Worth a Look: Public Private Partnerships: Why Isn’t the U.S. More Experienced with Them?

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I ran across Public Private Partnerships: Why Isn’t the U.S. More Experienced with Them? by Valerie Martinelli today and I started to wonder how many police agencies engage in similar relationships.  Not so much general community partnerships; more of the written agreement or contractual types of agreements.

Does your agency participate in PPPs, and if so, what are the goals?  Auxiliary services?  Major incident mitigation?  Professional services?

What kind of conditions are in place?

If your agency does not engage in these now, do you see value in the concept?

Take a minute to read her article and let me know what you think.

Public Private Partnerships: Why Isn’t the U.S. More Experienced with Them?

4 thoughts on “Worth a Look: Public Private Partnerships: Why Isn’t the U.S. More Experienced with Them?”

  1. John Vanek
    Consulting on Leadership, and the Response to Human Trafficking

    Valerie raises some of the concerns I’ve heard voiced, to which I would add that some in LE are concerned the public will think private sector companies will get favorable treatment in some way. (Which is slightly different from Valerie’s point that private companies will profit from the public sector.

    In promoting the idea of PPP I’ve heard too many reject the idea with, “We can’t do that,” only to then struggle to articulate why. Basically, there is not enough forward-thinking in many agencies, along with the desire and skill to explain to the public (and often city hall) the advantages.

    While there are potentially many projects that could benefit from PPP, as a promoter of collaborative practices what I try to help others understand is the general partnership building, and sense of engagement, which can result from PPP. Many companies would love to be seen supporting local law enforcement, by LE leadership is unaware of the benefits. The issue is a lack of contemporary leadership knowledge, traits and skills.
    JV

  2. David Lyons, MBA
    Author of PoliceBusinessAdvisor.com

    Very true. Sadly enough, some LE administrations and leaders never leave the vacuum of comfort they build around themselves. LE agencies regularly enter into mutual agreements with other LE entities with clearly defined roles and responsibilities; there is no reason that philosophy cannot be applied in the private sector, even if in incremental ‘baby steps’. Your absolutely correct about the potential ethical dilemmas or perceptions of the same. It is a potential minefield, but standards could be set and some vigilance applied to make it work. Thank you very much for the insight and perspective.

  3. Pearre Dean
    Drug and Alcohol Program Monitor

    P3’s are great tools to keep Governments honest and there is the problem. They work for local municipalities which are more accountable then say county or state entities. State legislators can’t control which private company gets the work, so some political donors feel short changed.

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