Police (and campus police) departments have been under fire in recent years, making community relationships with officers less than efficient.

Huge thanks to University Police & Lt. T. Smith for ‘lunch with a cop’ today! We’re so grateful for your service! pic.twitter.com/v8ljxqvtaF

— natalie (@natglide) January 13, 2017

Several police departments, though, are seeking to improve those relations by more intensely integrating police officers into the community. Particularly campus police are working to actually get to know students and faculty around campus through ‘community policing,’ which promotes communicating with students and incorporating student engagement into daily police routines.

All of this works to make the community more comfortable with police officers and hopefully reduce crime.

To read the full story by USA Today College, click here.