What is 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.

 

Community Policing Awards

In its 14th year, the IACP/Cisco Community Policing Awards competition honors those departments worldwide that have prevented and decreased crime and terrorism by forging partnerships with their communities.

Submission Deadline: Midnight EST, June 3, 2012

Participating Departments & Citizens

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Jeff: A question on the lighter side - Are broken mailboxes the same as broken windows? I puzzled over this question...[read more]
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Jeff: Customer Service - By way of explanation, for those of you who are not members of the IACP Community...[read more]
Posted 05.11.12
Floral Park Police Department: Department Website - Please take a look at our new website. www.floralparkpolice.com [read more]
Posted 05.11.12
Steve : GPPD Medication Disposal Program - As a member of the IACP Community Policing Committee, I have the privilege of helping reveiw the annual submissions for...[read more]
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Latest News

HIGHTSTOWN: Community policing extinguishes Stockton Street fire within minutes
Posted on 18 May 2012

HIGHTSTOWN — The borough’s Police Department responded to a fire at Barlow & Zimmer Funeral Home within minutes of receiving a call from an alert resident on April 18.

New police chief sworn in
Posted on 18 May 2012

The focus was on a promise to continue community policing on Monday as Daniel Garcia was sworn in as the new police chief of the Phoenix Police Department.

Police open a new kind of community policing centre
Posted on 17 May 2012

Focus is not on receiving crime reports, but on crime prevention tools and community outreach by volunteers.

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