Community policing developed; focus on integrating police with the community; officers encouraged to live within communities.

• A. Service Style Policing
• B. Reform Era
• C. Community Era
• D. Political Era

Answer: (C)

Community policing centers on integrating police with the people they serve and building partnerships to solve problems. Encouraging officers to live within the communities they serve helps foster trust, accessibility, and local knowledge, all of which are core aims of this approach. This shift toward closer, collaborative relationships with residents is what defines the Community Era in policing history. Earlier periods emphasized political control or professionalization rather than sustained, neighborhood-based engagement: the Political Era tied police to politicians, and the Reform Era focused on distancing policing from politics and pursuing professional standards. The description here clearly aligns with the Community Era.