community policing

noun

1. the assigning of the same one or two policemen to a particular area so that they become familiar with the residents and the residents with them, as a way of reducing crime

Example Sentences

Sheinbaum won the presidency last year in part on a promise to replicate the security strategy she had embraced as mayor of Mexico City, which focused on improving investigations, professionalizing cops and implementing community policing models developed in U.S. cities such as Oakland.

From Los Angeles Times

There were further revelations about entrenched misogyny and racism, leading to the force attempting to rebuild trust with Londoners with a two-year plan making fresh commitments on community policing, in its A New Met for London strategy.

From BBC

“Marines aren’t trained in de-escalatory tactics required in community policing. We don’t deploy troops in civilian settings, typically because it increases the risk of excessive force, wrongful deaths and erosion of public trust.”

From Los Angeles Times

Council tax includes a so-called police precept, which helps fund services such as regular community policing.

From BBC

Among the challenges, she said, are the department’s “hollowed out” community policing program and long-standing issues with racism.

From Los Angeles Times