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Community policing, or community-oriented policing , is a strategy of policing that focuses on developing relationships with community members. It is a philosophy of full-service policing that is highly personal, where an officer patrols the same area for some time and develops a partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems.
The goal is for police to build relationships with the community, including through local agencies to reduce social disorder and low-level crime, but the broken windows theory proposes that this can reduce serious crimes as well.
Community policing is related to problem-oriented policing and intelligence-led policing, and contrasted with reactive policing strategies which were predominant in the late 20th century. Many police forces have teams that focus specifically on community policing.