Let it be known that while 1400 citizens of approximately 3 million which populate the city of Emerson are responsible for the crimes committed, they are not acting independent of one another. Rather, it is a collection of small organized crime groups of which the 1,400 individuals belong who are responsible for the violence acts towards other crime groups. Notably, there has been a surge of violence over the past three years coupled by a disturbing increase in shootings and murders over the past eighteen months which needs to be addressed immediately. There has been a proposal of a new project introduced by the Transmorgian Civil Rights Union (TCRU) to take over the existing Subjects of Interest List (SOIL) which has been active for three
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Thus, meeting force with force has been found to be ineffective. Contrastingly, TCRU’s proposed neighbourhood targeting program involves the community and allows them to have a voice about the crime in their own neighbourhoods. Utilizing the broken windows technique is one method which promotes safety among high-crime locations where unlawful acts are encouraged to take place. However, this new program has its own drawbacks. Gang members who cause the greatest violence are not bound by jurisdictional boundaries. In fact, they move around frequently often travelling to other neighbourhoods controlled by other gang groups to inflict their violence outside the scope of patrols in high crime areas. Inevitably this weakens the police’s attempt to secure particular neighbourhoods based upon a past of violent activity. Additionally, targeting high crime neighbourhoods may cause disruptions within the gangs but more importantly it also affects law abiding, innocent citizens. Unfortunately, the peace within these aggregated groups who happen to live in the targeted area could be jostled which lessens the support needed from the …show more content…
Officers can also work overtly in uniform by patrolling the high-risk venues for known gang members and violent crime. Simultaneously, the Fire Department and bylaws have the ability to close many of the high-risk locations outright through a variety of municipal regulations. While the law enforcement’s covert and overt methods are underway, there must be a heavy social medium present to inform the communities of what the police are doing. Community town halls and forums will provide the communities with the information they need and what assistance the police and city requires of them. The community is the most influential resource and it would be ill-advised not to use them. Social programs also promote the interaction between liaison officers and gang members which lead to confidential informants from within the gang. With this information, police can infiltrate certain locations discreetly to alleviate potential conflicts between organized crime groups.
The long-term implication is that this approach needs to be maintained to be effective. If not maintained the gang members will resume to their illegal activity once the pressure of the system begins to drop. Additionally, it must also be a community response, ‘we can’t arrest our way out of this’ means that police need the resources and the community’s
Thus, meeting force with force has been found to be ineffective. Contrastingly, TCRU’s proposed neighbourhood targeting program involves the community and allows them to have a voice about the crime in their own neighbourhoods. Utilizing the broken windows technique is one method which promotes safety among high-crime locations where unlawful acts are encouraged to take place. However, this new program has its own drawbacks. Gang members who cause the greatest violence are not bound by jurisdictional boundaries. In fact, they move around frequently often travelling to other neighbourhoods controlled by other gang groups to inflict their violence outside the scope of patrols in high crime areas. Inevitably this weakens the police’s attempt to secure particular neighbourhoods based upon a past of violent activity. Additionally, targeting high crime neighbourhoods may cause disruptions within the gangs but more importantly it also affects law abiding, innocent citizens. Unfortunately, the peace within these aggregated groups who happen to live in the targeted area could be jostled which lessens the support needed from the …show more content…
Officers can also work overtly in uniform by patrolling the high-risk venues for known gang members and violent crime. Simultaneously, the Fire Department and bylaws have the ability to close many of the high-risk locations outright through a variety of municipal regulations. While the law enforcement’s covert and overt methods are underway, there must be a heavy social medium present to inform the communities of what the police are doing. Community town halls and forums will provide the communities with the information they need and what assistance the police and city requires of them. The community is the most influential resource and it would be ill-advised not to use them. Social programs also promote the interaction between liaison officers and gang members which lead to confidential informants from within the gang. With this information, police can infiltrate certain locations discreetly to alleviate potential conflicts between organized crime groups.
The long-term implication is that this approach needs to be maintained to be effective. If not maintained the gang members will resume to their illegal activity once the pressure of the system begins to drop. Additionally, it must also be a community response, ‘we can’t arrest our way out of this’ means that police need the resources and the community’s