Advocates of community policing regard it as the solution to the reactive practices of traditional service delivery models. The flexible philosophy of community involvement is community policing's greatest asset and greatest weakness. Neither scholars nor practitioners understand how to apply this concept successfully. As a result, community relations efforts are mistakenly classified as community policing. In addition, many police administrators seek to appear progressive by labeling traditional techniques with community-oriented or problem- oriented titles. Instead of these approaches, a management model is needed that builds on the philosophy of community policing and incorporates the planning and problemsolving of problem-oriented policing into a clearly understood, proactive service delivery system. Professional services policing would accomplish this by establishing an enhanced service model that all types of police agencies could use. 26 references