Community Engagement Flashcards
What is Community Engagement?
A dynamic relational process that facilitates communication, interaction, involvement, and exchange between an organization and a community for a range of social and organizational outcomes.
What is Community Policing?
A philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic 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.
What significant change occurred in Boston in 1854?
The City replaced the Watch Organization with the Boston Police Department.
What form of communication influenced the Boston Police Department?
Telephone.
What milestone did Boston achieve in 1903 regarding police vehicles?
Boston was the first city in the US to use an automobile as a police cruiser.
What was the purpose of the BPD Strike in 1919?
To improve wages and working conditions for Patrolmen.
Who is the Founder of Modern Policing?
Sir Robert Peele.
What is the significance of Peele’s 9 Principles?
Principle 7 is considered the root of Community Policing.
What does Principle 7 state?
“The police are the public and the public are the police.”
What is Chief Ramsy’s view on the role of the police?
The role of the police is to protect the constitutional rights of all.
