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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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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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
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The concept of community policing was introduced and used as a police philosophy in implementing crime prevention . It is a term often used to describe the process of engagement between the police and community and at its core is the recognition that by working with the community‚ law enforcement agencies can find local solutions to local problems. Community policing is a dynamic concept that requires the police and the community to work together as comrades in identifying effective actions and address
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The Future of Community Policing The Department of Justice defines 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.” There are three key components to the community policing philosophy. These include: The creation of and reliance on effective partnerships with the community and other public/private-sector
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History of Public Policing Community policing as it related to communication with the public has existed in some content of the early since the 1930’s (Fisher-Stewart‚ 2007). It was during the 1960’s with the focal point of the Civil Rights Era‚ that the police-citizen crisis began and research was initiated to ascertain the core of the problems involving policing and the community (American Law & Legal Information‚ n.d). It was is in response to the civil unrest that existed during this period
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needed service in our communities. Law Enforcement officers have sworn an oath to keep us safe from harm and protect us from those who may want to deprive us of our basic liberties. Officers are to up hold our laws and in exchange we give them power to monitor our behaviors and correct us if we need correcting. However‚ are we supposed to be friends with Law Enforcement officers and know them on a first name basis if we have not committed a crime? Does community policing work and is it necessary
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Sammy Siddiqui Paul Angelo Brienza Community Policing November 29‚ 2012 The Costs of Corruption In today’s society‚ the amount of crime that occurs can be quite difficult to deal with and responsibility ends up falling on police to curtail it. Unfortunately‚ the infectious nature of crime often drags these assigned “stoppers” into the same mud that they are trying to prevent others from falling into. When officers abuse their legally sanctioned position of authority‚ it is known as police corruption
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Community Policing is believed to be an effective way to promote public safety in a community. “Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques” (Sheider 2008). Concerning the testimony on behalf of the Presidential task force‚ community policing should focus on two additional initiatives that will make community police better off in the future. Getting to know about community policing should
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solutions to today’s community problems demand freeing both people and the police to explore creative‚ new ways to address neighborhood concerns beyond a narrow focus on individual crime incidents. 2. Commitment to Community Empowerment: This demand making a subtle but sophisticated shift so that everyone in the department understands the need to focus on solving community problems in creative‚ and often ways‚ that can include challenging and enlightening people in the process of policing themselves. 3
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