Compare and contrast the two models of community policing as summarized below. Offer at least 1 distinct similarity and at least 1 distinct difference of each model as

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1. In 500 words or less, compare and contrast the two models of community policing as summarized below. Offer at least 1 distinct similarity and at least 1 distinct difference of each model as compared to each other and explain your choices. 

   Community policing as process and product
   In some places community policing is in the hands of special neighborhood officers, whereas in other cities it involves the transformation of the entire police department. In some communities, residents participate in aggressive Neighborhood Watch patrols … though in many more community's public involvement is limited to asking citizens to call 911 quickly when they see something suspicious. Departments also point to a long list of activities they have underway … officers patrol on foot … and on horses, bicycles or even Segways … However, community policing is not defined by these kinds of activities … Community policing is not a set of specific projects; rather, it involves changing decision-making processes and creating new cultures within police departments. It is an organizational strategy that leaves setting priorities and the means of achieving them largely to residents and the police who service in their neighborhoods. Community policing is a process rather than a product.
   (Skogan, 2006: 5)
   Alderson’s model of community policing

   • To contribute to liberty, equality and fraternity
   • To help reconcile freedom with security and to uphold the law
   • To uphold and protect human rights and thus help achieve human dignity
   • To dispel criminogenic social conditions, through cooperative social action
   • To help create trust in communities
   • To strengthen security and feelings of security
   • To investigate, detect and activate the prosecution of crimes
   • To facilitate free movement along public thoroughfares
   • To curb public disorder
   • To deal with crises and help those in distress involving other agencies where needed
   • (Alderson, 1979, cited in Tilley, 2003: 314

Keep it 500 or less please do not do over 500.