Philosophy Of Community Policing

Community Policing is a philosophy that emphasizes working proactively with citizens to reduce fear, solve crime-related problems, and to prevent crime. It is a philosophy that promotes organization strategies, supports systematic use of partnerships, and problem solving techniques to address the immediate conditions that cause rise to public safety issues, like crime, social disorder, and the fear of crime. It is not a specific tactic, meaning a proactive, decentralized approach, designed to reduce crime, disorder and fear of crime by involving the same police officer in the same community for a long term basis. It contains four basic ideas, community engagement, problem-solving, organizational transformation, and crime prevention by community members and police working together. Community policing in its most basic form is about building relationships and solving problems.
The political era took place from 1840 to 1930, it is called the political era because the police were closely involved with politics. Unlike English police, the Chief of Police in this era had had no firing power, in which he couldn’t fire employees, leaving the officers undisciplined. They lived in their communities and were often the majority. Officers became close with other community members because of foot patrols, which were highly common. Police chiefs were often politically appointed and had interest in keeping the political official who had elected them in office. The Wickersham Commission honed in on two particular reports, police brutality and the unprofessionalism of police. Thus, ending the Political