Proactive Policing Strengths And Weaknesses
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
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Several strengths the system offers are data being available in real time; the police work is performed in a more efficient manner, a by-product of streamlining resources and performing work more efficiently is that the cost of preventing crimes decreases. Another strength is that because the data is non-biased it helps eliminate any possibility of discrimination and doesn’t impugn upon any civil rights. There has yet to be any system created that works perfectly and the CompStat is no exception; it too has weakness that have to be recognized and dealt with accordingly. It has to framed within the limited budget of the law enforcement agency its being used by, the leadership has to overcome the inherent resistance of the officers what can be seen as an indictment on how they perform their jobs to change. Also depending on how it’s implemented there can be issues if there is a lack of strategic priorities with no clear vision. CompStat while not a perfect system by any means has many areas of opportunities that can greatly increase its effectiveness. It can help facilitate greater communication between interagency departments as well as between two different agencies. It also is a well-defined system that helps retrain personnel to think efficiently and more flexible. The system provided the opportunity to develop lasting regional partnerships and raise expectations regarding the quality of data shared. A threat that must be managed is the potential loss of the community’s trust in law enforcement due to less empathic
Several strengths the system offers are data being available in real time; the police work is performed in a more efficient manner, a by-product of streamlining resources and performing work more efficiently is that the cost of preventing crimes decreases. Another strength is that because the data is non-biased it helps eliminate any possibility of discrimination and doesn’t impugn upon any civil rights. There has yet to be any system created that works perfectly and the CompStat is no exception; it too has weakness that have to be recognized and dealt with accordingly. It has to framed within the limited budget of the law enforcement agency its being used by, the leadership has to overcome the inherent resistance of the officers what can be seen as an indictment on how they perform their jobs to change. Also depending on how it’s implemented there can be issues if there is a lack of strategic priorities with no clear vision. CompStat while not a perfect system by any means has many areas of opportunities that can greatly increase its effectiveness. It can help facilitate greater communication between interagency departments as well as between two different agencies. It also is a well-defined system that helps retrain personnel to think efficiently and more flexible. The system provided the opportunity to develop lasting regional partnerships and raise expectations regarding the quality of data shared. A threat that must be managed is the potential loss of the community’s trust in law enforcement due to less empathic