The police are more effective when they can depend on residents for help. Community police officers look to residents for help in solving community problems. It Starts With The Community Residents in any neighborhood share many of the same concerns and fears. Noise - unwanted noise can include music, automobile engines and people raising their voices. In A Downward Cycle Conditions often go from bad to worse.
Fear keeps residents off the streets.
In effect, they give up control of their neighborhood. Neighborhood conditions worsen. - when residents close their doors on neighborhood problems, they also close their doors on solutions. Crime rates may rise. Fear and isolation increase. Residents may start to lose hope that things can ever change.