Prevention is key. You know, it's like a registered retirement savings plan: If you put money into prevention, you obviously won't reap the benefits in the short term, but you'll see long-term effects. Before that, however, mechanisms must be established to gauge the effectiveness of the measures.
Community-based prevention measures, particularly with organizations, have long-term effects, yes. However, prevention also means giving our police officers the means to intervene and do their job, which is to stop and intercept people. Prevention is not just about hosting corn roasts or handing out teddy toys. It also means giving police officers a chance to do their job and meet with people who engage in abnormal behaviours.