Research Paper on:
Community Policing Advantages and Disadvantages

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of how vital community policing - "a partnership between the police and the community, sharing in the delivery of police services" (Himelfarb et al, 2002) - has become as a  viable alternative to help enhance an otherwise shorthanded guardian system. However, as good as any given program might be, there are bound to be drawbacks that serve to impede  the very objective it seeks to achieve. One area in which community policing first became a recognizable force was with the racial unrest  of 1964. Instilling a new approach to addressing the interminable presence of racism, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped to establish a precedent of changes throughout society, not  the least of which included the concept of community policing. If communities were going to come together, it had to begin with the manner by which law enforcement behaved  when dealing with racial issues. With a somewhat tarnished history of interracial relations, community policing mandated by the Civil Rights Act represented the opportunity for law enforcement authorities to  work with - rather than against - ethnic criminals in a positive way. "Improving relations between police and urban youth is part of the Community Relations Services concerted national  effort to facilitate community oriented policing in police departments and communities throughout the Nation" (Anonymous #2, 2002). The fundamental objective of 1964s Community Relations Service (CRS) was to "identify, create,  and make known programs and methods communities could implement to address tensions and conflicts caused by discriminatory practices" (Anonymous #2, 2002). Indeed, history has clearly illustrated that a significant  element of racial discord comes as a direct result of the antagonistic attitudes exuded between law enforcement and urban youth. This severe lack of beneficial interaction served to fan