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1
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In addition to being law enforcers police must serve as: (3)

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  1. Advisers
  2. Facilitators
  3. Supporters of the new community-based initiatives
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Community policing incorporates a new philosophy that broadens the police mission from a narrow focus on come to a mandate that encourages the police to explore creative solutions for a host of community concerns, including:(5)

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  1. crime
  2. fear of crime
  3. perceptions
  4. quality of life
  5. neighborhood conditions
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Inregards to CP, the focus is on this person who is detailed to work closely with people and their problems.

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The Police Officer

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Community Policing-Some of the problems with implementation:

Although widely, almost universally, said to be important it means things to different people: (9)

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  1. public relations
  2. shop fronts & mini-stations
  3. re-scaled patrol beats
  4. liaisons with ethic groups
  5. permission for rank and file to speak with press
  6. neighborhood watch
  7. foot patrols
  8. patrol detective teams
  9. door to door visits by police
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Sources of Confusions:

CP’s introductions into American Policing has become a long, complicated process. It is rooted in: (3)

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  1. Team policing
  2. Police-community relations
  3. Crime prevention
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Four major facets occur when community policing is implemented: All four must exist if the department is indeed implementing CP: (4)

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  1. philosophical facet
  2. organizational and personnel facet
  3. strategic facet
  4. programmatic facet
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PHILOSOPHICAL FACET

Some of C’s core ideas are: (7)

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  1. broad police function and community focus
  2. Community imput
  3. concern for people
  4. developing trust
  5. sharing power
  6. creativity
  7. neighborhood variations
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The police should have a broader function that also incorporates: (3)

These also must become the PRIMARY GOALS for the department supplanting crime reduction.

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  1. fear reduction
  2. order maintenance
  3. community health
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Police-sponsored fear-reduction programs have the potential to yield positive results in a number of areas: (3)

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  1. citizen participation in crime prevention programs
  2. Increased crime reporting
  3. positive relations with citizens
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Survey information can be used to:(3)

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  1. evaluate the effectiveness of police programs (such as fear reduction or attitudes toward the police)
  2. gauge behavior such as victimization or crime prevention efforts
  3. collect data to assist police in establishing goals & priorities
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This is the LIFEBLOOD of both traditional and community policing.

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Information

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12
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This is one of the most difficult aspects of community policing.

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Generating Community Involvement

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Neighborhoods are defined by:(4)

As a result different expectations within neighborhoods evolve.

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  1. ethnic
  2. religious
  3. other socioeconomic factors
  4. geographical boundaries
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Mission statements should endorse the most essential aspect of the community policing philosophy; which is:

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Giving people the power to set the police agenda and developing people-based accountability of the police.

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The most essential aspect of the Community Policing philosophy: (2)

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  1. Giving citizens the power to set the police agenda

2. Developing citizen-based accountability of the police

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16
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The hallmark of community policing is that policing is:

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tailored to neighborhood needs

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Strategies provide guidelines for the development of specific programs. CP has at least 3 strategic facets: These three parameters should guide operational planning when implementing Community Policing: (3)

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  1. geographical focus and ownership
  2. directly, daily, face to face contact
  3. prevention focus
18
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In regards to CP, officers mode of transportation: The optimal situation allows CPO’s to (1)__________, (2)____________,
(3)___________, or (4)___________around the best area at least some of the time.

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  1. walk
  2. ride a horse
  3. motor scooter
  4. bicycle
19
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Freeing officers from patrol cars altogether may be an essential step in:

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Reversing the pitfalls of traditional policing

20
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This refers to ferreting out the problems and conditions that cause crime.

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Prevention

21
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“The Programmatic Facet”

For the most part, community policing is operational through:

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1) reoriented police operations
2) problem-solving and situational crime prevention
3. community engagement

22
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Police operational units must use these methods and other alternatives to random patrol to target crime and disorder problems (3).

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  1. foot patrols
  2. directed patrols
  3. surveys
23
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Two primary tactics in community include:

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  1. problem-solving

2. situational crime prevention

24
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Problem-solving consists of the following four-step process:

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  1. specific identification
  2. careful analysis of the problem and its attributes
  3. identification of possible solutions
  4. implementation of a solution and a subsequent evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the solution.
25
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These questions should be asked by officers when attempting to solve problems:

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  1. What is the problem?
  2. Who is causing the problem?
  3. What can I do to resolve it?
26
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Situational crime prevention, a form of problem solving, comprises “opportunity-reducing measures that are: (3)

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  1. directed at highly specific forms of crime
  2. that involve the management, design, or manipulation of the immediate environment in as systematic and permanent way as possible
  3. reduce the rewards as perceived by a wide range of offenders
27
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Adherents to situational crime prevention believe that crime is a product of this:

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Rational choice

28
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How is getting citizens involved best accomplished?

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The police must encourage, motivate, or otherwise induce people to become involved in their communities.

29
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In some cases, a neighborhood or
community will be so disorganized that it does not have the resources to become involved in helping itself. In these instances, the police must: (3)

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  1. engage the community
  2. identify leaders
  3. begin building the community
30
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Community engagement is often best accomplished through:

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The establishment of partnerships

31
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There are a number of ways of implementing CP, including doing so gradually. Piecemeal arrangements include the formation of a special unit or concentration on specific geographical areas. In fact, it is virtually impossible to suddenly and comprehensively implement CP in all but the:

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Smallest departments

32
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Police officers are already involved in many non-law enforcement activities that have little to do with serious crime. These activities include: (6)

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  1. crowd control
  2. protecting politicians
  3. issuing traffic tickets
  4. giving directions
  5. investigating accidents
  6. helping stranded motorists
33
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The police officer must do many things: (3)

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  1. law officer and peace officer
  2. armed symbol of authority
  3. part-time social worker
34
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Community policing emphasizes that the police share more decision-making authority with the community; This type of policing seeks to preserve more ultimate decision making authority for the police.

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Problem-oriented

35
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This without community policing can quickly erode into aggressive law enforcement practices that have been shown to foster conflict and divide the police from the community.

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Problem-oriented

36
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Aggressive law enforcement tactics such as this are not in keeping with the spirit with community policing and were the hallmark of the failed traditional model of policing:

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Weed and Seed (an extension of Broken Windows)

37
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The Weed and Seed strategy is a two-pronged approach to crime control and prevention: (2)

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  1. law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate in “weeding out” criminals from the designated area
  2. “Seeding” brings prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood revitalization services to the area
38
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These are the engagement by the police with the community to cooperatively resolve community problems

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Community partnerships

39
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This is where community policing officers attempt to deal with the conditions that cause crime and negatively affect the quality of life in a community

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problem solving

40
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What is the purpose of the Community Oriented Policing Houses (COP)?

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  1. long term stabilization by way of building relationship with the community,
  2. improving the quality of life,
  3. reducing crime,
  4. consolidating resources
  5. providing programming
41
Q

Famega examined police workload studies and found that about _____% of officers time is devoted to answering crime related calls for service.

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75%

42
Q

The office of Homeland security identified four primary goals for homeland security. What are they?

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  1. Prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks
  2. Protect the American people, critical infrastructure, and key resources
  3. Respond to and recover from incidents that do occur
  4. Continue to strength the foundation to ensure long-term success

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