Community policing as a philosophy supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues including crime social disorder and fear of crime as opposed to responding to crime after it occurs community policing expands the traditional police mandate it broadens the focus of fighting crime to include solving community problems and forming partnerships with people in the community . Community policing as a philosophy supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues including crime social disorder and fear of crimeas opposed to responding to crime after it occurs community policing expands the traditional police mandate it broadens the focus of fighting crime to include solving community problems and forming partnerships with people in the community so . Encyclopedia of community policing and problem solving edited by kenneth j peak university of nevada reno usa june 2013 520 pages sage publications inc download flyer description . Community policing as a philosophy supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues including crime social disorder and fear of crime as opposed to responding to crime after it occurs community policing expands the traditional police mandate it broadens the focus of fighting crime to include solving community problems and forming partnerships with people in the community so . Kenneth j peak ed community policing as a philosophy supports the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues including crime social disorder and fear of crime as opposed to responding to crime after it occurs