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officers should always behave in a manner that minimizes the likelihood of force. I personally have witnessed officers speaking to people in a disrespectful manner. Police officers are to be respected, but citizens should not be provoked by law enforcement either. Officers are trained to deal with stressful so they bear the responsibility of keeping a situation from…

Technology has come a long way in enabling individuals with access to the world wide web, telephoning, email and so forth, but the advancements made in law enforcement go beyond these avenues. In the 1920’s and 30’s, crime reports were kept on index cards, filled away in cabinets because there were not any online data collecting abilities at the time. With the invention of computers and software programs, all of that data had to be collected and imputed for reference. Today, with just a click…

behaviors and result from communities that view law enforcement in a positive light. Tyler and Huo (2002) assert that if Social Control (i.e. deterrence) methods often tend to alienate the very community that law enforcement needs to partner with, and the California Study shows that people who have a favorable view of the police tend to self-regulate and cooperate more, then it makes sense that a process-based model would benefit both law enforcement and the community. If the police and the…

criminal activity which must be controlled by a directive enforcement of the laws governing any criminal activity or behavior. Today, there is a higher need for law enforcement agencies to become a more community-oriented police force to further develop a healthy relationship with their communities on prevention of the low-end, or minor, criminal activities or behavior. This adjustment with community-oriented policing also allows the law enforcement agencies to focus their primary attention to…

Since this caught the attention of the government, smaller police agencies began to adopt community policing. Although community policing has been adopted by agencies all over the world the bigger question is how has it impacted large or small law enforcement agencies? Summary of the Article Literature Review When researching community policing there are many different variables to the outcome,…

Module 1.1 Overview of Policing Policing is used to govern society and maintain control through administering laws and ensuring that everyone complies. For those who do not comply they can be fined or arrested for a crime committed. Police are often criticized for maintaining order because sometimes the public feels that the police are over stepping their authority from time to time. The police and the public tend to clash when the public feel that they are racially profiled or suspected of…

The officer’s behavior, especially the group of six that caused the most disharmony within the department, could be improved greatly through the use of basic principles of police organization as well as policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and discipline. To begin, Chief Eager should start implementing the basic principles of police organization. This consists of chain of command, unity of command, span of control, and group like functions. I will go over each of these and how they could…

The relationship that the public and police share is vitally important to the function of society and everyone benefits when it is a positive one. Community style policing has become more prevalent in Canada in the last quarter century; however, there is still areas to improve. I have identified five strategies that, in my opinion, will improve the relationship between the police and the public.Foot PatrolPolice officer’s can be quite intimidating for the public when they roll by in a vehicle,…

The Sacramento Police Department rolled out its Next Generation (NextGen) Mobile Computer solution. The NextGen Project included the installation of new Panasonic Mobile Data Computers (MDC) and Digital In-Car Camera (ICC) systems in all of the patrol vehicles. These systems, funded primarily by federal grants, include the latest technology being used in police patrol vehicles. The MDCs represent a major upgrade in technology from the previous systems installed in 2001. Each vehicle now…

ways of law enforcement was to react when a call came in and handle the problem when the officer arrived. While this method is not necessarily a bad thing, it is not the most effective way to handle crime. This type of policing simply thwarts crime when it occurs, but does nothing to prevent crime from happening again in the future. Community policing also reacts when crime occurs, but it also takes steps to try to prevent it. Prevention of crime can be a big help to law enforcement because…