Currently, approximately 86% of the nation's population is practicing community policing, compared with 15% in 1993. .
According to the BJS their statistics state that in 1999, 63% of local police departments serving 85% of all residents used routine foot and/or bicycle patrol. About half of all officers worked for a department that actively encouraged them to engage in problem-solving projects on their patrol beats. Also, as of June 30, 1999, 79% of local police departments, serving 96% of all residents, had met with community groups within the past year; and 40% of departments, serving 71% of residents, had formed a problem-solving partnership within the past three years. Moreover, in 1999 a department that trained new recruits in community policing compared to 83% in 1997 employed 88% of officers. .
Foot and bicycle patrol has also increased in community policing. From 1997 to 1999, the percentage of local police departments using routine bicycle patrol increased from 28% to 34% and the percentage using routine foot patrol went from 50% to 53%. Furthermore, of the approximately 195 million U.S. residents served by a local police department, 85% were served by one that used foot and or bicycle patrol on a routine basis during 1999. From 1997 to 1999, the percentage of residents served by a department using bicycle patrol went from 66% to 76%, and the percentage served by a department with foot patrol from 59% to 68%. Therefore, many cities have increasing statistics of foot and/or bicycle patrolling. However, bicycle patrolling is still preferred over foot. .
"Broken Windows." Is a story about community policing. This story explains how in the mid-1790s The State of New Jersey proposed a "Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Program," designed to improve the community quality in 28 cities. At first the governor and other state official were skeptical of this program because of the whole foot-patrolling factor.
