Abstract
As the 21st century opens, law enforcement administrators must struggle with the role redefinition of law enforcement agencies to community policing. This "new paradigm" has demonstrably grown into the conceptual framework for characterizing progressive policing today. It brings a mix of ideas, new and old, along with new and resurrected strategies and programs. Police agencies, and the communities that they serve, are faced with a plethora of management strategies, training, and programs that must be sorted and sifted as they establish the appropriate direction for the agency.
