The Yorkville Police Department had been struggling to get the patrol division to buy into the crime prevention philosophy for years. Although patrol officers would follow orders and assist in a community project when necessary, they had not been self-motivated to initiate and complete any community crime prevention efforts of their own. There was a stigma attached to this community policing effort and it was looked down upon and construed as a nonpolicing activity by the core officers. The administration’s problem was to change the view of this important policing technique. The mindset needed to be changed to create a team effort and not to rely on one officer to complete the crime prevention program for the entire city.