Community Oriented Policing Movement

When I first began to read about the experiment I was a little surprised at the results. But after reading it all and looking at other sources, I agree with the findings. There will always be a certain sector of society that commits crimes. Regardless of the laws or consequences, certain people are just going to be criminals. I have actually written and been part of a search warrant on a patrolman's neighbor. If having a police officer as your neighbor doesn’t stop criminal activity, extra or directed patrols will not stop you either.

While groups like the International Association of Chiefs of Police still support take home cars. Their premise is that it prevents or reduces crime. This is due to the “assumed” extra presence of law enforcement visibility in the communities(IACP, 2017
This is when i began my career. I was hired on a “COPS” grant and attended some federal training on community oriented policing. I felt then that it wasn’t the greatest thing, but as I grew experience and training I realized it was a positive move for law enforcement. While in our class reading, COPE was discussed and its results. COPE or Citizen-Oriented Police Enforcement failed in the first phase(Cordner, 2016). Officers and citizens did not feel it was the proper approach and didn’t help with community relationships. But in phase two they began to see improvements in department and citizen