What Is Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux?
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 cities as first hoped. Community policing brought along the administration problems of what is known as mid-management adversity. The operational aspect of community policing primary mission is to prevent crime, involve the community in investigating …show more content…
crime when it does happen, and become proactive instead of reactive. There are many definitions of community policing but overall the average definition explained by the DOJ, Docobo (2005), “The United States Department of Justice has defined community policing as a philosophy that “focuses on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services that includes aspects of traditional law enforcement, as well as prevention, problem-solving, community engagement, and partnerships” (Community-Oriented Policing).
Beat Patrol
The one idea in regards to patrol and community policing in bringing the people closer are the ride along that have taken place. Ride alongs allows firsthand for the citizen to see what the officer might have to deal with in a given shift. Trojanowicz & Bucquerous (1992), “In a Community Policing Beat, people know their officer by name, which means that they can hold the officer directly accountable if he or she does too little - or goes too far. The daily, face- to-face contact also allows the officer to learn whom to trust and whom to keep an eye on. And, as people start to take back their streets, those who would prey on them eventually find that they have no place to hide” (p. 2). Some might disagree with the idea of patrol or beats being the same every day. These people believe that corruption happen more often than not when this is practice. By patrolling the same beat on foot, the officers are allowed to see the community youngsters and juveniles in their natural surroundings. The officers have more ability to intervene in a situation where they see a child going bad before it is too late. Trojanowicz (n.d.), “Freed from the isolation of the patrol car and the incessant demands of the police radio, community officers serve as the department's community outreach specialists and problem-solvers” (Operation Goals).
Crime Investigation
Community policing and walking patrol gives way to attaining knowledge by those officers when a crime has occurred.
Investigation becomes personal due the vested time an officer makes to his beat. Crime investigation means any offence against the neighborhood. Property damage, theft, violence, and drugs are all prime examples. Drug crime involves the average citizen in solving this problem. The selling of illegal drugs not only presents the neighborhood with vicious dealers, but the addict that can become violent in a split second. Trojanowicz (n.d.), "Involving average citizens in community-based, police-supervised anti-drug initiatives to drive drug dealing from their neighborhoods offers new solutions that do not focus exclusively on arrest, which rarely does more than clog the rest of the criminal justice system" (Scope of …show more content…
Impact).
Emergency and Critical Response By using community policing with the trickle up effect gives way to faster response time to critical situations that happen in a neighborhood. By the citizen having close contact with officers that patrol, their area emergency aid can be called immediately. Outside facilities such as ambulance, child protective services can be contacted directly by police with the necessary information. VIPS (Volunteers in Police Services), CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) are utilized for community assistance allowing the police to focus on issues of crime in connection with emergency situations.
Community Policing Future Community policing in cooperates several areas from administration, training, evaluation, citizens, and police officers.
Terrorism is one of the primary concerns for America today, and bringing community policing into homeland security aspect of law enforcement is a work in progress. Docobo(2005), “Through programs such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), intelligence gathering, information sharing, and the use of GIS mapping and analysis, law enforcement can identify and conduct security assessments of critical infrastructure and other important private sector facilities” (p. 5 ). State and local law enforcement are the frontlines of community terrorism. Terrorism is ramped across the globe and can be seen in every avenue of daily life. The further development of community policing and the use across the board should have significant advantages with the war on
terror.
Conclusion
In conclusion, although community policing is not taken seriously by both law enforcement or citizens, where community policing is used it brings law enforcement and citizens together for two main reasons. First, aids in the prevention of crime. But most importantly, citizens have more control over how crime is handled. Trojanowicz & Bucquerous (1992), “Problems can vary from gunfire to graffiti, from battered wives to barking dogs, from drugs to disorder. By stationing a Community Officer permanently in a manageable beat, the police can reach out to the law-abiding people imprisoned in their homes by fear, the people that other officers meet only as victims"(para 3). The prevention of crime is the priority of community policing and through the empowering the citizens in their own home settings gives the control they need to become more involved with police.
Reference
Docobo, J. (2005). Homeland security affairs. Retrieved from http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=1.1.4
Mastrofski, S. D., Worden, R. E., & Snipes, J. B. (1995). Law enforcement in a time of community policing. Criminology, 33(4), 539. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220697221?accountid=35812
Trojanowicz, R. C. (n.d.). Textfiles.com. Retrieved from http://www.textfiles.com/law/pol_com.txt
Trojanowicz, R., & Bucqueroux, B. (1992). cj.msu.edu. Retrieved from http://cj.msu.edu/assets/Outreach-NCCP-FP24.pdf
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 cities as first hoped. Community policing brought along the administration problems of what is known as mid-management adversity. The operational aspect of community policing primary mission is to prevent crime, involve the community in investigating …show more content…
crime when it does happen, and become proactive instead of reactive. There are many definitions of community policing but overall the average definition explained by the DOJ, Docobo (2005), “The United States Department of Justice has defined community policing as a philosophy that “focuses on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services that includes aspects of traditional law enforcement, as well as prevention, problem-solving, community engagement, and partnerships” (Community-Oriented Policing).
Beat Patrol
The one idea in regards to patrol and community policing in bringing the people closer are the ride along that have taken place. Ride alongs allows firsthand for the citizen to see what the officer might have to deal with in a given shift. Trojanowicz & Bucquerous (1992), “In a Community Policing Beat, people know their officer by name, which means that they can hold the officer directly accountable if he or she does too little - or goes too far. The daily, face- to-face contact also allows the officer to learn whom to trust and whom to keep an eye on. And, as people start to take back their streets, those who would prey on them eventually find that they have no place to hide” (p. 2). Some might disagree with the idea of patrol or beats being the same every day. These people believe that corruption happen more often than not when this is practice. By patrolling the same beat on foot, the officers are allowed to see the community youngsters and juveniles in their natural surroundings. The officers have more ability to intervene in a situation where they see a child going bad before it is too late. Trojanowicz (n.d.), “Freed from the isolation of the patrol car and the incessant demands of the police radio, community officers serve as the department's community outreach specialists and problem-solvers” (Operation Goals).
Crime Investigation
Community policing and walking patrol gives way to attaining knowledge by those officers when a crime has occurred.
Investigation becomes personal due the vested time an officer makes to his beat. Crime investigation means any offence against the neighborhood. Property damage, theft, violence, and drugs are all prime examples. Drug crime involves the average citizen in solving this problem. The selling of illegal drugs not only presents the neighborhood with vicious dealers, but the addict that can become violent in a split second. Trojanowicz (n.d.), "Involving average citizens in community-based, police-supervised anti-drug initiatives to drive drug dealing from their neighborhoods offers new solutions that do not focus exclusively on arrest, which rarely does more than clog the rest of the criminal justice system" (Scope of …show more content…
Impact).
Emergency and Critical Response By using community policing with the trickle up effect gives way to faster response time to critical situations that happen in a neighborhood. By the citizen having close contact with officers that patrol, their area emergency aid can be called immediately. Outside facilities such as ambulance, child protective services can be contacted directly by police with the necessary information. VIPS (Volunteers in Police Services), CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) are utilized for community assistance allowing the police to focus on issues of crime in connection with emergency situations.
Community Policing Future Community policing in cooperates several areas from administration, training, evaluation, citizens, and police officers.
Terrorism is one of the primary concerns for America today, and bringing community policing into homeland security aspect of law enforcement is a work in progress. Docobo(2005), “Through programs such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), intelligence gathering, information sharing, and the use of GIS mapping and analysis, law enforcement can identify and conduct security assessments of critical infrastructure and other important private sector facilities” (p. 5 ). State and local law enforcement are the frontlines of community terrorism. Terrorism is ramped across the globe and can be seen in every avenue of daily life. The further development of community policing and the use across the board should have significant advantages with the war on
terror.
Conclusion
In conclusion, although community policing is not taken seriously by both law enforcement or citizens, where community policing is used it brings law enforcement and citizens together for two main reasons. First, aids in the prevention of crime. But most importantly, citizens have more control over how crime is handled. Trojanowicz & Bucquerous (1992), “Problems can vary from gunfire to graffiti, from battered wives to barking dogs, from drugs to disorder. By stationing a Community Officer permanently in a manageable beat, the police can reach out to the law-abiding people imprisoned in their homes by fear, the people that other officers meet only as victims"(para 3). The prevention of crime is the priority of community policing and through the empowering the citizens in their own home settings gives the control they need to become more involved with police.
Reference
Docobo, J. (2005). Homeland security affairs. Retrieved from http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=1.1.4
Mastrofski, S. D., Worden, R. E., & Snipes, J. B. (1995). Law enforcement in a time of community policing. Criminology, 33(4), 539. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220697221?accountid=35812
Trojanowicz, R. C. (n.d.). Textfiles.com. Retrieved from http://www.textfiles.com/law/pol_com.txt
Trojanowicz, R., & Bucqueroux, B. (1992). cj.msu.edu. Retrieved from http://cj.msu.edu/assets/Outreach-NCCP-FP24.pdf