Training Key - Community Oriented Policing Part 1 Flashcards
Economic, political and social pressures have forced the police to search for better ways to bring peace to their communities.
True
The most recent of these organizational and management models to be tested is
community policing
Evolutionary process in American policing will continue to involve
experimentation, evaluation and change.
The notion of community policing arose from
the conflict, disorder and crime of the 1960’s where the civil rights movement brought into question the performance of many important elements of the government.
agencies would operate much like a business or military organization
“professional”
One of the more significant side effects was the “professional” model of policing
insulation and isolation of the police agencies from the community
The professional model suggested that the only appropriate answers to crime and disorder were those generated by the police themselves
True
Robert Trajanowicz and David Carter defined community policing as:
A philosophy and not a specific tactic; community policing is a proactive, decentralized approach designed to reduce crime, disorder, and by extension, fear of crime by involving the same officer in the same community on a long-term basis. Community policing can also be distinguished from other forms of policing because it derives its priorities in part from community input.
Community Policing Consortium which includes the IACP:
The foundations of successful community policing strategy are the close, mutual beneficial ties between the police and community members. Community policing consists of two complementary components. Community partnerships and problem solving. To develop community partnerships, police must develop positive relationships with the community, must involve the community in the quest for better crime control and prevention and must pool their resources with those of the community to address the most urgent concerns of the community members. Problem solving is the process through which the specific concerns of communities are identified and through which the most appropriate remedies to abate these problems are found.
In problem-oriented policing the community identifies problems and assists the police in finding solutions, but the police are the ones who choose which problems to target and they are the primary problem solvers. In community policing agencies, collaborative problem identification and problem solving is much more prevalent.
True
The goal of COP
to reduce crime and disorder by identifying the problems in individual neighborhoods and working with the community to find solutions.
should be a small, well-defined geographic area and should be defined in such a manner as to maintain he social and geographic uniqueness of the neighborhood while allowing for efficient and effective police services. The community should be served by one or more officers on a permanent assignment.
“Community”
stressed in community policing agencies. Situations and environments are sought where officers and citizens cane be brought together in meaningful discussion or healthy interaction.
Positive, personal contact between officers and community members
Officers pursuing community policing agendas must be willing and available to
listen, talk and communicate with their neighborhood-partners and to act collaboratively toward the solutions
Concerns of the community may not be the same as the concerns of the officers or their agencies
True