Police Culture Policing

Modern policing is in an internal and external struggle with Police culture and the roles policing plays in order today. Police culture or subculture, ostensibly, have virtuous effects and some severely immoral and unethical effects on the officers; consequently, the effectiveness of policing can be perceived as a diligent working force or a corrupt inept working force. This involves the attitudes of community members towards law enforcement officers; making an anti-police attitude or a more community minded policing structure. Changes have been made on the police roles and society, with the police culture, focusing on Criminal Justice and Social Justice. Reforms have been made to assist law enforcement officials carry out a much broader scope …show more content…
This does not preclude the reactionary role of policing, such as emergencies, investigations and other areas involving crime fighting as in traditional policing. Prevention for the community policing method is a broad scope of labor intensive hours worked. This includes community activities where police presence is noticed at functions, where officers are seen in high crime areas to dissuade more criminal acts from occurring and with interacting with individual’s in the communities to encourage the bond of trust between the officer and the citizen. Greater consideration for prevention is an important concept for the modern police officer and law enforcement agencies. …show more content…
The cultural aspects of policing have not, however, with the new community policing and trainings, new ideas and philosophies are being used to incorporate a friendlier, kinder law enforcement officer who abides by the law and enforces the law; correspondingly is interacting with public in which he serves to be proactive, assist community members feel safer and have trust worthy relationships with law enforcement officers. Perhaps with reforms, advances in technologies, interacting with individuals more; productivity measures can be evaluated and used. There is still a need for traditional forms of policing, but placing prevention and productivity with traditional policing strategies, above all else keeping the Constitution of the United States and the Rights of the citizens’ officers are sworn to serve and protect, in the forefront of police officers’ minds, to do their duty with due diligence and without corruption; may prove to be a vital enhancement for police roles in