Community Policing Philosophy

Since local police officers are likely to be the first to contact a terrorist and a terrorist attack it's important to give them more independent decision making power. This will make them more responsible and accountable for taking action in a crisis situation, since there may be no time for decisions to come down from supervisors. Also those officers who have been part of the community for a long amount of time can identify anything suspicious or out of the ordinary and this intelligence gathering could be very helpful for counter-terrorism. When a police officer has been apart of the community for a prolonged period of time they can also have a trusting relationship with community members m which can help reduce fear and increase satisfaction(Schneider and Chapman -Community policing and terrorism).
After 9-11 the Bush administration had created a program to help get regular citizens involved in homeland security with Citizen Corps(Bush 2004 Whitehouse.gov). This community …show more content…
This prevention of crime led by the community members include terrorism and all other crime. If community members have social efficacy and a stake in the community it seems they wouldn't want a terrorist attack that's connected to their community because that will bring harm to them. This is where reaching out to Muslim communities is crucial by showing them police are here to protect and serve them in their homes, at the mosque, at work and any other place they may frequent(Lyons, 2002). The police must show that they aren’t there just to use the people for information but care about the lives of the people,especially since some of the immigrants may have come from places with very corrupt government where police were avoided at all costs such as in Sudan or