Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) Policing SSCI-3050U-001 Andrew Lee Kyle McCaughey 100429290 Program Description Public safety and the safety of communities are one of the most important areas of focus for the police‚ which is why I chose to do my policing paper on the crime prevention program known as TAVIS. TAVIS stands for Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy and was created on January 5th‚ 2006 which included 3 new rapid response teams with 18 officers
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In today’s media policing is a very sensationalized topic. Yet‚ we as people do not rationally discuss how we can improve our current system. In most instances a new situation will be brought to the public’s attention by the media and then the majority of people will place themselves in one of two categories. The first category of people is the all police are bad group and the second category of people are the police can do no wrong group. This creates a very unhealthy us versus them narrative that
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history of policing can be traced back a couple of thousand years‚ when there were no rules‚ a lot of conflict and no specific structure on what is right or wrong. Some of the laws that were enforced were done so in the name of religion or politics; the outcomes of some of those punishments were cruel and callous. Before policing was established‚ your everyday citizens took the law into their own hands (Grant and Terry‚ 2017). Policing back then was done by your community and if they felt you were guilty
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Policing as we know it today has developed from various political‚ economic‚ and social forces. To better understand the role of police in society‚ one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. Policing has been categorized into three basic eras‚ which include the Political Era‚ Reform Era‚ and lastly the Community Problem-Solving Era that is the present form of policing. Most all of modern-western democracies are based on Sir Robert Peel’s Metropolitan Police Force‚ which
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------------------------------------------------- Reactive vs. proactive policing Allison Hendricks February 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix/axia policing February 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix/axia policing Reactive patrol is police responding to specific requests from individuals or groups in a community that provides “immediate” response to calls. Reactive patrol provides help to ensure that calls are responded to in an efficient and timely manner. Reactive patrol also involves the
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Policing as we know it today has developed from various political‚ economic‚ and social forces. To better understand the role of police in United States society‚ one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. The following paper discusses the views of the historical context of police which helps us better understand how political‚ economic‚ and social forces have shaped the social institution of policing. First‚ in "The Evolving Strategy of Policing‚" George Kelling and Mark
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Community Policing In San Diego Nicole Jones Grantham University CJ 101 Abstract I will discuss the methods and procedures of community policing used in my community; including neighborhood watch programs‚ volunteer police programs‚ and other options available to individual citizens. There are various roles and responsibility’s carried out by community policing programs. Depending on the neighborhood you live in is depending on how involved your neighborhood watch will be. Community
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Technology & Policing Kristin E. Blue March 12‚ 2011 UMUC/Prof. Richard Bobys Technology and Policing The use of technology in the police department started as early as 1850’s when a multi shot pistol was for the first time made. Over the years‚ technology has evolved and different institutions have adjusted accordingly and embraced technology in their work. Technology is still being used widely to make work more efficient‚ produce effective results and the police have not been
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situations in the line of duty‚ the police department employs a multitude of operational strategies. Also they can employ a series of specialized strategies and techniques for more detailed and complex investigations which would take place over a longer period of time. A few examples of core police strategies include: preventative patrol‚ aggressive patrol‚ and directed patrol. Preventative patrol is defined as an attempt to stop crimes before they happen. (This can be implemented through several strategies
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MORAL POLICING‚ WOMEN‚ MEDIA AND PERSONAL FREEDOMMoral policing is a controversial term. Its supporters say it is an important function to be performed to safeguard our culture against western influence and save our youth from corruption. Those who oppose it see it as a threat to individual freedom and democratic dissent. I would not have been interested in these debates till I saw them affecting my life as an individual and more so as a woman. What is morality? How moral policing is gender biased
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