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- This article addresses the question: “How can local community members be empowered to assist the police in the prevention of crime?” A qualitative approach was employed, and data were collected through document analysis, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. The participants’ views are presented in this paper. They identified 15 key strategies for empowering community members to prevent crime: encouraging active participation; establishing crime prevention committees; providing self-defence training; implementing firearm training programmes; forming neighbourhood watches; community patrols; introducing shop and business watch schemes; implementing kraal watches; holding community meetings to discuss crime-related issues; organising crime awareness workshops; conducting crime prevention campaigns; promoting knowledge sharing; involving youth in sports, cultural and religious activities; empowering the youth; and empowering women. It is recommended that these strategies be implemented in Lesotho through collaboration between community members and the police as part of a comprehensive empowerment framework.
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