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of multiple law enforcement agencies—that are designed to bring agencies together by combining efforts to collect, share and analyze information in order to create intelligence law enforcement can act on. 2. Legalistic policing is the style of policing in which officers are by the book, meaning that the police departments that embrace this style of policing will for example give a ticket to someone going 36mph in a 35mph zone. Service policing is the style of policing in which officers prefer…

______________________________________________________________________________ Literature Review Article by Jose Docobo stresses the importance of community policing and deems that it can be the primary prevention strategy for homeland security at a local law enforcement level by implementing the use of community-oriented policing resources and practices that can effectively be applied to terrorism. These strategies includes crime mapping with GIS system, data collection and analysis protocols,…

happening by stepping up their patrols. Law Enforcement from the Federal level to the local level all use many different strategies to make an impact and lower the crime rate. Policing strategies have changed over the years due to better budgets, which increased technology and made it more readily accessible. Proactive policing is necessity in the United States today for cities to maintain safety of the Citizens. There are many strategies law enforcement uses to proactively police certain…

look at what they can control. Obviously, they have limited control over how citizens act. Of course, most citizens know how they should act and that they are expected to follow the law, but that is ultimately their choice. With that said, let’s start by looking at the processes involved with being a law enforcement officer; hiring, training, field training and in-service training. It’s also important to look at their mission statement, oath, mentoring program, policies, rules of conduct,…

all the law enforcement careers throughout the world. The police subculture is a distinctive set of beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors that are shared amongst the majority of officers working in law enforcement organizations (Malmin, 2012). The subculture is taught to new recruits from the first day they arrive at the academy to the last day. This subculture follows them from that point on throughout their career in law enforcement. There is a code of silence followed throughout law…

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,…

2013, members of the Tuscaloosa Police Department in conjunction with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force quietly assembled on the campus of the University of Alabama. Around 3:00am doors were being simultaneously knocked down across campus by officers wearing tactical vests and toting military style assault rifles. According to Connor Sheets of al.com, 61 students were taken into custody on drug charges that cold February night. With a few exceptions, the overwhelming majority of these…

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…

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. This Act promoted community policing and was a cornerstone of the Clinton Administration. The positive effects of this type of policing have been very positive throughout the years and both the community and officers can attest to the effectiveness of reducing crime and bringing a sense of security with in a community. Bertus Ferreira said, “"Community policing is a philosophy of full service personalized policing, where the same officer…

strategies, problem oriented policing presents law enforcers with a multilayered approach to addressing crimes and averting others before they take place (Boba & Santos, 2011). Moreover, the strategy also involves subjecting distinct pieces of policing work to microscopic analysis with the expectation that what is newly learnt about each problem will help in developing a new and effective way of…