DG HOME is organizing an event to bring together practitioners, policy makers and researchers to discuss the lessons drawn from several projects related to Community Policing (CP) and the use of new technologies and methodologies coming from security research to support is an important part of policing, which focuses on cooperation with local communities for better understanding challenges and the given group needs and meeting them. Nowadays, Police Authorities, while carrying out their duties to provide community security, are faced with numerous challenges linked to technological advances and emerging societal trends. As a consequence, more efficient solutions, tools and methodologies are ;