Department for Communities and Local Government

an issue. Recent Issues Recent issues have shown that law enforcement agencies have to hold their police officers accountable. The situation that occurred in Ferguson in 2015 is a good example. The citizens took action and effected a change in the local culture that increased…

language skills to the force. Diversity is also considered a key ingredient for the successful implementation of community-based policing” (p. 1). Similarly, White et al., (2010) stated, There are a number of reasons why diversity in police departments is emphasized, most notably the perceived link between under-representation and long term tense conflict between police and minority communities” (p. 520). A diversified police workforce will enable law enforcement agencies more successful…

civil law enforcement — but without community support and trust, they will never be capable of doing their job effectively. Public trust is the cornerstone of successful policing; a positive trust currency indicates ‘profit’. One act of misconduct, perceived or otherwise, reflects wholly on the department and is one of the most substantial hurdles to overcome as an active stakeholder within the community, not an enemy of it. Strong leadership can steer the department through adverse periods of…

Emergency Support Functions (ESF) are groups that are made up of government and private sector elements that provide support, services and resources to people in need following a domestic devastation. ESF’s are crucial after devastating emergencies in saving lives, assisting victims and communities, as well as protecting property and helping restore services and crucial infrastructure (PHE, 2015). There are fifteen ESF’s, which are annexed into the traditional function format of an emergency…

will act as a liaison between CDDU, GA consumers, the Office of Housing and Community Services, local Community Action Agencies, partners (including 211, ADRC's, and local/otherwise unaffiliated organizations), and Coordinated Care Organizations (CCO's), and will be responsible for identifying statewide housing resources and assisting GA consumers in making connections with local partners and resources, including local Community Action Agencies' case management staff. This position…

will be two topics discussed, the first topic will be, what are the capabilities and limitations of intelligence in supporting homeland security efforts. This topic will provide examination of the various elements that make up the intelligence community from local law enforcement to national agencies, and how they all work together. The second topic is, critique the capability of the homeland security enterprise to adequately identify and address future challenges. This topic will state my…

Ferny Hills is neither a sustainable community or an unsustainable community because there features of Ferny Hills that are sustainable and unsustainable. The sustainable features include: recycling bins, the nearby train line, the nearby bus stops, tank water, solar panels, community action group for the creek. The local community is managed by: Community Plan (also Precinct and Master plans), Local government land use planning scheme (Morton bay), Regional plan (south East…

crack down and discipline misconduct when it does actually happen. A solution that often arises is involving the government by “policing the police”. Another idea was work in the community in which the development of community review boards. the idea of Government policing has its fair share of people for and against. From topics of giving the government too much power, to government power could actually resolve the issue by being over the back of police agencies all over the country. Police…

founded it’s first police department in 1944, and Philadelphia in 1854. The police departments replaced the watch system and relegated constables and sheriffs to serving court orders and running jails. According to Dr. Gary Potter’s article on “History of Policing in the United States” these modern police organization shared similar characteristics, which were: they were publicly supported and bureaucratic in form, police officers were full-time employers, not community volunteers or…

learn about the local housing issues that paroles face in the Bloomington community. I discovered that many governmental housing polices restrict paroles from applying for public housing or governmental assistance, like section 8. Therefore, there is an abundant need for private landlords to accept paroles as tenants because there’s no other option for paroles to consider. Since paroles cannot find permanent housing they either try to stay in emergency housing or remain homeless. Local private…