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community policing

community policing noun: a style of policing in which the police aim to maintain relations with the community.

Noun

community policing (uncountable)

  1. A style of policing in which the police aim to maintain relations with the community.
    • Community policing is prevention-oriented, in contrast to the earlier reform model―the model of professional crime fighting―which centered on the 911 strategy.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order

Questions about community policing

What does community policing mean?
Community policing means a style of policing in which the police aim to maintain relations with the community.
What part of speech is community policing?
Community policing is a noun.

Words near community policing in the dictionary

  1. community pharmacies
  2. community pharmacy
  3. community police officer
  4. community police officers
  5. community policeman
  6. community policing
  7. community properties
  8. community property
  9. community psychiatric nurse
  10. community psychiatric nurses
  11. community quarantine

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