Body cameras are becoming more and more prevalent with law enforcement agencies for many reasons. The biggest pros to having body cameras on law enforcement personnel is the reduction in unethical behavior while dealing with the general public‚ quickly determine baseless complaints against law enforcement personnel‚ and assault against law enforcement by the person or persons they are interacting with (Freund‚ 2015). Having body cameras can also be useful in gathering video and audio evidence while
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Problem and Community Oriented Policing There are multiple types of policing methods that are used today by our law enforcement. Two methods that are common are problem oriented policing and community oriented policing. Even though they both are commonly used they play two different roles when it comes to policing. One main thing that they both have in common is that they both want to see less crime. Problem Oriented Policing The problem oriented policing approach was created by Herman Goldstein
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traditional policing. Traditional police work entails reactive law enforcement measures. Proactive police officers are assigned to specific geographic areas in their jurisdiction‚ with the intent of establishing working relationships with community groups. For example‚ the Police Athletics League (PAL). Reactive policing requires officers to patrol a sector within their jurisdiction and respond to criminal or civil acts‚ requiring law enforcement interaction or mediation. Community policing strategies are
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There are many reasons for a police officer to exercise discretion. Police discretion is a choice by a law enforcement officer based on his or her training and experience whether to investigate or apprehend‚ the disposition of suspects and the application of sanctions (Schmalleger‚ 2015). Perhaps the most common practice for using discretions would be in those instances were the police handbook falls short‚ better known as the gray areas. Furthermore‚ police officers have also been known to use discretion
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Punitive legal control refers to crime control through vigorous law enforcement and lastly‚ soft legal control‚ emphasizing the nonarrest community driven methods to reduce crime. Firstly‚ policing alone cannot contain youth violence‚ “but by carefully balancing enforcement with collaboration‚ police departments can help shift social norms that contribute to youth gun violence.” (p. 133) This article founded that law enforcement agencies that stresses the police-citizen cooperation benefits the officers’
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Officers displaying their personal authority would compel conformity to those living on skid row. Aggressive law enforcement officers would be the ones dispatched for their style of policing‚ often the type of law enforcement not necessary for those living in this community. Resident living on skid row would be better suited with an officer with “a flexible contingent approach” (Huey‚ 2007)‚ that way‚ the officer has
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Intelligence-led policing‚ often referred to as proactive or predictive policing focuses mainly on what will happen‚ instead of what has already happened. It is often described as criminal analyst working with law enforcement to analyze the crime trends that are happening in order to make better decisions on fighting these crimes. The intelligence-led policing approach is modeled after problem-oriented Policing‚ which was conceptual of officers and analyst worked together to identify crime and problems
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crime‚ a 65 percent reduction in gun seizures resulted. Finally‚ directive patrol applications when employed have taken a more community involvement and public relations approach than other patrol methods. This keeps residents informed of what law enforcement is doing in the community‚ and
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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 the related issues of crime and social
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What additional defensible space‚ crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)‚ or situational crime prevention techniques would you suggest in your force protection report that might be employed to reduce crime in this location. Natural Surveillance: Additional lighting on the perimeter of the parking area‚ especially in the small uppermost parking lot that is much further away. It is designated as an overflow lot between Kroger’s and Starbucks Coffee‚ visibility to the main store isn’t
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