What happens when police stop trying to solve every problem alone and start building the partnerships that actually make communities safer? In this episode of the 21CP Pod, we sit down with Michel Moore, the 57th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and 21CP senior advisor, for a candid conversation about collaboration, mental health response, and what it takes to plan security for the biggest sporting event on the planet.

Michel draws on his four decades at the LAPD, including nearly six years as chief, to make the case that effective policing has never been about going it alone. From building co-response models with mental health clinicians, to partnering with community service providers to meet needs that fall outside law enforcement's lane, he reflects on what genuine collaboration between police and the broader service community can look like in practice.

That same philosophy of partnership turns out to be at the heart of large-scale special event planning as well. Michel talks about the work he and the 21CP team are doing as chief security officer for Philadelphia Soccer 2026, the World Cup host committee in Philadelphia, and why an event of that scale simply cannot succeed without deep, trusting relationships across dozens of agencies and organizations. He walks through the progression that separates departments that are truly ready from those that only think they are: standing plans, tabletop exercises, documentation, and then execution, with the understanding that 20% of any plan will always surprise you.

The episode closes with a message that runs through everything Michel Moore has built and believes: the communities that are safest are the ones where every responder knows their role, trusts their partners, and has practiced getting it right before it matters most.