community policing

noun

noun

Government, Law enforcement A style of policing in which the police aim to maintain relations with the community.

Community policing is prevention-oriented, in contrast to the earlier reform model―the model of professional crime fighting―which centered on the 911 strategy.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:

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