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information. tell you about problems you don t think are police problems, may lead to police problems. reporter: the neighborhood policing initiative pushes officers to break from traditional policing and engage the public, passing out food, coaching sports, hosting events. it commits two officers or d.c. os to every south and west side district. the job is to proactively in the field engage members of the community. those two officers, that s their only job. that is their only job. they re not responsible for radio calls. reporter: in the first year, it seemed to be working. trust in police in the pilot district was on the rise. the aim is have the police be responsive to communities, the community to say what it wants, expect that that s what policing will look like. reporter: while the pandemic and protests rolled back progress, community leaders assisting the program say they ve seen change. what did it look like before you had them to reach out to? it was calling

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