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 . 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. Encyclopedia of community policing and problem solving metropolitan police act of 1829 contributors pamela m everett editors kenneth j peak book title encyclopedia of community policing and problem solving chapter title metropolitan police act of 1829 pub date 2013 access date december 09 2014 publishing company sage publications ltd city thousand oaks print isbn . Encyclopedia of community policing and problem solving editor author peak kenneth j publication year 2013 publisher sage publications single user purchase price 22500 unlimited user purchase price 33750 isbn 978 1 45 223529 5 category social sciences criminology law image count 10 book status available table of contents. Problem solving initiatives examples of assessment and evaluation of by melchor c de guzman in encyclopedia of community policing and problem solving edited by kenneth j peak subjectcommunity policing