Problems and Solutions for Community Policing

Community Orientated Policing is widely held as the new and correct style for American policing. For the past decade the community policing movement has been gaining momentum acquiring the support of politicians, scholars, reformers, and the public. Unfortunately there are problems that continually plague the philosophy of Community Policing. Some of the largest obstacles that police organizations face with the community policing program are the initial implementation and understanding of community policing, the ability to change and adapt to the new format of policing, and the acceptance of the community policing program by the public. These three issues, along with their solutions, are vital components that need to be understood in order to have a functional and beneficial community policing program.
Police departments around the country are now feeling the pressures of implementation from citizens and local government officials for a community based policing system. …