The Partnering for Prevention and Community Safety Initiative (PfP) seeks to identify and help implement promising practices for building relationships between federal, state, and local law enforcement and American Muslim, Arab, and Sikh communities. Such partnerships enhance counterterrorism initiatives, protect communities from hate crimes and hate incidents, and help preserve American civil liberties.

 

From May 2003 to May 2004, PfP conducted research in three site cities: Southeastern Michigan, Southern California, and Greater Boston. Supported by the Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and Northeastern University, this research culminated in a Promising Practices Guide available here.  In addition to detailing the experiences of communities and law enforcement in the three research sites, the Guide discusses the benefits and challenges of a community-law enforcement partnership model and identifies promising practices that can be utilized by other sites interested in pursuing this model.

 

In 2005, PfP conducted its second year of research which includes case studies of Washington, DC, Chicago, and a follow-up of the Greater Boston area. In 2006, with funding from the National Institute of Justice, PfP  completed a case study of London and Leeds.  All case studies are available here.