This included consultations between the local community, civil society and police to produce a detailed analysis of the factors driving crime and insecurity in the area, provided training and awareness-raising for police officers and communities, established community safety and information centres, and provided anonymous information “drop-in” boxes to facilitate information exchange on community safety issues. Although there is debate about whether decentralisation works in fragile states, decentralisation has been actively pursued by donors in “willing but weak” and more authoritarian states - including post-conflict states - as it is believed to improve service delivery, bring government closer to the people, allow citizens to participate in decision making and learn democratic skills and how to exercise their rights (Brinkerhoff and Azfar, 2006). It is also argued that decentralisation can redistribute power and reduce social tensions through providing a space for conflicting groups to mediate differences through legal, non-violent methods (Oosterom, 2009, Brinkerhoff and Johnson, 2008, Haar, van der, 2009).