community service

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Community-service officers are unarmed, noncommissioned cops trained to help with noncriminal matters and mediate nonviolent disputes, Lewis said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2020

Community-service sentencing is considered restorative because the perpetrator repairs the harm caused by the crime by helping his community and involving community members in his punishment.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2015