Community Oriented Policing

Problem and Community Oriented Policing There are multiple types of policing methods that are used today by our law enforcement. Two methods that are common are problem oriented policing and community oriented policing. Even though they both are commonly used they play two different roles when it comes to policing. One main thing that they both have in common is that they both want to see less crime.
Problem Oriented Policing
The problem oriented policing approach was created by Herman Goldstein. Goldstein believed that police officers should be proactive instead of reactive when it came to solving crimes. Instead of just responding to police calls Goldstein thought that law enforcement should stop the problem at the root (George Mason University, 2013). John E. Eck and William Spelman created a way for law enforcement to carry out this process and it is known as the SARA model.
SARA Model
SARA is an acronym for the steps that should be used when implementing problem oriented policing. The first step is Scanning. During this step officers would identify reoccurring problems and prioritize them. The next step is analysis. During analysis officers will conduct research on the problems identified, collect data and try to understand the problem and find out why it is happening. After the officers analyse, they move on to the next step which is the Response. During response, the officers will come up with different interventions to solve the problem, set goals on what they would like to see change, and then choose the best ones and carry them out. The last step is Assessment and during this step the officers will determine whether the plan was implemented and whether the goals were met. If the goals were not met the officers would come up with new strategies (University of Albany, 2015). This is an ongoing process that keeps