Third Party Policing Strategies

In the last century, policing strategies to enforce new laws and trying to get rid of crime has been evolving along the decades. The new actions in the policing system are to come up with problem solving strategies. The main concern is to have third party policing, which are to become more aware of the smaller crimes. According to the article The Politics of Third-Party Policing it states “The concept refers to police insistence upon the involvement of non-offending third, parties (usually place managers) in the control of criminal and disorderly behavior, creating a de facto new element of public duty (Buerger, 1998, p. 89).” First of all, Michael E. Buerger wrote The Politics of Third-Party Policing on 1998 published by Northeastern University. …show more content…
It is important because the issues are happening every day and it is more than crucial to find the issues quick and apply them to policing. What can the strategies do for the police system and how important is to know about them because they can lead police departments to apply them to several offenders. It needs to be stated where the strategies should and will be applied. For example, is it better to apply third parties to be applied around gang areas, low income neighborhoods etc. Many people wonder why haven’t the police come up with the solution to stop all crime, the reality is that crime is always going to be around. For example the journal the guardian angels are back state the issue that crime is still around. The journal talks about these guardian angels have not been around for a while, but have return because the leader believes that the New York Mayor is not keeping the city safe enough for the people. Policing should take in regard of the consequences of what if the strategies don’t work and fail all the time, should policing keep making new strategies or just keep the ones they have today. Nonetheless, it is all just to put into consideration, but thankfully policing is doing well in preventing crime a much as possible to have better communities and better cities so that people can feel …show more content…
I can say that the sources used in the article are reputable because they have enough insight information on what are the goals of third parties. The sources go into depth with details, which makes the sources used in the article clear enough for the readers. I see that the author did not leave a lot out that is important, but he did leave sources that explain how the third parties will be 100% effective. The author overemphasize what the third parties are for, he talked a lot about the solutions. The author did not over privileged on this article; everything was enough information to understand the goals of the third parties when it comes to applying it to non-violent offenders. Buergers is presenting the information balanced because he is not giving more than one side; it is all about finding the best solution to stop crimes and prevent those crimes that are not violent such as lift shopping. Overall, I have a personal reaction to the article because I have been informed on what can be the best strategies to stop all sorts of crime. The piece did hold my interest because it is important for the people to understand that crimes are always going to be around and knowing these crimes can help them touch their hearts and not commit future small felonies. The piece did not bother me because I am the type of person who seeks new strategies to reduce crime,