The first goal of this project will be to draw on the various descriptions that have been coined within the law enforcement community to advance forward a clear and concise definition of the concept of community policing. After defining community policing, the paper will then delve into specific police departments and explore how these departments go about implementing community policing. The specific questions that will be investigated when taking a peek at the various police departments are; is every cop a community police officer and if so what training do they undergo? And do communities feel engaged by these kinds of policies or is the strategy just another over-hyped turnoff? It is true that neighborhoods need policing. Regardless, rather than merely policing neighborhoods, it is my belief that police officers should adopt approaches that completely engages the public and community members to ensure effective conflict resolution. There exist limitless opportunities in every industry and where there is an open mind there is a frontier. To attain this paper’s primary objective of fostering a better understanding of police officers engagement with the communities that they serve, the author will…
Law enforcement is a never ending series of effort to maintain civility among the general population. The majority of law enforcement is by default reactive. A person cannot be held accountable for breaking the law until after they have broken it. However in recent years as technology has continued to grow police have tried to move into a more proactive role while still allowing people to enjoy personal freedom and the right of presumed innocence. As part of the movement toward proactive policing, law enforcement are utilizing technology called predictive policing. With this system officers gather data and analyze it for patterns in order to understand the nature of a problem. The officers will then create strategies and tactics designed…
Community policing ideology is to bring communities and law enforcement closer together. The very idea to bring the protectors of a community to the citizens in order to build trust, and assist both law enforcement and communities in reducing crime, and was developed in the early 1980s. As time goes by, the idea of community policing did not flourish in all cities as first hoped. Community policing brought along the administration problems of what is known as mid-management adversity. The operational aspect of community policing primary mission is to prevent crime, involve the community in investigating…
Police community relations programs have not only improved the attitude of minority groups, and the entire public as a whole towards the police, but have also created a positive impact on communities by lowering the crime rate. Strategies used for community policing are as diverse as the population of the United States itself, but they all share the common goal of promoting strong relationships with those who in the past were underrepresented and abused. These programs continue to ensure an understanding between the justice system and the public, and are necessary for harmony between the…
Community policing is maybe the foremost misinterpreted and regularly battered theme in police administration throughout the last ten years. Within the past few years, it 's become sensible for police organizations to recruit community policing, usually with very little notion of what that phrase suggests. Truly, all manner of structure change of state has been categorized as community policing. However community policing isn 't a…
Community policing was introduced as a strategy to let the citizens of the communities know police are people too and they care about the communities they patrol. It involved organizational change within police departments across the United States. Community policing addresses issues proactively as compared to reacting to a situation after it has happened. Police officers and citizens work together by communicating with each other the needs of the community, determining the problems they have, and…
Community policing is a program cities have continuously supported. When law enforcement officers interact in a positive manner with the citizens, it helps to create a sense of trust. If police officers create opportunities to meet people on a friendly level, it may change their negative points of view. For example, having “coffee-with-a-cop” sessions or holding a “car-seat check” station for new parents, and going out of their way to help indigent people, are all ways of presenting a human side to the police. The greatest obstacle in implementing community policing can be directly related to the refusal to implement change.…
Community policing is a philosophy that guides police management style and operational strategies. It emphasizes establishment of police-community partnerships and a problem-solving approach that is responsive to the needs of the community. So basically the police presence in the community will somehow not only protect the community, but to deter others from committing crimes. Now this seems like a perfect solution, but during the 1980’s to 1990’s racial tension was still brewing in the black communities. See the biggest problem was that African Americans did not feel comfortable with the police. In fact the presence of the police would in fact anger members of this community. Now why was this? I have few examples that would probably be appropriate for this…
The profession of policing will always have a reactionary component to providing police services to the community. Although it is understandable that citizens’ frustrations can run high with this type of response, members of the public cannot expect the police to be everywhere at one time in order to prevent every crime from occurring. There will always be some sort of a reactionary response in the policing profession. However, proactive policing efforts have developed over the years and provide a greater police response to addressing crime issues.…
As of chief of police it is my job to fight crime while providing a safer and healthier environment for the community. It is my goal to serve and work with the community for the future of our children and the resting days of our elders. Like other agencies and communities across the nation we as well have challenges and problems. Our community faces numerous challenges and problems that with dedication, determination, persistence, and effort are combatable. Crime to my definition is a like the cancer disease that spreads and the keys to fighting crime is through determination and strong support, in this case the support comes from the community who should never give up the battle on such deadly disease. As chief I plan on focusing on the needs of the community by building a strategic plan with fundamental keys and educational programs to strengthen and enforce the law.…
The purpose of this position paper on community policing is to weigh the pros and cons. In order to write an effective position paper, the idea of know what the predecessors stand on this subject would not be a benefit because it is not his problem anymore. If I where to be the new Chief of Police, I would want my opinion to be of value and not regurgitated information from the prior Police Chief. This would be my opinion and if it is not what the City Mayor wants to hear then at least I still had my integrity and dignity. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which supports the problem-solving techniques and partnerships. Positively addressing the immediate conditions that give a rise in community issues such as crime, disorder and fear. The community feels like the department is out of touch with the need as a whole and community policing could be the answer to regain the trust needed to be more effective.…
Police corruption has always been a problem in American society and it happens everywhere. According to the book Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction, “Police Corruption is the abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain.” An example of police corruption can be when, a police officer pulls you over and he comes up to you and asks you for money instead of actually giving you the ticket of whatever he pulled you over for. Police will take bribes, drugs, and anything else that is illegal. Police corruption is most likely to happen where there is least scrutiny amongst the officers. Since they are not going to be searched/examined, then they will go and doing what they want and bring in anything they want since their job won’t be put on the line for their actions.…
From the days of the old where night watchmen would watch the streets, to the today concept of law enforcement, the ideology was that a private law enforcement agency could manage and eliminate crime. Through several years of research and a lot of trial by error a new concept was brought to light. The idea of using the citizens of the local communities to be the eyes and ears of the law enforcement. Who else to provide quick, reliable intelligence then the people who knew the streets, the criminals, there associates and where they liked to hung out. However, over the years a barrier between the police agencies and communities had formed and now that barrier needed to be removed. That is one of the reasons why, in 1994, Congress pass a Crime Bill that, among other things, funded 100,000 new police officer and allocated approximately $11 billion to law enforcement (Gaines & Kappeler, 2008, p. 453). The passing of this bill was one of the most substantial criminal justice funding efforts ever passed by Congress, it solidified support for community policing as the primary law enforcement modality for dealing and interaction with the community (Gaines & Kappeler, 2008, p. 454). In essence, this bill laid the foundation for community policing evolution of police-community to the idea of team policing strategies. Now that the ground work had been laid, where…
Both forms of policing require the input from the community, but are applied differently. Community policing requires citizens to work proactively with law enforcement; however, “POP” is aimed at solving community problems by grouping community incidents to identify possible causes (pg. 4, 86)…
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the definition of community policing is defined as; It's a policing philosophy that was created to promote and support organizational strategies in order to address the causes and reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through the problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships. In other words, it is a problem solving approach to crime, partnerships as well as disorder, involving the police and the community, to come together in solving the problems. Retrieved from http://safestate.org/index.cfm?navId=7 on April 26, 2007.…