One of the main roles of police officers is that of law enforcement. However, there are times when it is necessary for an officer to rely less on law enforcement and instead focus on keeping the peace in situations that exist outside the norm. One such situation exists in the policing methods used in skid-row areas of society. These types of areas are an anomaly compared to the rest of the standard communities where simple law enforcement will not succeed. The goal in these areas is clearly to contain chaos using a hybrid form of community policing. Areas such as slums are full of people who are unable to function in normal society, and the mere fact that they exist is offensive to them. those who operate within the normal settings of a community (Bittner, 1967). Due to the primitive nature of the individuals living in these chaotic areas, most officials believe it is necessary to fence off the area where the behaviors occur to prevent it from assimilating into “normal” society. The need to contain skid-row-like areas is the responsibility of the police, and with few government superiors imposing guidelines and the broad discretion given to the police, they take on the peacekeeping role and abandon the role of enforcers (Bittner , 1967). Maintaining peace is itself a difficult task due to the uncontrolled lifestyle in the slums. Therefore, it is by focusing on maintaining order and protecting external normality from slum dwellers (Bittner, 1967) that officers employ tactics in which they choose non-enforcement or make the decision to ignore a violation (Brown, 1981). According to Brown (1981), ignoring crimes brings with it a bartering situation between... center of paper... What concerns the two styles of policing is that community policing seeks to solve long-term problems. long-term outcomes other than the contempt for the long term associated with containment. Although the concept of containment borrows some key points from the concept of community-oriented policing, the two are still very different. Officers choose to serve as peacekeepers in skid-row areas and use containment to protect the quality of life of those living in the community outside the “jungle” that takes over skid-row (Bittner, 1967). Faced with the choice between law enforcement or peacekeepers, officers find that maintaining the peace is the most manageable approach when addressing these areas. Police dynamics must be flexible to the situations at hand. While the role of enforcer is often necessary in many situations, the peacekeeper is a critical role for addressing distressed areas.