Another definition of community policing is “community policing is a belief or intention held by the police that they should take account of the wishes of the public in determining and evaluation operational policing and that they should collaborate with the public in identifying and solving local problems”(Lewis, 568). Community policing is very complex and must be broken down into smaller parts when trying to be explained. It is sometimes difficult to try explaining community policing, because different areas of community policing tend to be connected with one another, making it not only hard for the teacher to break down when explaining, but also tough for the students to understand. Community policing is a philosophy that is constantly being altered and changed in every shape and form when being implemented. Since every town consists of varying populations with people of different ages, genders, races, and incomes, it is nearly impossible to try recommending a “winning” or “cherished” police department that has instituted community policing which has been deemed a success. It is a possibility that a community policing program may be a complete success in one town, while the town nearby has had many troubles in instituting their program, even the two programs are almost identical. How could this happen? It often happens because towns have different problems of different magnitudes on a daily basis.When talking about police work, citizens are mostly curious about recent arrests, and what crimes have occurred in the recent past. It is often forgotten that much of a police officer’s day consists of patrol and paperwork. It would almost take a miracle for a patrol officer to make an average of one arrest a day, let alone a week. A patrol officer is usually writing tickets, patrolling the neighborhood for anything suspicious or out of the ordinary. The officer is looking out for the pub...
