The change in policing and community partnerships is constant and intensifying. There is a huge effort and challenge confronting the American population about law and public order. The community component of community policing is necessary as is community input and decision making. In Chapter 1, the story of Chicago’s Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) is told, with clear recommendations given for future reform activity in other cities. Chapter 2 relates the story of how an affluent small community manages the community oriented policing concept, and how commitment to organizational change is most important. Chapter 3 discusses the additional organizational reforms required to move departments in a more sophisticated level of community policing. Chapter 4 examines community-policing initiatives in Columbia, South Carolina as characterized by the concept of a shared responsibility by the department and the community. Chapter 5 argues that the Madison (Wisconsin) Police Department believes that social order can be accomplished when community members participate in police decisions. Chapter 6 examines the idea that many police departments adopt the rhetoric of community policing, but make few changes in their organizational structures and the tactics of their officers. In Chapter 7, the outcomes of one component of community-oriented policing, a police saturation operation, conducted in Charlotte (North Carolina) are examined. Chapter 8 describes community partnerships in public schools to help curb school violence. The Miami Dade Police Department and the public schools in Miami (Florida) have partnered together to bring safety back to the classroom by creating The Youth Crime Watch. Chapter 9 describes how investigative units within a police agency must reorganize to their workplace in order to meet the challenges of partnerships with the community. Chapter 10 involves a survey of police supervisors regarding management skills. The text concludes with a summation chapter providing the initial literature basis for community policing that leads into a brief discussion of the outcomes for each previous chapter. Index