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1. What is Community Policing?

Community Policing is a collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems in an organizational method to provide more effective police services to the community.

2. What is the Police Department’s role in Community Policing?

The Police Department take on the following responsibilities:
- Building, strengthening, and maintaining long-term relationships with the community we serve
- Focusing on issues of ongoing concern and provide continuity of service to the community
- Preserving public safety and a healthy quality of life in the community

3. What is the community’s role in Community Policing?

The Community’s role is to participate in programs and work with Police Department staff and other to identify problems, prioritize concerns, and develop solutions. It is also to actively partner with the police to keep the community a safe place to live.