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Examines the the Neighbourhood Watch scheme and other community policing initiatives, revealing that most schemes are now dormant or dead and arguing that this is largely due to a lack of commitment to community policing by police forces.

From the early 80s community policing has been held up as a new commitment to the ideals of service and the rejection of coercive policing styles. The idea was to encourage a partnership between the public and police in which community needs would be met by officers on local beats. Today, Government ministers and senior police officers depict Neighbourhood Watch, the centrepiece of the scheme, as a great success. However, Watching Police, Watc...