want to “jump on the bandwagon” and try it out for themselves. It is often heard that if you don’t try it yourself, you’ll never know if it would’ve worked or not, but sometimes it can only make the situation worse. Like said before in this article, every town is different, and so are the problems. Politicians often want results, especially when it comes to police business. But community policing is not a quick fix to a town’s problems. “Community policing provides law enforcement an opportunity to form new partnerships and carries with it the potential for long-term solutions to persistent problems”(Glensor, 2). A town and its problems can take a long look at community policing and see if it is right for them, but implementation, training, and spreading the word about community policing to citizens takes time. “Community policing views the neighborhoods focus as a means of responding to the long-term causes of neighborhood deterioration”(Walker, 37). This statement makes it sound like community policing is a last choice option for a town, but it is the contrary. Community policing is often one of the first things that comes to people’s minds. Because of the increasing popularity community policing is receiving, it should be no surprise that more communities are continuing to look at community policing as an answer to their problems, even though it will take time for changes to be seen.Even though popularity for community policing has risen over the years, “community policing has become the new rhetoric of policing, and many people, including the police, do not understand what the term really means”(Maguire, 369). Because many people really do not understand what the term “community policing” really means, it can actually be a blessing in disguise. This makes community policing have no clear-cut definition, plus there is no correct way...
