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Police Functions
• Crime control/ Deterrence (patrols, police presence)
• Conflict resolution
• Maintain order
• Public safety
• Enforce statutes; protect constitutional guarantees
• Provide assistance to citizens, including emergency assistance
• Traffic control and management
Police Roles
• De-stress crime fighting
• Focus on peacekeeping; maintaining order
• Stress importance of non-crime issues
-Community problems
-Non-crime issues
Citizen expectations from Police
•Maintain social boundary
*Removal of those who don’t belong
•Relieve unpleasant situations
*Loud music/parties, family disturbances
•Counterpunching
*Divert attention from self
- Provide emergency services
Management aka. Operational Styles #1
Watchmen Style Management
 Focuses on keeping order
 Officers ignore minor violations
 Settles disputes informally- street justice
 Found in poorer communities
Operational Styles #2
Legalistic Style Management
o Premium on handling matters formally, “by-the-book.”
o Reduce discretion to a minimum= more arrests
o Impartial arrests for all crimes
o Found in cities
Operational Styles #3
Service Style Management
o Stresses community service above law enforcement
o Emphasizes due process
o Officer encourages making referrals to social service agencies
Police Subculture
A. Active policing
i. Aggressive style
ii. More officer initiated contacts
B. Passive policing
i. Laid back
ii. Observer type
iii. More citizen initiated contacts
Patrol Functions
A. Deterrence
-Random effect
B. Enhance feelings of public safety
-City-wide patrols take focus away from crime “hot spots”
C. Make police available to citizenry
Patrol Activities
A. MODERN DAY IDEAL: Officers directed to crime hot spots, drug locations, community crime prevention( tactical deployment)
B. REALITY: Patrol activities are not directed by supervisors
a. Unplanned patrols
C. Typical shift
a. 5 response calls averaging 90 minutes total (19% of shift time)
b. 5 % other directed activities
c. Over 70% of shift time unassigned
i. Random patrols; self-initiated
ii. Responding as back –up to other patrol units (not directed by dispatcher)
D. PROACTIVE POLICIES
a. Accepted, but not applied, by administrators
b. As a whole, have not reached the rank & file
c. Little evidence of:
i. Directed patrol
ii. Saturation patrols
iii. Crackdown strategies
E. VEHICLE & FOOT PATROLS
a. No specific instructions or directives from supervisors
b. Random nature in spite of high-tech crime mapping & COMSTAT
c. Overall, patrols have inordinate amount of discretionary time
F. DEFIENCY LIES IN FORTUNE SUPERVISORS
a. Not giving specific directives
b. Managers untrained; do no
Investigative Functions
-Locate witnesses and suspects
-Arrest criminals
-Collect, preserve, and analyze evidence
- interview witnesses
- interrogate suspects
- write reports
- recover stolen property
- seize contraband
- prepare cases and testify in court
Detective Functions
- Don't have to wear uniforms
- Have offices and desks
- Have steady work hours
- Receive higher compensation and higher rank
Community Policing
a. Emphasis on crime prevention
b. Foots patrols preferred
c. Partnership with citizenry- active involvement of community members
i. Joint efforts in problem solving
ii. SARA: scanning, analysis, response, assessment