Community Oriented Policing
Community Oriented Policing
Community oriented policing is a policing strategy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear, with community members helping to identify suspects, detain vandals and bring problems to the attention of police. It is a philosophy that combines traditional aspects of law enforcement with prevention measures, problem-solving, community engagement, and community partnerships (Ref. 1).
Background of Community Oriented Policing
Community Oriented Policing was born in the late 1960’s. Between the 1930’s and the 1960’s law enforcement used a professional policing model that was based on hierarchical structures, efficient response times, standardization, and the use of motorized patrol cars. This method proved to be effective until the large number of civil disturbance took place in the late 1960’s; those opposed to the professional policing model claimed that the police and the communities they served were very estranged from one other and thus the birth of community oriented policing took place (Ref. 1).
Before they actually decided on community oriented policing they implemented what was called team policing. Where basically they assigned a certain area to a few officers and their job was to get to know the neighborhood, the people and the problems that lay within it. This didn’t work well because it placed more emphasis on long-term problem solving than to rapid response crime incidents. It basically was placing patrol officers in places that were more designated for detectives.
Community policing grew out of the failure of team policing, with a goal of bringing the community and the police closer together to address and identify crime issues. Police in community policing programs want to do more than just respond to calls and arrest criminals they want to find what causes crime and solve problems in their assigned neighborhoods.
Core Concepts of Community Policing The
Community oriented policing is a policing strategy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear, with community members helping to identify suspects, detain vandals and bring problems to the attention of police. It is a philosophy that combines traditional aspects of law enforcement with prevention measures, problem-solving, community engagement, and community partnerships (Ref. 1).
Background of Community Oriented Policing
Community Oriented Policing was born in the late 1960’s. Between the 1930’s and the 1960’s law enforcement used a professional policing model that was based on hierarchical structures, efficient response times, standardization, and the use of motorized patrol cars. This method proved to be effective until the large number of civil disturbance took place in the late 1960’s; those opposed to the professional policing model claimed that the police and the communities they served were very estranged from one other and thus the birth of community oriented policing took place (Ref. 1).
Before they actually decided on community oriented policing they implemented what was called team policing. Where basically they assigned a certain area to a few officers and their job was to get to know the neighborhood, the people and the problems that lay within it. This didn’t work well because it placed more emphasis on long-term problem solving than to rapid response crime incidents. It basically was placing patrol officers in places that were more designated for detectives.
Community policing grew out of the failure of team policing, with a goal of bringing the community and the police closer together to address and identify crime issues. Police in community policing programs want to do more than just respond to calls and arrest criminals they want to find what causes crime and solve problems in their assigned neighborhoods.
Core Concepts of Community Policing The
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