Running Head: Community Policing and Drugs; History,
Issues and Programs
Introduction:
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the definition of community policing is defined as; It’s a policing philosophy that was created to promote and support organizational strategies in order to address the causes and reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through the problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships. In other words, it is a problem solving approach to crime, partnerships as well as disorder, involving the police and the community, to come together in solving the problems. Retrieved from http://safestate.org/index.cfm?navId=7 on April 26, 2007.
Retrieved from Miller, Linda and Hess, Karen 2005, Community Policing Vol.4 Partnerships for Problem Solving, Page 4.
The Evolution of Community Policing:
The history of modern law enforcement today, began 178 years ago by Sir Robert......
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