The document examines crime prevention and community policing in practice in eight cities: Bridgeport, CT; Caldwell, ID; Hayward, CA; Knoxville, TN; Reno, NV; Salt Lake City, UT; St. Petersburg, FL; and Tempe, AZ. Research developed five conclusions: (1) Crime prevention and community policing share the common purpose of making the public safer and communities healthier; (2) Crime prevention efforts provide information and skills essential to community policing; (3) Crime prevention and community policing have great potential for enriching each other; (4) Crime prevention responsibilities may be repositioned within a department as it moves to community policing. However, successful departments have found it necessary to have a clear focus of responsibility for crime prevention and to apply and teach crime prevention knowledge and skills; and (5) Thoughtful, planned action that carefully nurtures a core of crime prevention expertise while making the skills and know-how available to all officers, especially those working at the street level, can substantially benefit the transition to community policing as well as its practice. Bibliography, notes