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The way we police our communities is ever changing in society. As we approach the twenty-first century, communities differ in the way they police. The trend in the nineties is community policing, but the traditional approach is still there throughout the United ....

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.... departments develop a new relationship with the law-abiding people in the community, allowing them a greater voice in setting local police priorities and involving them in efforts to improve the overall quality of life in their neighborhoods. It shifts the focus of police work from handling random calls to solving community problems. The Community Policing philosophy is expressed in a new organizational strategy that allows police departments to put theory into practice. This requires freeing some patrol officers from the isolation of the patrol car and the constant demands of the police radio, so that these officers can maintain direct, face-to-fa ....