Crime prevention is part of a police department’s job responsibilities‚ along with creating safer communities for its residents. Collaboration between the two is essential for the process to be successful. This collaboration is the basis for community policing and working together to reduce crime through problem-oriented policing or POP. In this paper‚ three popular POP models will be examined for strengths and weaknesses. The discussion will improve on the weaknesses and revitalize the model’s
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LEADERSHIP IN POLICING LEADERSHIP IN POLICING Good and Poor Leadership in Modern Day Policing Shaquilla Robin Southern University Of New Orleans Professor Gil 10/16/2013 Police Process #320 Introduction Leadership is important in policing. What does it mean to lead a police force? That question seems to be very simple. There are many principles written to breakdown what it is to be an effective police. In my opinion a great leader’s goal should be to protect
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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
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Innovation in Policing In the world of policing‚ innovation does not just come in the form of new gadgets or computer technology; it comes in the form of ideas as to how police can be more effective in their local communities. Though technology such as bulletproof vests and body cameras are changing the way police in the United States preform their jobs‚ these technologies are just a small piece of a larger puzzle. With growing anti-police sentiment in the United States it is imperative that law
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Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux Regina L. Golden AJS/502 January 12‚ 2015 John Baiamonte Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux 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
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citizens of our communities. The main policing style that relates to officers is personality type‚ life philosophy‚ and problem solving. The policing styles are usually grouped into the watchman‚ that can be a bully to maintain peace‚ but they are also willing to give warnings or help people stay out of trouble in exchange for becoming an informant‚ the legalistic officer is usually the hard core officer that will always have an arrest if a crime has been committed‚ and the service oriented officers that
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Women in Policing Laura Jones 2/12/2013 Grantham University Abstract Women have worked within our law enforcement system for over one hundred and seventy years. This paper examines the history and current status of women in policing and the challenges they have faced. History of women in policing will be presented from the first instances of women being hired as law enforcement to their current status. Research information
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Community policing is about working with the community‚ earning their trust and respect‚ and solving problems rather than simply making arrests (Edge 79). In the United States‚ between the years 2006 and 2010‚ a staggering 52% of violent crimes went unreported (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). This percentage is equal to approximately 3‚380‚000 unreported crimes (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). Therefore‚ it is important for citizens to be able to trust and respect police officers. If they do
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The future of policing is fairly clear in what direction it is heading. It has been slowly reforming to meet the needs of the people‚ reduce crime‚ and make policing more efficient. Some of the reforms that will probably take place in the future include‚ better educated police officers and police managers‚ consolidation of police departments to save on money and resources‚ upgraded technology‚ race and gender equality‚ better testing techniques to recruit and promote within the department‚ and
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Police Corruption 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
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