Common Sense Ch. 14- The Police Leader's Role in Community Policing Flashcards
Community- oriented policing, or simply community policing, is the preferred way of doing business for American Law Enforcement in the twenty-first century. What constitutes community policing, thus, varies from:
one police person and organization to the next.
(Blank) is the preferred way of doing business in the twenty-first century.
Community- oriented policing, or simply community policing.
(Blank) is a philosophy or mindset for an entire law enforcement operation or organization. It requires a diversity of approaches ranging from the vehicle patrol to foot beats, information-gathering to hard- nosed enforcement.
Community policing
Community policing helps people feel and be safe by targeting both (blank) and (blank).
“hard” crime, and nuisance offenses that breed disorder.
Community Policing
The idea is to involved the police officer assigned to the area with the citizens living, working, or playing there to identify problems and:
mutually develop solutions for them.
Community Policing
The idea is to involved the police officer assigned to the area with the citizens (blank), (blank), or (blank) there to identify problems and mutually develop solutions for them.
living, working, or playing
Individual officers working in a community policing structure seek the be (blank) as opposed to (blank) in their approached to their duties. The seek to prevent a growing problem from escalating to the point where frequent police intervention is required.
proactive, reactive
Individual officers working in a community policing structure seek the be proactive as opposed to reactive in their approached to their duties. The seek to prevent a growing problem from escalating to the point where:
frequent police intervention is required.
Community policing, in its true form, only exists where: the community or some element of it, in addition to the police, participates in the problem identification, analysis, and solution process.
the community or some element of it, in addition to the police, participates in the problem identification, analysis, and solution process.
Community policing, in its true form, only exists where the community or some element of it, in addition to the police, participates in the: (3)
problem identification, analysis, and solution process.
Problem Solving:
Problem Solving formula followed by community policing officers: (4)
- Identify the problem by, or series of problems, by breaking the situations down into parts.
- Identify the actor involved.
- Solicit information and possible solutions from those involved.
- Officers and this involved assess the results of their actions.
- Identify the problem by, or series of problems, by breaking the situations down into parts.
- Identify the actor involved.
- Solicit information and possible solutions from those involved.
- Officers and this involved assess the results of their actions.
Problem Solving Formula followed by Community Policing Officers
In determining just what community policing is, it may be helpful for the law enforcement supervisor to ascertain what is it NOT: (3)
- It is not intended to be a public relations trick
- It is not intended to be warm and fuzzy or soft on criminals
- Community policing is not anti-supervision or “no accountability” oriented.
Community policing does not necessarily require the creation of special units within the organization. To work best, community policing must be an (blank) or way of doing things that is practiced by patrol officers, detectives and support personnel alike.
agency wide mindset
Community policing does not necessarily require the creation of special units within the organization. To work best, community policing must be an agency wide mindset or way of doing things that is practiced by : (3)
patrol officers, detectives and support personnel alike.
(Blank) are critical to the success of community policing and must be afforded the opportunity to participate regardless of where in the jurisdiction or the time of day that they work.
Uniformed officers.
Uniformed officers are critical to the success of community policing and must be afforded the opportunity to participate regardless of:
where in the jurisdiction or the time of day that they work.
The Supervisor’s Role:
The (blank) most often determines whether or not community policing will succeed.
the front line supervisor
Who most often determines whether or not community policing will succeed?
the front line supervisor
Expert on community policing emphasize that ideas and efforts must originate with (blank) and their (blank) for the concept to work best.
line- level officers and their first line supervisors
Supervising effectively in a law enforcement agency that has switched to community policing may require that the supervisor modify somewhat the:
rigid controls that have long characterized the quasi- military way of directing and controlling subordinates.
Community policing officers must, of necessity, get to know “their” people well to find out what is troubling them and:
how they can help solve the problem at hand.
To supervise effectively in an agency practicing community policing, a supervisor must be able to shift his attention away from numbers only and too rigid rules, and focus as well on his peoples: (3)
- knowledge of their area
- their citizens
- the problems to be found there
Supervisors can aid their community policing practitioners by helping them plan their efforts. The supervisor who really understands how community policing works realizes that the best ideas for solutions most often come from the bottom up, not the other way around. He can help with a problem or project; but what must he not do?
take it over.
