The Pros And Cons Of Traditional Policing

The way police serve their communities have been organized around different philosophies which are not always perfect but have had a lot of success. Traditional, problem-oriented, community oriented, and order maintenance policing models of policing are very different but ultimately have one goal, a way to solve problems in the community. Crime has evolved over the years and so must policing so that there is order. Some of these methods like traditional policing is still widely used and is the core of all policing even with other methods being used. Location is also a factor when it comes to the success of these different models. Traditional policing is the best known model of policing and is still a standard style of law enforcement. It is a reactive style of policing where police officers react to service calls and crime when they are on patrol. This …show more content…
Although traditional policing is still the core of policing, other models are implemented to find a new way to solve and prevent crime. Community policing has had some media attention with some people in the community over stepping their boundaries but the model is not at fault. There are rules set as to how far a member of the community can go when it comes to helping the police and keeping their community safe. With the police and the community working together, a better relationship is formed and it also makes the police look better which is why management loved it. Problem oriented policing and order maintenance policing are similar in a way because they both focus on one part of crime. Order maintenance looks at minor offenses while problem oriented looks at only the crime rather than all of the other factors like the community. Not all models are perfect, some still try and disprove or fix them, but they have had some success in dropping