police, members of the community and other governmental institutions is designed to bring together a wide range of resources that will enable them to eradicate problems (Aberdeen, n. d.).
In many ways, COP can be considered to represent a radical shift away from the traditional law enforcement approach. To highlight the differences between these approaches, Stephens (1994) employed the "war" and "peace" models (p. 27). According to Stephens (1994), the traditional approach of law enforcement is characterized by the police's treatment of a community as though "it were enemy territory" (p. 27). Police officers only enter the community in order to search for criminals and make arrests. Positive interactions with law-abiding members of the community are so minimal that the community regards the police as a hostile outside force that encroaches on its territory (Stephens, 1994).
On the contrary, the peace model that is represented by COP is founded on the importance of cooperation and
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