Policing and Law Enforcement Technological Advancements and Community Policing Policing Trends Use of technology Computer aided dispatch programs o Police dispatcher assisted by computer o Establishes priority for response to calls o Assists dispatcher with details streets caller Automatic Vehicle Locators AVL Devices Laptop computer radio devices finger printing devices in patrol cars o Online search and match capabilities Community Policing Cops Components fear and social disorders Proactive problem solving that goes beyond law enforcement arrest to include Community participation in assessing arrest fear and social disorders How Community Policing Differs from Traditional Policing Strategies Increases contact between police and community members Expands the duties definition of police work Decentralizes police departments e g substations Emphasizes community involvement via organizations surveys joint agencies Community Policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear with community members helping to identify suspects detain vandals and bring problems to the attention of police Types Problem Oriented Policing Broken Windows type of community policing article written by Wilson and Kelling if a window in a building is broken and left unrepaired all the rest of the windows will soon be broken tolerance of small crimes would create a vicious cycle ending with entire neighborhoods turning into warzones But if you cracked down on small crimes bigger crimes would drop as well S A R A community policing a four step process o Scanning identifying problems Identify neighborhood crime and disorder problems o Analysis understanding underling problems Understand conditions that cause problems to occur o Response developing and implementing solutions Develop and implement solutions o Assessment determining the solutions effect Determine the impact Community policing is an ongoing problem because a response to one aspect or problem could create others in another area Advantages of Community Policing Advantages 1 Frees the police officer from the anonymity of patrol cars increases movement 2 Allows the officer to spend more time in crime prevention instead of reacting to crimes already committed 3 Increases positive public perceptions of policing and allows officers to directly engage the public in positive ways 4 Decentralizes police operations and allows the decision making power to move downward into the hands of individual officers instead of administrators Disadvantages of Community Policing 1 Lack of clarity in duties and responsibilities 2 Lack of support from public 3 Lack of cooperation 4 Reduction in fear of crime but no evidence of reduction in crime rates 5 Police department implementation only newer officers not all officers trained
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