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Six houses in Racine, Wisconsin, are staffed by police, whose job it is to get to know the communities they serve.

>> 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...

Have other intentions that are extra legal that don't want to have us as close to seeing what they're doing as we can be. >> reporter: andrews credits the c.o.p. house, and cisler, for helping keep his life on track. >> before i met officer tim, i was going down the wrong path. i was only, like, 11 yearsed old, breaking windows type things. if it wasn't for meeting officer tim i wouldn't get the reality check i needed. >> reporter: cisleras s come a detective but has stayed in the teen's life. >> i said, "look, man, i didn't run away from you last time. i'm not going to run away from you this ...