International Journal of Academic Accounting, Finance & Management Research (IJAAFMR)   Year: 2023 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 39-41 The community policing improved policy-community relations Addis Ababa city administration Download PDF Derese simegnew Alehegn Abstract: The most common crimes in the community and how to respond to them in picture In another community, following complaints by the block committees that crime was being facilitated by a lack of light during night time, as well as an abundance of places to hide, the Community Police Officer organized blocks to hang lights outside their properties on a rotating basis (so that the cost of doing so was shared) and so that criminals would be deterred from the neighborhoods. Similarly, the community was organized to clean up the neighborhood, for instance by removing rubbish and clearing bushes that would provide cover for criminals. In the same community, the Community Police Officer has tried to incentivize community participation in such initiatives by assigning each block a grade depending on the level of crime in the neighborhoods, the extent to which the community participates in community policing activities and how clean they keep the neighborhoods. The grades are publically displayed and blocks compete to get better grades. Elsewhere, Community Police Officers have done simple things to improve their relations Addis Ababa city administration hips with communities, like providing feedback forms that are publically displayed outside the Community Police Office so that peoples' experiences of using the office are publicized, acting as both a 'naming and shaming' exercise and encouraging others to use the office on the basis of demonstrated positive experiences. Notwithstanding their social, political, or cultural background, the vast majority of people desire to live in a prosperous, peaceful community. Everybody finds it difficult to thrive and develop into their best selves if they don't have a basic need for safety and belonging. To foster that sense of security and tranquility, police enforcement must interact with the community in which they both live and work.