>> for the officer, some of the trust comes from his deep roots in the community he serves. this is it? >> this is it here. >> i was raised in this house. not much has changed. >> how has growing up here impacted the kind of police officer you've become? >> i can almost always relate to the people i stop, and even though i was raised in the badlands, as people call them, i never had any kind of negative interaction with police. they always say hi when they pass by, i say hi. >> though times have changed, as an officer in north philly today, montez knows that face time still goes a long way in bridging the gap between cop can and community. >> i like to play the hi game and say hi to everybody, all of the guys in the corner. >> how often do they respond? >> sometimes they respond about a look like, what are you doing, don't talk to me. >> sometimes they spit on the ground. >> yeah. >> which is the universal neighborhood thing of we don't like the police. >> but then sometimes they say hi back, and that's pretty cool.