Dissertation (MA Public Administration)The main objective of this study was to assess the perception and attitudes of communities towards community policing in Tanzania, with particular emphasis on Dodoma Municipality. A cross-sectional survey method was adopted in order to collect data from various respondents especially the retired and in-service police officers. Data collection was carried out by the use of well structured and pre-tested questionnaires. Both primary and secondary data were collected. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel computer programmes in order to get frequencies and percentages. This study recommends that to enhance trust and support from the community in the implementation of community policing, the Tanzania Police Force should overcome the influences of political interference. Police officers should be neutral in performing their duties. They should strive not only to ensure confidentiality of the informers and the information given as required by the law but also should not perceive community policing as a tool that displace them from their responsibilities by ensuring security to the community as well as to establish an effective mechanism of analysing crime information given by the community members did determine a reality, truthfulness and an integrity of such information.