Community Oriented Policing Research Paper

Community oriented policing is used by police stations to both improve relations with neighboring communities and improve crime prevention. An example of this would be a neighborhood watch, which officers and community members would walk the town to prevent crime and disorder. Between weaponry and rank structure our police do seem to look a lot like a military. The rank structure of the military allows for easy disimination of information and helps leadership incharge of large numbers, manage those persons easier, so its not hard to see why the rank structures are similar. Though local police use smaller arms such as pistols, larger cities have a much higher potential for riots and higher level crime. Which in turn requires police to possess …show more content…
The program started with just 3 neighborhoods patroling there communities and quickly grew to hold 52 neighborhoods with over 500 active members. The Cleveland Police Department has several different informational programs that cater to the citizen. The include Distributing information at community events, meeting with property owners about improvements in security, and meetings with employees during their lunch to discuss home and automobile safety. The Austin Police Department also has several programs to inform citizens on various topics. One is the Citizen Police Academy, which is a 14 weekly classes that discuss the units within the department. There is also Ticketing Aggressive Cars and trucks (TACT), through which the police educate citizens on safe driving techneques. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has a multitude of programs dedicated to prevention of future crimes. The Victim Notification and Notification Everday (VINE) is one of these programs. It gives victims and witnesses of crime the ability to find out if the criminal that the saw or were interacted with is in custidy and what there status is. It provides victims with an ease of mind from the