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This paper explores the rise of community policing as a national policy, and the divergence from this policy through the enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The paper relates that the practice of community policing is viewed by some as incompatible with the new initiatives outlined by preventing terrorism. These views are then explored and defined. The paper also notes that others view the community policing philosophy as adaptable to terrorism prevention. The paper asserts that the realities of the terrorist threat require a proactive approach to terrorism as a whole, and treating each act as an isolated incident is similar to the policing approach taken before the advent of community policing.

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"This paper shall explore the rise of community policing as a national policy, and the divergence from this policy through the enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The practice of community policing is viewed by some as incompatible with the new initiatives outlined by preventing terrorism. These views are explored and defined. Others view the community policing philosophy as adaptable to terrorism prevention. The realities of the terrorist threat require a proactive approach to terrorism as a whole, and treating each act as an isolated incident is similar to the policing approach taken before the advent of community..."

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