" (Frug, 1999) it is argued that the community policing will create 'city power' which will be the forerunner of the decentralization of power to American cities. This would in the long run help the cities improve and become safe with more interaction between the citizens and in common aims. This will result also in community building. The police department which is more isolated from the public and views issues as 'us' and them angles will become more humane and cooperative in peaceful policing methods.
Community policing as a method of curtailing crime is being adopted by the police forces all over the globe. Even where the state and police show reluctance the local people form organizations that either cause vigilant watch over the community or take to following up the actions done by police in sensational cases. This concept has caught on in most of the world and now cases as old as 26 years are being reopened in the light of fresh evidence coming to light on account of individual and community activity. This change will redefine the roles and the methods how the police officers will do their jobs and also in a new manner which will necessitate new psychological training and readjustment. The Police as a force has wrested control to the department from the political bosses and have evolved over the years the platform for this change.
Conclusion
It is inevitable that community policing becomes a way of the social system. The reasons that the world has become a global village, and while on one hand it helps the country and the world community at large grow and become affluent has also given the pathway to the terrorist, and the nonconformist and the elite and sophisticated criminal better opportunities. Thus a small police force which plays multiple roles cannot be up to the task of controlling the entire community, especially since the modern times demand that crime be prevented before the attempt. A successful attempt can have devastating consequences for a community or even a state. The September eleven tragedy ought to have been prevented. Thus it is important that the community police itself and take active part in the vigilant prosecution of crime and take steps to prevent crime. The onus of reporting and seeing to it that activities that occur in the neighborhood are suspicious thus shifts to the member of the community. The citizen thus is empowered to participate with the law enforcing agencies in their primary role and also gets to interact with the community in such a way that community policing will create harmony with the people of a district or block and also create a venue for better interaction between the citizens and police and bring to light the problems of the...
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