Community policing are evolving social welfare approach towards maintaining peace and security. Adopted from experiences of developed nations, community policing (CP) was applied in Ethiopia since 2005. Despite the fact that this practice improved community involvement in security issues and decreased criminal incidents, its overall performance is inadequately investigated. In addition, regardless of the last thirteen and more years where CP was under implementation, it is still unripe and different aspects are not well discovered. This qualitative research applied case study to explore opportunities, challenges and responses in the course of practicing CP in Bahir Dar City Administration (BDCA). Primary data have been collected through in-depth & key informant interview and focus group discussion from thirty-four participants selected through purposive sampling. Employing thematic analysis technique; descriptive data have been transcribed, coded, grouped and interpreted. The research identified various issues affiliated as opportunities, challenges and responses to CP. Community • Abstract collaboration, increased sense of ownership manifested by provision of various inputs and invo~ment of priva:e and public partners are major opportunities. On the other han~, lack of trained police officers and low competency, inadequate resources and conflict of interest between police officers and justice system are pressing challenges. To cope up with these challenges, the police department conducted community and stakeholders' engagement, resource mobilization, police outreach and overtime works and engaging criminals in different income generating activities. The overall CP practice involves strength, limitations and other issues simultaneously. Bence it is possible to conclu~e that more ~uccesses could be secured if parties exert additional effort to ease challenges and build up on existing opportunities. The overall research finding implied that 'there is a need for social work practitioners to intervene in community policing around community education, increase the capacity of police officers in communication and counseling tkills, resources and community mobilization, resource mapping and criminal identification and management. Moreover, it is indicated that future researches has to be done around trends and effectiveness of CP, the contribution of community supports in alleviating CP challenges