A number of departments around the country have been doing similar programs for years. The basic community policing concept is very similar to COIN tactics. It's effective but some asshat police administrators don't like it because it doesn't generate dramatic headlines and 10 second sound bites.
But Sir Robert Peel would be pleased.
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