21st Cent. Policing

Question 1

Why was task force created?

Answer 1

to strengthen community policing and trust among law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. Collaborative relationship between police and community they serve. Police Legitimacy/Procedural Justice.

Question 2

Six Pillars of 21st Century Policing

Answer 2

• Building trust and legitimacy
• Policy and Oversight
• Technology and Social Media
• Community Policing and Crime Reduction
• Training and education
• Officer Safety and Wellness

Question 3

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Foundation?

Answer 3

Building trust and Legitimacy among police and citizens is the foundation principle underlying relations between police and communities

Question 4

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Advice

Answer 4

• Adopt Procedural Justice as guiding principle for internal & external policies
• Initiate positive non-enforcement activities to engage the community
• Analyze/ survey level of trust community has

Question 5

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Instruction/Training

Answer 5

• CIT
• Implicit Bias Training
• Policing in a democratic Society
• Procedural Justice

Question 6

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Why?

Answer 6

People are more likely to obey the law when they believe that those enforcing it have legitimate authority. The public confers that authority on those acting in procedurally just ways

Question 7

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - How?

Answer 7

Develop partnerships across sectors and at every level of government that will find effective and long term solutions to ensuring public safety.

Question 8

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Internal Procedural Justice

Answer 8

• Practices within an agency and relationships officers have with colleagues and leaders.
• Officers that feel respected by their supervisors and peers are more likely to accept departmental policies, understand decisions, and comply voluntarily.
• Respected officers are more likely to bring this respect into their interactions with the community they serve.

Question 9

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - External Procedural Justice

Answer 9

• Way officers and others legal authorities interact with the public and how those interactions shape public trust in police.
• Key component is Fair and Impartial Policing built on understanding and acknowledging human explicit and implicit biases.

Question 10

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Accountability

Answer 10

Law enforcement agencies must maintain public trust by having a transparent, credible system of accountability.

Question 11

Pillar 1 - Building Trust - Guardians

Answer 11

Police are guardians of the community not warriors. They are members of the community protecting from within.

Question 12

Pillar 2 - Policy and Oversight- Foundation?

Answer 12

If police are to carry out their responsibilities according to established policies, those policies must reflect community values.

Question 13

Pillar 2 - Policy and Oversight- Advice

Answer 13

Law Enforcement agencies should collaborate with community members, especially in communities disproportionately affected by crime, to develop policies and strategies for deploying resources that aim to reduce crime by improving relationships, increasing community engagement and fostering cooperation.

Question 14

Pillar 2 - Policy and Oversight- How?

Answer 14

• Develop clear and comprehensive policies on:
  
  • Use of Force
  • Mass demonstrations
  • Appropriate use of equipment
  • Consent before searches
  • Gender identification
  • Racial Profiling
  • Performance measures
• Have external and independent investigations of OIS’s
• Establish Civilian oversight mechanisms

Question 15

Pillar 2 - Policy and Oversight- Training

Answer 15

• Training on use of force should emphasize de-escalation and alternatives to arrest in situations where appropriate

Question 16

Pillar 2 - Policy and Oversight- Accountability

Answer 16

• Collect and maintain publicly available use of force data
• Serious incident review boards
• Non-punitive peer review
• Agency demographic data
• Stop and frisk demographic data
• Civilian oversight
• Policies requiring officers to Identify themselves

Question 17

Pillar 3 - Technology and Social Media - Foundation

Answer 17

Implementing new technologies can give police departments an opportunity to fully engage and educate communities in a dialogue about their expectation for transparency, accountability, and privacy.

Question 18

Pillar 3 - Technology and Social Media - How? - BWC’s

Answer 18

BWC programs are a means to collect evidence, strengthen officer performance and accountability, and to enhance transparency
- Officers with cameras had 87.5%
fewer incidents of force and 59%
fewer complaints

Question 19

Pillar 3 - Technology and Social Media - How? - Social Media

Answer 19

Social media is a communication tool the police can use to engage the community on issues important to both and to gauge community sentiment regarding agency policies and practices.

Question 20

Pillar 3 - Technology and Social Media - Advice

Answer 20

• Research new Less lethal tech.
• Implement smart tech to prevent evidence tampering.
• Encourage public engagement when developing new policies involving tech.
• Develop tech to help serve people with special needs

Question 21

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - Foundation

Answer 21

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systemic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.

Question 22

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - How?

Answer 22

Community policing requires the active building of positive relationships with members of the community

Question 23

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - Advice

Answer 23

Police interventions must be implemented with strong policies and training in place, rooted in an understanding of procedural justice. Without that police interventions can easily devolve into racial profiling, excessive force, and other practices that disregard civil rights causing negative reactions from the community

Question 24

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - Collaborative partnerships

Answer 24

Community policing combines a focus on intervention and prevention through problem solving and with building collaborative partnerships between law enforcement, schools, social services, and other stakeholders.

Question 25

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - Social Control

Answer 25

Community policing promotes informal social control which is a much more powerful mechanism for crime control and reduction than is formal punishment.

Question 26

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - Core Principle

Answer 26

Community policing cannot be a program or unit but rather a core principle that lies at the foundation of a police department’s culture

Question 27

Pillar 4 - Community policing and Crime Reduction - Advice

Answer 27

• Seek “least harm” solutions such as diversion programs
• Adopt polices encouraging community engagement
• Evaluate officers on their efforts to engage members of the community
• Allow patrol time to participate in problem solving and community engagement
• Adopt policies encouraging officers to treat people with respect

Question 28

Pillar 5 - Training and Education - Foundation

Answer 28

Todays officers must meet a wide variety of challenges including international terrorism, evolving technologies, rising immigration, changing laws, new cultural mores, and a growing mental health crisis.

Question 29

Pillar 5 - Training and Education - Hiring

Answer 29

Hiring officers who reflect the community they serve is important not only to the external relations but also to increasing understanding within the agency.

Question 30

Pillar 5 - Training and Education - Who to hire?

Answer 30

• Look for character traits that support fairness, compassion, and cultural sensitivity.
• Goal is not only effective, efficient policing but also Procedural Justice and fairness

Question 31

Pillar 5 - Training and Education - Training

Answer 31

• Community policing and problem solving
• Interpersonal communication skills
• Bias awareness
• Scenario based, situational decision making
• Crisis intervention
• Procedural justice and impartial policing
• Trauma and victim services
• Mental health issues
• Languages and cultural responsiveness

Question 32

Pillar 6 - Officer Wellness and Safety - Foundation

Answer 32

The wellness and safety of law enforcement officers is critical not only to themselves, their colleagues, and their agencies but also public safety

Question 33

Pillar 6 - Officer Wellness and Safety - Why?

Answer 33

Many errors in judgement can be traced to fatigue, which also makes it harder to connect with people and control emotions.
Mentally and physically incapacitated officers cannot serve their communities and can be a danger to the people, their fellow officers, and themselves.

Question 34

Pillar 6 - Officer Wellness and Safety - Advice

Answer 34

• Agencies should promote safety and wellness at every level
• Every officer should be provided with an IFAK and training as well as ballistic vest.
• Adopt policies that mandate seatbelts and vest, provide awareness training.