Community Policing draws citizens and police together to check crime and resolve the problems of the neighborhood. The main aim of community policing is on stopping crimes before it happens. Community policing provides citizens with more authority over the quality of life in their neighborhood. The term community policing itself refers to the fact that police becomes a part of the neighborhood.
Silence Dogood was fictitious. She was made up by the 16-year-old Franklin who, between April and October of 1722, penned 14 letters bearing Silence's name.