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The St. Cloud Police Department Community Engagement-Community Response Team is collecting donations for an upcoming annual religious holiday celebration.

By Zac Chapman / Assistant News Director The St. Cloud Police Department’s Community Engagement-Community Response Team is partnering with the Professional

By: Nyah Adams / News Director The St. Cloud Police Department's Community Engagement/Cop House says they're looking for donations for the upcoming Islamic

>> reporter: growing up in one of racine, wisconsin,'s toughest neighborhood, 17-year-old kamari andrews says his reaction to seeing police was instinctive. >> my impression of law enforcement was to run from them all the time. >> push back from here to hold it on. >> reporter: but that started to change five years ago, when he met officer tim cisler just a few houses down. it was it like the hangout spot to go to after school? >> it was. >> reporter: this is a c.o.p. house, short for community-oriented policing. it's one of six homes manned by a l lone officer whose job is to know anything th...

Maurice robinson. how do you think it's changed the community's approach to policing. >> simply put, they know we are accessible. we're not an occupied army. we were here to help. >> reporter: the houses also serve as neighborhood gathering places, a space for children to come together. >> have a good weekend. >> reporter: and even a place for the salvation army to field the neighborhood. results have been mixed, but police say, crime has fallen nearly 70% in one neighborhood since they moved in. chief, even a few decades ago, this would have been unsafe for us to be outside here. >> it would ...