Community Policing Essay

As I was analyzing the literature that some of my peers have already done, I found out that two authors Robert Trojanowicz and Bonnie Bucqueroux whom have already covered various aspects of my research question. In 1994 Trojanowicz and Bucqueroux published a book titled Community policing : how to get started. Within this book the two authors explain succinct definition to better define exactly what community policing is. The extended definition is as follows: Community policing is a philosophy and an organizational strategy that promotes new partnership between people and police. Community policing compels a department-wide engagement from everyone, citizens and sworn members, to the community policing philosophy. It is based on the premise that both the police and the community must work together to identify, prioritize, and solve contemporary problems such as crime, drugs, fear of crime, social and physical disorder, and overall neighborhood decay, with the goal of improving the overall quality of life in the area.
Community Policing’s succinct definition is mentioned as, “The 9P's of Community Policing”. “Community policing is a philosophy of full service personalized policing, where the same officer patrols and works in the same area on a permanent basis, from a decentralized place, working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify …show more content…
Community policing is not a program, public relations, community harassment, anti-technology, soft on crime, flamboyant, paternalistic, cosmetic, top-down approach, another name for social work, just about results, discriminatory, aimed at any one social class, safe, a quick-fix, just another name for business as usual. (Trojanowicz & Bucqueroux 1998 p. 10, 11 &