Community Policing Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. What does community policing mean? Community policing is a department wide philosophy of full-service, personalized and decentralized policing, where citizens feel encouraged and empowered to work in proactive and equal partnerships with the police to solve problems of crime, fear of crime, disorder, decay and quality of life. Community policing broadens the nature and number of police functions compared with traditional policing. It emphasizes organizational transformation, proactive collaboration, problem solving, and external partnerships to address the issues that concern both the police and community members. Community policing shifts the focus of policing by placing equal emphasis on crime control, order maintenance and service. It requires the police to work with community members and other governments and community agencies in initiatives to increase the overall quality of life. (Detailed Information) *If you are interested in bringing this training at your agency, please give us a call. We would be happy to come to you. For more information contact Wayne Shellum at 651-917-2255.