Community Policing: Relationship Between The Police And The Community

Community policing is beneficial for both police officers and the community because the officers put in the effort to fix any problems in the community in addition to enforcing law (Pollock, 2017). This type of policing produces a relationship between the police department and the residents throughout the community (Pollock, 2017). The focus is on social issues that ultimately result in crime being committed (Pollock, 2017). “In community policing initiatives, police officers were involved in cleaning up parks and graffiti, helping to raze abandoned houses, helping to start youth programs, setting up storefront locations to improve communications with community members, and having community meetings to listen to what citizens think are the problems of the community” (Pollock, 2017, p. 121). …show more content…
It can teach police officers to do the right thing and what he or she shouldn’t do as an officer (Pollock, 2017). Getting a closer look into the community can only make officers better employees and people, and serve the people more efficiently because their profession requires them to work within the community each day (Pollock, 2017). Community policing may act as an “insulator” against unethical behavior because working in the community will make officers want to make the right decisions and gain the trust of the residents (Pollock, 2017). If the police and the community have a positive relationship, that relationship can be used to prevent unethical behavior (Pollock,