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    Community Based Policing:

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    Community Based Policing: Improvement For The Police And The Community. There has always been a love hate relationship between the public and the police. When called upon to help‚ they can be something sent from God‚ but when they are writing tickets‚ or taking a friend to jail‚ the view changes from a savior to a presence that is unwanted and often hated. An effort to improve the public view of law enforcement is being attempted by many departments. Using different styles of policing techniques

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    Community Policing and Drugs

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    Running Head: Community Policing and Drugs; History‚ Issues and Programs Introduction: According to the U.S. Department of Justice‚ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services‚ the definition of community policing is defined as; It’s a policing philosophy that was created to promote and support organizational strategies in order to address the causes and reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through the problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships. In other words‚ it is

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    Three Styles of Policing

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    provide this city with the best policing style that I believe will be the most beneficial regarding the everlasting fight on crime here in our city. In order to provide the people of Monterey with the best results of our policing style‚ it is most important to diagnose the reoccurring problems that have effects on the city and community as a whole such as the shocking homicide rates. As the Chief of Police‚ it is my duty to understand the three different styles of policing introduced by James Q. Wilson

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    Community Oriented Policing

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    Community Oriented Policing In spite of the fact that the United States still exceeds many other industrialized nations in overall crime and violent crime‚ it has been effective in decreasing its crime rate‚ particularly during the 1990s. While some coalitions have attributed this positive development to changes in socio-demographic trends and rigid enforcement approaches‚ one coalition highlights the success of the community-oriented policing and problem-oriented policing in eradicating the root

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    Community policing is a philosophy that police officers enforce the law with the people of the community‚ not just on the people. Building a trusting relationship between the community and the police officers that serve that community is essential for this philosophy to be effective. Mutual trust and cooperation is the goal‚ hoping to establish an active dialogue between the local law and the citizens they serve. Community policing combines a focus on intervention and prevention through problem

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    Community policing presents an opportunity for law enforcement to connect with the surrounding community and build a relationship that benefits the criminal justice field but also the community. Unfortunately‚ majority of officers only interact with citizens when a crime occurs. Traditional policing is reactive verse being proactive. In the traditional approach‚ there has to be a criminal act before officers intervene which in turn means that someone has to be a victim first. If officers continue

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    Policing Functions Paper

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    Policing Functions ReshaHarris Criminal Justice 394 August‚ 22‚ 2012 Warren‚ Wyatt Policing Functions The functions of police work are highly complex and filled with numerous unpredictable challenges. Officers must place his or her safety and their lives at risk every day in the interests of maintaining order‚ protecting the public and apprehending law-breakers. The result is an occupation filled with stressors‚ pressures and dangers. American law enforcement remains a sector composed

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    DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITY POLICING [NAME] [UNIVERSTIY] [DATE] ABSTRACT The author wants to showcase the development and challenges that are faced by law enforcement officers in communities‚ neighborhoods‚ cities and suburban areas for promoting law and order‚ reducing crime rate‚ increasing public welfare and trust with police officials. This is a new metaphorical concept‚ envisioned to surpass the inadequacies of traditional policing capabilities as they continuously fail

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    certain types of crimes may lead officers to generalize about a particular group and act according to the generalization rather than specific behavior” (2013). While supporters of this practice believe that it is necessary‚ critics believe biased-based policing (racial-profiling) is a violation of civil rights and takes a heavy toll on police-community relations. For police agencies‚ keeping the balance between public safety vs. civil rights is not an easy job. The principle job for law enforcement is

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    Abstract Community policing is an new philosophy of police operations and management. It is a change of the goals‚ operations and management‚ but not a change of the responsibilities of the police force. It is based on the concept that private citizens and police officers can work together to solve problems of the community related to crimes‚ fear of crimes‚ social and physical disorders and neighborhood decay. Grants or other resources funded the community program. This paper will take a look

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