Community Policing

Community Policing
Community policing is regarded as the answer to crime in many of America's cities today. Communitypolicing.org defines community policing as, "A collaborative effort between the police and the community that identifies problems of crime and disorder and involves all elements of the community in the search for solutions to these problems (About, p. 1)." In other words policing that works with the community while trying to solve and prevent crime. Community policing also holds officers more accountable and requires more effectiveness by focusing on problem solving.
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