With the advent of welfare state, the traditional concept of police requires an overhauling in order to introduce the concept of community policing, whereby assistance and interaction with the public can be conducted on regular basis in order to prevent the crime. Due to industrialization and urbanization, the concept of close knit families is fading away, leading to increase in crime rate. By introducing community policing as a method of crime prevention, the police would be able to curb the offence particularly in the urban areas. Besides, the system of beat policing and chowkidari system would go a long way in improving the trust between the public and police and the general public would feel at ease while reporting the matter to police and simultaneously, the concept would inculcate the sense of belongingness amongst the police personnel that they are part of the community and are working for their welfare. With the said change in mindset, the concept of police as a force would transform to the police as a service which would be in sync with the democratic set-up of the country.