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Compare and contrast community policing and problem-oriented policing.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Community policing engages citizens and community-based organizations. This concept is based on the premise that the police can carry out their duties more effectively if they gain the trust and assistance of concerned citizens. Under this model, the main police role should be to increase feelings of community safety and encourage area residents to cooperate with their local police agencies.

Problem-oriented policing (POP) focuses on problems underlying criminal incidents; often engage community and other juvenile justice agencies. The theory is that by attending to the underlying problems that cause criminal incidents, the police will have a greater chance of preventing the crimes from recurringthe main problem with reactive or incident-driving policing.

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