National Network for Safe Communities

relationships between law enforcement and the communities it serves. The National Network recognizes that both law enforcement and the community must play a critical role in addressing these issues—but that neither can do it alone. Our strategies operate along the following guiding principles:

• First do no harm

• Strengthen communities’ capacity to prevent violence

• Enhance legitimacy

• Offer help to those who want it

• Get deterrence right

• Use enforcement strategically

We are committed to saving lives and saving communities by taking our strategies to a national scale and serving the nation’s most vulnerable areas. We represent and support our members by raising the visibility of their work, offering them strategic advising, recognizing and helping others learn from their work and innovations, providing peer support and learning opportunities, and conducting research and evaluations. Please visit www.nnscommunities.org for detailed information on the National Network’s mission, principles, strategies, research findings, media coverage, events, and membership.