Children are often presented with imagery, drawings, and depictions of police officers interacting with school children on a playground, walking in a neighborhood while waving hello to the residents, or assisting a neighbor with a cat stuck in a tree. This illustration of a neighborhood police officer isn’t a fabricated impression of societies’ expectation; rather it is a glimpse or illustration of the role officers have traditionally played within communities. The law enforcement profession has been altered over the last century by both internal and external forces that demanded change. Change is defined as “to make or become different,” but perhaps a more fitting and robust term depicting the evolution of law enforcement is “transformation,” as there has been a thorough and dramatic change in both the form and appearance of policing. This transformation has occurred several times across history.