Community-Based Policing In Law Enforcement

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Law enforcement agencies have a task to serve their communities to keep them safe by reducing crimes and targeting offenders. Several models of policing, community-based, problem-oriented and intelligence-led, have are used by law enforcement to address different aspects of crime and disorder. Each of them has a value in efforts to reduce and prevent future crimes. Community-based policing emphasizes working with the community to reduce crime and disorder by identifying problems facing the community and then applying appropriate problem-solving solutions (CBP-23). Community members bear a share of responsibility to finding solutions to crime. Law enforcement must develop positive relationships with communities and share resources for better