result in a flexible ACTION PLAN aimed at reducing or
eliminating a specific problem.
It mobilizes and empowers communities to deal with chronic problems.
6. Trust - correct answer ✔The Challenge with Trust is that once developed, you must protect and
maintain that relationship between Police and Community.
Most often people and police meet only under the worst of circumstances.
Police benefit from meeting people in the community who are not in crisis.
The community benefits from seeing officers who are not dashing from call to call, but instead spending
time helping to improve the long term quality of life in their neighborhoods.
7. Empowerment - correct answer ✔Police work as partners, to promote public safety, with the
ultimate goal of helping to Strengthen Communities.
and answers rated A+ 2025/2026
Policing (Oklahoma Regional Community Policing Institute) - correct answer ✔Stressing a philosophy of
partnership with the community.
Utilizing the problem-solving process as a basic technique in crime prevention.
Ten Principles of Community Policing - correct answer ✔1. Vision
2. Change
3. Leadership
4. Partnership
5. Problem Solving
6. Trust
7. Empowerment
8. Equality
9. Service
10. Accountability
1. Vision - correct answer ✔Police Leaders need to paint a picture of where the department and the
community will be in three to five years if Community Policing succeeds.
2. Change - correct answer ✔Community Policing does NOT mean business as usual. It is NOT just an
experiment or special program, but a change in the way that all police personnel deliver services to the
community. This may require department's to review policies and procedures concerning:
Selection and Hiring
Training
Performance Evaluations
, Promotions
Awards and Rewards.
3. Leadership - correct answer ✔Community Policing requires Leadership at all levels of the
department.
The most persuasive power in Community Policing does not come from the Chief but from Personal
Power (the ability of a single individual, no matter his or her position to INSPIRE others to positive
change).
4. Partnership - correct answer ✔The partnership between the police and the community must be
TRUE and EQUAL; built on collaboration.
Equal partners together creating strategies for Positive Change!
The community must be a FULL partner in Identifying, Prioritizing, and Solving problems in their
neighborhoods.
5. Problem Solving - correct answer ✔Collaborative, Community-Based Problem Solving (CCPS)
CCPS consists of a series of specific steps that result in a flexible ACTION PLAN aimed at reducing or
eliminating a specific problem.
It mobilizes and empowers communities to deal with chronic problems.
6. Trust - correct answer ✔The Challenge with Trust is that once developed, you must protect and
maintain that relationship between Police and Community.
Most often people and police meet only under the worst of circumstances.
Police benefit from meeting people in the community who are not in crisis.
The community benefits from seeing officers who are not dashing from call to call, but instead spending
time helping to improve the long term quality of life in their neighborhoods.
7. Empowerment - correct answer ✔Police work as partners, to promote public safety, with the
ultimate goal of helping to Strengthen Communities.
