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Chapter 2 Policing Strategies Flashcards

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  1. An alternative strategy to traditional policing that emphasizes close interaction between police and the neighborhoods they serve.
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Community policing

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  1. When did community policing reemerge?
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In the 1980s.

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  1. This strategy draws extensively from the principles of policing attributed to Robert Peel.
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Community policing

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  1. Dissatisfied with traditional policing’s emphasis on separation of police and the public, citizens and police began to…
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collaborate in seeking solutions to chronic community problems. The modern concept of community policing was born.

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  1. In many ways, especially for people in poverty, the police are the agency of:
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First and last resort.

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  1. Based on the assumption that police and citizens of a specific community share the same values.
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The community policing strategy

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  1. Thus, community policing may work differently in different communities, dependent on…
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what those shared values are.

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  1. This diversity of communities makes it difficult to..
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define community policing strategy in formal terms.

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  1. In an agency that uses this strategy, the policing efforts are customized to the needs of individual community.
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community policing strategy

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  1. In an agency that uses this strategy, AGENCY LEADERS emphasize decentralization of the organization.
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community policing strategy

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  1. With the community policing strategy, agency leaders emphasize decentralization of the organization, for example, by allowing…
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“Line–level officers” to make decisions and help solve problems that directly affect citizen’s lives in a NEIGHBORHOOD.

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  1. They recognize that crime control (law enforcement) is only one function of the police when agencies use the community policing strategy,
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Citizens

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  1. Can generate important insights, such as which areas in the community contain more elderly or young people, and where income and education disparities are widest.
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Demographic and statistical information.

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  1. Community policing-Problem identification methods:
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– Citizen surveys.
– Demographic and statistical information.
– Dialogue with community leaders.

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  1. Community policing strategy: Once the problem is identified, the agency and COMMUNITY develop…
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solutions, implement them, and evaluate their effectiveness.

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  1. Community policing can take many forms, but key elements include:
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bonds of trust and collaboration between police and the public.

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  1. Agencies that get the most value from community policing strategy adopt it’s:
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Philosophy and practical application throughout the organization, rather than merely promoting it in just one or two parts of the agency.

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  1. Community policing occurs every time police officers meet with community members to…
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Discuss and resolve community-based concerns.

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  1. Community policing occurs every time solutions are customized to fit the..
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Unique needs and circumstances of a community.

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  1. A philosophy, management style, and organizational design that promotes proactive problem solving and police-COMMUNITY partnerships to address causes of fear, crime, and COMMUNITY issues.
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Community policing

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  1. A policing philosophy as well as strategy that promotes COMMUNITY engagement, participation, and problem-solving; “action” that leads to discovery and implementation of solutions to problems.
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Community policing

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An approach to policing that focuses on crime and social disorder through delivery of police services that include aspects of traditional law enforcement as well as prevention, problem-solving, COMMUNITY engagement, and partnerships…

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Community policing

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  1. Balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder.
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The community policing MODEL.

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Requires police and citizens to join together as partners, by this they forge a more intimate relationship than with the traditional approach.

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Community policing.

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  1. In agencies that use the community policing strategy, both police personnel and community residents may accept that the traditional policing strategy is still…
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valuable and appropriate under certain circumstances.

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  1. Everyone involved understands the police not only enforce the law, they serve the public, and unlike traditional policing, community policing is..
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Proactive rather than reactive.

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  1. Cities that have successfully integrated the community policing strategy into their operations have reported…
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increased job satisfaction among all levels of personnel as well as a sense of empowerment and of being valued.

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  1. These characteristics of community policing create certain advantages, including meaningful communication between citizens and…
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LINE officers as well as increased communication between line officers and their IMMEDIATE superiors, leading to greater confidence in all agency members.

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  1. In agencies that want to adopt the community policing strategy but in which concerns have emerged…
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managers can emphasize the new role that line officers will play in driving the initiative.

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  1. Community policing recognizes that (__ __) should not be viewed in the same light as chronic (__ __).
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(responsible citizens) (criminal offenders)

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  1. The practical application of community policing involves…
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Citizens and police working together to be tougher on crime.

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  1. In some cases, excessive enthusiasm for community policing coupled with unrealistic expectations of what an agency can accomplish through it, leads to the…
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abandonment of the strategy.

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  1. An agency might also decide to steer clear of community policing if police managers favor…
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traditional gauges of police performance, which value quantitative measurements such as number of arrests.

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  1. Community policing requires knowledge and skills (such as leadership) that differ from those that:
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Line officers traditionally acquired in training.

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  1. To be sure, fostering a sense of community between (__ __) and (__) is no small feat.
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(police representatives) (residents)

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  1. Real distinctions between officers and those they serve can cause this understandable mentality to arise.
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“Us verses them”

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  1. This mentality often erodes communication between police and citizens and in some cases sparks civil unrest.
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“Us versus them”

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  1. The most visible and readily available representative government.
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The police

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  1. In order to combat community policing problems, police agency members and citizens must strive to cultivate a strong sense of…
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community in which all share responsibility for reducing and preventing crime and disorder.

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  1. The police can do their part combating problems with community policing by responding to:
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Non-crime concerns and referring citizens to agencies capable of addressing those concerns.

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  1. Managers can point out that community policing makes traditional policing more effective because..
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calls for service are received from the same citizens the officers regularly work with.

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  1. Use of tools such as surveys can help generate information needed to fine tune an agency’s:
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Community policing practices.

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  1. Maintaining citizens’ confidence in police by responding when police forward citizen complaints/concerns…this kind of cross agency collaboration requires…
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Effective leadership by the police.

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  1. What can generate insights to help a police agency strengthen it’s community policing efforts?
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Internal and external surveys

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  1. Agencies can use external surveys to solicit comments from citizens concerning their experiences with officers who:
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Respond to calls for service.

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  1. Many external surveys ask citizens to rate officers on criteria including:
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Professional conduct, level of concern, effort to put the citizen at ease, helpfulness, and subject matter expertise.

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  1. Who can maintain citizens confidence in police by ensuring their agencies respond when police forward citizen complaints or concerns to them?
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Top level city and county administrators.

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  1. The tactical implementation of community policing.
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Problem oriented policing

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  1. REPRESENTS the tactical implementation of community policing.
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Problem oriented policing STRATEGY

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  1. According to this strategy, problems differ from incidents.
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Problem oriented policing strategy.

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  1. A single occurrence requiring a response from police.
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Incident

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  1. Problem oriented police officers and managers prioritize problems according to importance as follows:
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1) community.
2) police agency.
3) frequency of occurrence.

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  1. The occurrence of two or more incidents of a similar nature.
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Problem

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  1. Problem oriented police officers and managers appreciate the significance of issues to the community. They prioritize problems according to their importance to the…
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community (top priority), their importance to to the police agency (next-level priority), and their frequency of occurrence (next priority).

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  1. Problem oriented police officers and managers may also categorize Incidents according to…
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crime type, nature, geography (neighborhood), time or people involved (suspects/victims).

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  1. The founder of the modern concept of problem oriented policing.
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Herman Goldstein

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  1. Herman Goldstein suggests that police agencies interested in adopting problem oriented policing strategy should…
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shift from Inward orientation to an outward orientation.

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  1. Inward orientation
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Using internal evaluation criteria such as number of sworn officers.

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  1. Outward orientation
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Using external criteria such as an agency’s impact on chronic problems in the community.

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  1. Goldstein thus advocates…
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attention to effectiveness over efficiency.

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  1. Agencies using problem oriented policing strategy place less emphasis on statistics and more emphasis on:
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Initiatives designed to eliminate problems.

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  1. Problem oriented police officers and managers may also categorize incidents as follows:
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– Crime type.
– Nature.
– Geography.
– Time.
– People involved.
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  1. One of the most commonly used approaches in problem oriented policing.
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SARA problem-solving model.

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  1. To use the SARA problem solving model, police and community members progress through four steps:
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  1. Scan.
  2. ANALYZE
  3. Respond.
  4. Assess.
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  1. Identify crime and disorder problems in the community.
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  1. Gather and examine information about the problem.
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SARA: 37. Reviewing crime reports, field intelligence report, and citizen interviews to determine the local problem.

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  1. Evaluate responses’ efficiency and effectiveness.
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  1. Prostitution, loitering, minor drug offensives, and panhandling fall under these types of crimes.
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Quality of life crimes

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  1. The problem oriented policing strategy has been used to address:
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Crime and disorder problems affecting broad territories.

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  1. Challenges to problem oriented policing strategy: Requires police officers to demonstrate:
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Skills that they would not typically acquire through basic and in-service training programs.

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  1. Skills required by police officers using problem oriented policing strategy:
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Engaging citizens groups, thinking critically, analyzing situations, communicating effectively, assessing the usefulness of responses to problems.

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  1. Police managers and officers can gain skills for problem oriented policing strategy through:
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Leadership development programs.

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  1. Examples of “Community policing” in action.
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“Team policing” and “neighborhood policing”

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  1. Both practices involve use of police officer teams to address issues and to help residents resolve issues on the small scale.
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“Team policing” and “neighborhood policing”

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  1. The success of these practices hinges on the quality of the personal encounters between the officers and residents.
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“Team policing” and “neighborhood policing”

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In fact, in some areas where there is little reduction in crime, positive interactions between the police and the public can still…

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markedly decrease residents’ fear of crime.

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  1. Intelligence lead policing integrates…
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“problem oriented policing and zero-tolerance policing”

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  1. Develop and implement solutions to the problem.
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  1. Through this strategy, police continuously ANALYZE incidents that occur in the recent past and develop action plans for addressing the problem.
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“INTELLIGENCE lead policing”

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  1. Intelligence-led policing:
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A strategy that integrates problem oriented policing and zero-tolerance policing through continuous ANALYSIS of information about problems and development of action plans to resolve problems.

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  1. (Specific GIS technology) GIS management systems are used to pinpoint responsibility and accountability for:
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Police efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance.

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  1. (GIS) technology Is used to identify, ANALYZE , and respond quickly to reported:
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Incidents of crime and disorder.

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  1. Agencies that emphasize the intelligence lead policing strategy may use these to ANALYZE the resulting data.
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– Compstat.
– GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
– Frequent meetings.

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  1. CompStat: Gathering of accurate and timely intelligence is done through:
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Direct observation, surveys, and other sources.

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  1. CompStat aims to reduce crime through a specific series of actions: Gathering of accurate/timely intelligence through direct observation, surveys, and other sources. Use of effective tactics such as surveillance, saturation patrol and community partnerships.
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Rapid deployment of personnel and resources including task forces and teams. Relentless follow-up and assessment and performance outcomes such as citizen satisfaction, police response time, and offender recidivism.

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  1. With intelligence led policing two or more incidents of a similar nature can indicate a…
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Trend toward a major problem.

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  1. Obtaining an processing the information that makes intelligence led policing a possibility is this kind of process.
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Cyclical five-step process.

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  1. Step 1: Intelligence led policing.
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Identify crime parameters, develop questions and define priorities for collecting raw data and determine how they will be ANALYZED.

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  1. Step 2: Intelligence led policing
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Review existing intelligence and collect new (raw) data.

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  1. Step 3:Intelligence led policing
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ANALYZE data collected and format them as reports, briefings, and other
presentations.

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  1. Step 4: Intelligence led policing
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Disseminate intelligence to appropriate individuals for review and storage in database.

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  1. Step 5: Intelligence led policing
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Gather feedback regarding the value of the intelligence and recommended courses of action.

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  1. Five steps to intelligence led policing.
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Step 1: Identify crime parameters.
Step 2: Review existing intelligence.
Step 3: Analyze data.
Step 4: Disseminate intelligence.
Step 5: Gather feedback.
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  1. This policing strategy can also be implemented simultaneously with other strategies such as traditional and community policing.
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The intelligence-led policing.

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  1. One great strength of intelligence led policing is that it gives agencies and opportunity to:
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Intercept troubling trends early.

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  1. This strategy requires DAILY accountability for demonstrating results, and strong partnerships between the police and the community.
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Intelligence-led policing strategy.

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  1. The challenge of this strategy are its demands a high level of technological sophistication to gather and ANALYZE detailed, timely, and accurate information.
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Intelligence-led policing strategy.

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  1. The strategy requires unit commanders must know about event trends emerging during the past few weeks and have a detailed plan for addressing problems.
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Intelligence-led policing

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  1. The strategy requires unit commanders must be available on a DAILY basis to present incident data from the previous 24 hours.
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Intelligence-led policing

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  1. Agencies adopting strategic policing start by (1) ESTABLISHING GOALS informed by Crime and disorder trends, directives from a chief of police or mayor, or community input, then…
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(2) DEVELOP STRATEGIES for achieving those goals – strategies that are influenced by priorities of stakeholders.

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  1. SWOT
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(Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis and strategic planning.

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  1. Strategic policing CAN be an _______ of Community policing.
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  1. STRATEGIC policing is an ingredient of community policing and seeks to integrate proven private and public-sector organizational management techniques with
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PUBLIC POLICING STRATEGY

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  1. Community policing strategy allocates police resources in accordance with:
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Community priorities.

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  1. The strategy emphasizes high visibility of police in the neighborhood.
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Community policing.

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  1. This strategy emphasizes rapport with the community.
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Community policing.

108
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  1. Seeks to integrate proven private and public sector organizational management techniques with public policing strategy.
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Strategic policing.

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  1. This strategy emphasizes fewer arrests due to the more proactive (preventive) role of the police.
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Community policing.

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  1. The strategy emphasizes decentralization of the police organizational command structure.
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Community policing strategy.

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  1. This strategy calls for visionary incorporation of established police operations into a broader mission focus on peacekeeping and prevention of crime.
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Strategic policing strategy.

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  1. To use strategic policing, an agency must:
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Develop plans, identify key performance objectives and outcome indicators, make effective/efficient delivery of services the top priority.

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  1. To use this strategy an agency must also establish strong alliances with the community to address disorder, prosecute criminals, and prevent crime.
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Strategic policing strategy.

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  1. To use strategic policing, the agency must shift from a culture of reaction and blind compliance to one of:
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Self-motivation, empowerment, and neighborhood ownership of problems and solutions.

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  1. Employees should be involved in strategic planning. Employees understand and can articulate the agency’s key:
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strengths and weaknesses as well as it’s formal and informal mandates.

116
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  1. For the strategy to be effective, everything within the agency must align behind agreed-upon strategies.
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Strategic policing strategy.

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  1. SWOT analysis can help a policing agency focus on:
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The right problem and select the right solution – thus creating value for the community it serves.

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  1. STRATEGIC policing IS an INGREDIENT of…
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Community policing

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  1. Through SWOT analysis, agency personnel assess the following:
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– Strengths.

– Weaknesses.

– Opportunities.

– Threats.

120
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  1. SWOT analysis: Agency vulnerabilities. These may include reduced financial resources due to budget cuts or high attrition of personnel.
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Weaknesses

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  1. SWOT analysis: Changes occurring outside the agency presenting possibilities for enhancing efficiency or effectiveness. Examples- New software that makes it easier to track crime trend data, or heightened interest among residents to forge partnerships with police.
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Opportunities

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  1. SWOT analysis: Developments outside the agency that may impede smooth operation or ability to serve the community. For instance, City Council voting to reduce number of authorized personnel within the agency.
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  1. SWOT analysis: The agency’s existing resources and capabilities, may include reputation in the community and highly trained personnel.
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  1. Through SWOT analysis, (__ __) combine strengths and opportunities to move the agency forward in a productive direction.
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Police managers.

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  1. SWOT analysis: By recognizing the presence of threats and weaknesses, (__ __) can take steps to mitigate or eliminate vulnerabilities.
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Agency management.

126
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  1. This strategy suggests police officers are more than first responders and should be evaluated on more than how many arrests or how complete reports are.
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Strategic policing

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  1. This strategy requires managers and employees gain familiarity with private sector tools like SWOT, taking stock of agency Strengths, weaknesses, external opportunities, and threats.
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Strategic policing..

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  1. This strategy requires managers and employees to understand strategic plans, agency goals, performance measures, underlying causes of problems, and timeline for implementation of strategic initiatives.
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Strategic policing

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  1. The strategy enables agencies to fulfill its’ mission, realize mandates, adapt to changing community concerns thus improving effectiveness.
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Strategic policing

130
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  1. Strategic policing strategy fosters learning by prompting ___ ___ to define goals and evaluate progress toward those goals.
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Agency leaders.

131
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  1. This strategy fosters learning by prompting agency leaders to define goals and evaluate progress towards those goals.
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Strategic policing

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  1. Strategic policing strategy minus side: “They” need to master the skills of strategic planning and thinking.
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Strategic policing agency managers and employees.

133
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  1. Strategic policing IS an _________ of Community policing.
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Ingredient

134
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  1. Strategic policing strategy minus side: Developing the skills for strategic planning and thinking takes ___ and ___–resources that can be in short supply.
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Time and investment.

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  1. This strategy enhances efficiency, enabling agency to focus limited resources on key priorities-thus extracting more value from resources.
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Strategic policing

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