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Applying your community engagement skills
Through a scenario-based approach, this particular course draws together the various strands of learning from previous courses and invites you to apply your community engagement skills in a practical and engaging context. The course is intended to help participants focus on the practical application of key learnings and insights, while also reflecting on ways that those in policing can engage more effectively with communities and community stakeholders.
You can find out more on courses from this series on the Community engagement and policing page.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
understand the practical tools and ideas in the set of courses on community engagement
improve your ability to assess the stakeholder needs of a wide community
apply skills to plan out and deliver communication with large numbers of engaged community members
make key decisions about how to tackle some tricky problems a community is facing
use data in a practical way to assess local crime figures
conduct research into the evidence base for a suggested police initiative
draw on what you've learned from the topics covered by the community engagement courses for use in your own setting.
First Published: 13/06/2023
Updated: 13/06/2023
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