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Policing is not about brute strength but about being able to articulate a point and connecting.

In 1990, the New Haven Police Department dismantled its traditional paramilitaristic training unit as part of its long-term strategy for implementing community policing.

The NHPD's decision to demilitarize training is designed to support the basic tenets of community policing, which include the following:

Communication between police and community members;

Inclusion and respect for all members of the community;

Creating working partnerships between police and neighborhoods, schools, elected officials and businesses;

Maintaining order: addressing quality of life issues by solving problems before they become crimes;

Referring citizens to appropriate community agencies and following up on results;

Using powers of arrest as a last resort.