Center for Values-Based Initiatives
Integrity - Leadership - Respect - Service
BUILT FOR TRUST
Three versions. Same research. Same evidence. Different levels of depth, depending on what you need right now.
Acclaim for Built for Trust
"Community trust is everything. Dr. Bostrom has a prescription for building it that doesn’t require reinventing your department or breaking your budget. In fact, the research shows it saves money while measurably increasing community trust.”
— Randy Gustafson, Mayor, City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota
"I believe this will be the model for policing in the country within the next five to ten years."
— Dr. Booker Hodges, Chief of Police, Bloomington, Minnesota
"Alignment eradicates unpredictability which instills trust.
Dr. Bostrom's book is transformative and central to this premise."
— Art Johnson, Bestselling Author, The Art of Alignment, CEO Infinity Systems
"A structured plan for improving trust through hiring, management, and promotion - based on what communities say they want, not what police think they want."
— Dr. Ben Bradford, Professor of Global City Policing, University College London
"I can clearly say that values-driven policing works, and police executives should read and implement the principles set forth in this book."
— Joseph Dotseth, Chief of Police, Metro Transit Police Department, Minnesota
Built for Trust
The Problem: Sustaining community trust in police
The Evidence: Increased organizational trust, recruitment, and retention; reduced costs
The Model: A calibration not an organizational overhaul.
