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DTIC ADA506198: A New Paradigm for the Iraq Police: Applying Community-Oriented Policing to Iraqi Police Development

Policing can be an effective counterinsurgency tool. Police are able to determine the individual needs of each community and address each constituent's concerns, which in turn enhances the government's legitimacy. The Iraqi Police face the challenge of transforming themselves from an institution that served the state to an institution that serves the people. They have so far failed to achieve that paradigm shift. Commanders in the field who have recently executed the Police Transition mission, as well as experts in the Iraqi Police training process, admit that after years and millions of dolla…