Features of Community Policing

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Features of Community Policing
Community policing is based on the assumption that police officers should partner with the community to solve problems that generate repeat calls for service. In order for this to happen, officers must be given the discretion to make independent decisions and act as advocates on behalf of the neighborhoods they serve. Citizens will be a part of the problem defining process as well as the problem solving process. The focus is on quality of life, decreasing fear of crime, and cleaning up neighborhoods. Theoretically, confronting quality of life issues will lead to less citizen fear and an increase in informal social control, which will eventually lead to a decrease in crime.
 (Trojanowicz & Bucqueroux, 1990)
So, it can be said that community policing is a community-oriented, proactive and solution-based policing philosophy which involves people and guided by community’s expectations and opinions. The main salient features of community policing are as follows:
   It’s a proactive and solution-based policing system.
   It ensures regular communication between police and community.
   It’s a police approach that involves endeavor of both police and community.
   It provides community with the opportunity to work on partnership basis.
   It ensures accountability of police to public.
   It strengthens mutual trust, understanding and respect between public and police.
   People can be informed of police activities and their limitations.
   It reduces the distance between police and public
   Police act as a catalyst by setting and encouraging people to solve many of their problems by themselves.
   It creates opportunity to use community resources for the betterment of community.
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