Community Policing

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the benefits of community policing and explains that it involves working and engaging with members of the community to improve crime prevention techniques and problem-solving between members of the law enforcement community and the community afflicted by crime. The paper discusses various aspects of community policing such as the potential scope of community-based school safety measures and the prevention of identity theft by officers working with local retailers and banks against fraud and underage smoking and drinking. The paper also explains the need for trust and integrity on the part of the police to create collaborative working relationships between themselves and communities.

Outline:
What is Community Policing?
School Safety
Identity Theft
Police Integrity

From the Paper:

"Community policing is a policing philosophy that focuses on rooting out and eliminating the causes of crime rather than the retributive aspects of punishing crime. It might be called the law enforcement equivalent of preventative medicine. Community policing focuses on working and engaging with members of the community to improve crime prevention techniques and problem-solving between members of the law enforcement community and the community afflicted by crime. By establishing a relationship of trust between the community and law enforcement, individuals are less likely to want to commit crimes, or to see criminal activity as potentially desirable."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "School Safety." (2008). COPS: U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved 22 Jun 2008 athttp://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?Item=106
• Newman, Grahame. (2008). "Check and Card Fraud." COPS: U.S. Department of Justice.Retrieved 22 Jun 2008 athttp://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/e07042442.pdf
• "Police integrity." (2008). COPS: U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved 22 Jun 2008 at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?Item=1663
• "What is community policing?" (2008). COPS: U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved 22 Jun2008 at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?item=36

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