Community policing and crime reduction go hand and hand. I believe that these two help solve so many issues in the community by working together. It’s like a cause and effect. In order for police officers to understand what is going on with community policing police officers have to take some training which can help solve issues like racial profiling, excessive use of force, and other practices that disregard civil rights, causing negative reactions from people living in already challenged communities. Yet mutual trust and cooperation, two key elements of community policing, are vital to protecting residents of these communities from the crime that plagues them. Community policing not only improves public safety but also enhances social connectivity and economic strength, which increases community resilience to crime. Community policing needs to have active positive relationships and good communication with people of the community. his can be done through assigning officers to geographic areas on a consistent basis, so that through the continuity of assignment they have the opportunity to know the members of the community. This can also be done by creating programs, organizations, local meetings and public service activities that involve police officers and members of the community trying to get to know each other. The law enforcement’s obligation is not only to reduce crime but also to do so fairly while protecting the rights of citizens. Any prevention strategy that unintentionally violates civil rights, compromises police legitimacy, or undermines trust is counterproductive from both ethical and cost-benefit perspectives. As We talked about in our lecture you can not have police legitimacy without procedural justice nor can you have procedural justice without police legitimacy. Our teacher described it as having a knife. On one side you have the blade and the other side you have the handle. Without having those two together you would just have a blade which you could potentially cut yourself or you would just have the handle and how could you use the handle it's basically useless without the blade. Just like police legitimacy and procedural justice. They both have to be together in order to get things done. Community policing is not just about the relationship between individual officers and individual neighborhood residents. It is also about the relationship between law enforcement leaders and leaders of key institutions in a community, such as churches, businesses, and schools, supporting the community’s own process to define prevention and reach goals. Police officers can not promise the community that they will be safe at all times of the day but if the community stands together to help protect their neighborhood and prevent crime it could possibly help with crime reduction. Police officers can only do so much because the only time they can help is if the crime is reported. The community is the only ones who know what is happening in the area or what drugs are being sold and who just got killed on a certain street. Crime reduction will start to steadily go down if police officers and communities learn to work together. Batman002
They started a task force on 21st century policing. The task force was created to strengthen community policing and trust among law enforcement and the communities they serve. They had many different officials there from the community, youth leaders, nongovernmental officials through a public process to be both enlightening and rewarding. The president gave the task force an initial 90 days to identify best policing practices and offer recommendations on how those practices can promote effective crime reduction. The task force conducted seven public listening sessions across the country and received feedback and recommendations from a wide range of community and faith leaders. The United States Department of Justice Department of Community Oriented Policing Services helped create this success. People are more likely to obey the law when they believe that those who are enforcing it have the legitimate authorization to tell them what to do. The public confers legitimacy only on those they believe are acting in procedurally ways. This means that if an officer has had issues in the past with only pulling over males and the media puts it out there, the offender might not corroborate with the officer because they know it’s only because they are a male. This does not help the public-police relationship. The citizens need to know that if they are dealing with police, the police are doing their jobs in any form. But if officers start to do stuff that isn’t their job and trying to get in peoples faces than the police-citizen relationship is going to start to fall. Building trust and nurturing legitimacy on both sides of the police-citizen divide is not only the first pillar of this task force report but also the foundational principle underlying this inquiry into the nature of relations between law enforcement and the communities they serve. In the past few years, the trust from communities to their police departments have dropped because of some questionable shootings. The citizens are also quick to judge the police on shooting. If the general public were put in the officers shoes, they would be very scared because they would have to deal with terrorist, people with mental illness, cereal killers, people who hate the police just because they wear the shield. The public also needs to understand that every cop isn’t perfect. Just because they are officers, doesn’t mean they can make every split second decision correctly. The decline is in addition to the fact that non whites have always had less confidence in law enforcement than Whites. Decades of research and practice support the premise that people are more than likely to obey the law. The public confers legitimacy only on those they believe are acting in procedurally just ways. Procedurally just behavior is based on four central principles. The first one of the four is: treating people with dignity. This means respecting others and their property. The next one is giving individuals voice during encounters. This meaning not talking during the entire time, letting them tell you what happened. The third thing is being neutral and transparent in decision making. This means not bringing heavy bias into the conversation. And the last thing is, conveying trustworthy motives. This means not telling other citizens about your issues and just pretty much respecting their problems they are having. These principles are the four main reasons why there is such untrust with the general public and departments world wide. If citizens were put in officers shoe, than maybe they would more understanding of why and how officers do their jobs. -chicubs002
Building trust and legitimacy is one of the biggest components for law enforcement. The public knowing that they are able to trust you and you’ll have their back is huge. Making relationships and being friendly is extremely important. Even though our technology, and equipment is increasing and rising, our relationship and confidence with the public is decreasing. The four central principles of procedural behavior is: 1. Treating people with dignity and respect 2. Giving individuals “voice” during encounters 3. Being neutral and transparent in decision making 4. Conveying trustworthy motives. These are simple steps in making sure the public is being taken care of. According to the article, “Research demonstrates that these principles lead to relationships in which the community trusts that officers are honest, unbiased, benevolent, and lawful. The community therefore feels obligated to follow the law and the dictates of legal authorities and is more willing to cooperate with and engage those authorities because it believes that it shares a common set of interests and values with the police.” Everyone has their own opinion about either law enforcement, or even law enforcement and their interaction with the public. People seem to think that when law enforcement has an interaction or relationship with the public that they are setting them up. Maybe they are trying to get information but unless they do not have anything to hide than they have nothing to worry about. Communication is the best way to find information about a wanted criminal or insight on a crime that had been committed. If the community feels comfortable around you to talk to you, than you are doing your job correctly. Nobody should be scared of the police unless you have done something bad. Officers are there to protect you and others, not to get anyone in trouble or hurt anyone. But they are trained to protect themselves and others in need too under certain circumstances. The more respect an officer receives, the more respect they are to likely give in return. According to the article, “All human beings have biases or prejudices as a result of their experiences, and these biases influence how they might react when dealing with unfamiliar people or situations.” This is very true in real life. Many people are raised and are brought up in a family that have prejudices and are bias. This is the number one issue that we have in today’s society. People are more likely to believe and think their family’s opinion is right because that is the only thing they know. We need to vere away from this idea and even teaching our kids this way. We need to let them think what they want too and believe what they want too. People are teaching their kids what they want them to know, not what they should be teaching them. In today’s society our world has a very negative attitude and connotation towards others and their atmosphere. Building a trust with the police officers in your community is a big priority and a good way to have people corporate. This can even decrease the crime rate because it allows the community to build relations with the officers, than the public don’t want to let down the officers by getting in trouble. People need to stop seeing officers as a threat, and see them as a reason to help. #notapulmber002
This task force was created back in 2014 by President Obama. It was created because there was a need to strengthen community policing and for the community to build trust with their law enforcement officers. The task force was given 90 days to identify the best practices for community policing. Also, in those 90 days, to offer recommendations on how those practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. In this short period of time, the task force conducted several public listening sessions across the country. They received input from a wide range of community and faith leaders, and others in the community, to ensure its recommendations would be informed by a diverse range of voices. To quote the statement given by the task force, “The dedication of our fellow task force members and their commitment to the process of arriving at consensus around these recommendations is also worth acknowledging. The task force members brought diverse perspectives to the table and were able to come together to engage in meaningful dialogue on emotionally charged issues in a respectful and effective manner. We believe the type of constructive dialogue we have engaged in should serve as an example of the type of dialogue that must occur in communities throughout the nation”. In the end, the task force came up with six pillars of community policing. One of those pillars is the Fourth Pillar. The fourth pillar has to do with Community Policing and Crime Reduction. The focus of this pillar is on the importance on community policing as a guiding philosophy for all stakeholders, or community members. This pillar emphasis on working with the neighborhood residents to co-produce public safety. One recommendation that the task force suggested was to have police interventions with the community. These police interventions must be implemented with strong policies and training in place, thinking that this would root understanding of procedural justice. Without these interventions, policing interventions can devolve into police racial profiling, excessive use of force, and other practices that disregard civil rights of people in that neighborhood. This could result in negative reactions from people who are already living in challenging circumstances. Law enforcement’s oblation is not only to reduce crime, but to do so in a fair way, while protecting people’s civil rights. To quote the article, “Any prevention strategy that unintentionally violates civil rights, compromises police legitimacy, or undermines trust is counterproductive from both ethical and cost-benefit perspectives. Ignoring these considerations can have both financial costs and social costs”. Also, it must be stressed that the absence of crime is not the final goal of law enforcement in the community. To again quote the article, “Rather, it is the promotion and protection of public safety while respecting the dignity and rights of all. And public safety and well-being cannot be attained without the community’s belief that their well-being is at the heart of all law enforcement activities. It is critical to help community members see police as allies rather than as an occupying force and to work in concert with other community stakeholders to create more economically and socially stable neighborhoods”. I found this article a very interesting read. I already knew some of this from what I learned in class, but it was informative to get some more background information. –Adventureflight002
Trust between law enforcement agencies and the people they protect and serve is essential in a democracy and our everyday lives. On December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing the Task Force on 21st Century Policing. It is key to the stability of our communities, the integrity of our criminal justice system, and the safe and effective delivery of policing services. The President charged the task force with identifying best practices and offering recommendations on how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. The task force are organized around six main topic areas or “pillars:” Building Trust and Legitimacy, Policy and Oversight, Technology and Social Media, Community Policing and Crime Reduction, Officer Training and Education, and Officer Safety and Wellness. Building trust and nurturing legitimacy on both sides of the police/citizen divide is the foundational principle underlying the nature of relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Years of research and practice support the fact that people are more likely to obey the law when they believe that those who are enforcing it have authority that is perceived as legitimate by those subject to the authority. The public believes in legitimacy only on those whom they believe are acting in just ways. Law enforcement agencies cannot build community trust if it is seen as an occupying force coming in from outside to impose control on the community. The first pillar seeks to provide focused recommendations on building this relationship. The reading goes on to saw that law enforcement as a culture should embrace a guardian rather than a warrior mindset to build trust and legitimacy. This needs to be done both within agencies and with the public in general. Law enforcement agencies should also proactively promote public trust by initiating positive nonenforcement activities to engage communities that usually have high rates of enforcement involvement with government agencies. Law enforcement agencies should also try and track and analyze the level of trust communities have in police just as they measure changes in crime. The reading of pillar one ends with talking about that law enforcement agencies should strive to create a workforce that encompasses a broad range of diversity including race, gender, language, life experience, and cultural background to improve understanding and effectiveness in dealing with all communities. I tie this back to what we learned in class about how we need to strive to be fair, but also appear to be fair. The public needs to know that the police is a agency that is there to help them rather than them being a overbearing force that is unfair or unjust towards them. -CUBSFAN002
This article is all about 21st century policing. In 2014 president Barrack Obama signed an executive order that officially established the task force focused on 21st century policing. The reason he did this was in hope to better the relationships between the public and the police. In the years before that there had been more and more cases of police brutality and police shootings that had taken our nation by storm. Things were very tense around police and that has to be looked into. A criminal justice system cannot operate properly without a good relationship between the public and the police. So with the Task Force, it will hopefully offer better practices and recommendations on how police and the community can close the gap and work together better. I think that this was a very good thing for president Obama to do because if he didn’t then the relationships between the public and the police would continue to decline. Pillar One is building trust and legitimacy. Building a trust relationship with the police and the public has to be one of the biggest priorities for any police department. According to figure one there is a lot more trust in the police coming from white communities than there is from non-white communities. One of the goals is to raise the trust in the minority groups by using community policing. If the police can focus more on the interactions that they have with the community, rather than focusing on how many tickets they give then this can happen. One suggestion given is to use the guardian mindset when community policing. The warrior mindset is useful in the field, but the guardian mindset is most effective when working with the community. We also need to look at our mistakes in the past and understand why they happened and work hard to prevent them from happening again. Also, working with the community’s culture can be an effective way to community police. The second pillar is about policy and oversight, which means that the police must follow the outlined policies and guidelines given to them. If the police don’t do their job correctly then none of this can happen. The third pillar is about technology and social media. Social media has definitely been harsh on police and has negatively impacted public relationships, but it can also be used to help the police. Police departments can send out alerts and can communicate with the public easier than ever before with social media, and should be used more. Pillar four talks about community policing and crime reduction. Community policing is one of the most important pillars and ensures that police and their community coproduce public safety. If the community and the police can work together efficiently to stop crime then the community can be the most safe. Pillar five is about training and education. As the communities expectations for a police officer continue to rise, so does the training for the officers. More schooling and training has been implemented for police academies and the officers are more closely monitored by their supervisors. Not only does this protect the public, but it protects the officer from being hurt as well. Celtics001
President Barack Obama’s task force that was established in 2014 on 21st Century Policing, is needed now more than ever. There was a lot of good points that were touch on and discussed, but what is needed more than ever is action. We can establish task force after task force and meet and speak with community leaders , civic leaders, advocates etc., but we have to be change agents but putting the tools learned in these meetings to use. Getting out into the community and spending days in poverty stricken areas and helping rebuild the community is a start. One of the pillars that was touched on talked about law enforcement should establish a culture of transparency and accountability. I agree with this to a certain extent. Yes we as law enforcement should be transparent when it comes to our actions and those of our fellow officers when an incident occurs, but the public “community” has to understand that with this transparency we also have policy and procedures that we must follow. We can’t be transparent and go straight to the family or media a divulge information that can be used to prosecute offenders with out first making sure all facts and reports are investigated. I feel this is where we have issues now. Bits of information is given and instead of waiting until all of the facts are correct the police are made to look bad by the media by what they display on the news. This to me is a majority of the issues that the community and the police have, everything is social media this, news that. No facts. Also with everyone in the community that are quick to take out their phones and record instead of helping in situations where the police are called for example a domestic battery issue, and next thing you know the wife is recording the police arresting her husband because he has become combative. All the community see’s when this is posted is the police getting physical with a community member. They done have all of the facts. I am a big advocate for body cameras. This is one way there is accountability, legitimacy and transparency will be effective. Pillar five gave great recommendations for training and education for law enforcement but a lot of agencies don’t have the money for certain programs and grants are sometimes difficult to obtain. One suggestion could be requiring police officers to start in a correctional facility or jail before allowing them to work on the street. This would teach them verbal judo skills and they could work on having a more guardian mentality as suggested in pillar one. This would ensure officers learn how to use their words to deescalate a situation before using force. Jadist002
The critical foundation to law enforcement is building trust with the community. People in the community are likely to obey laws when the officers who have authority use their authority correctly. Law enforcement is not able to build trust with the community if they are only seen as enforcers. Law enforcement must also have guardians, and not just warriors. Guardians are those who are able to build relationships fast and well with community members. That is because the community sees them as officers who want to make the community a better place. Guardians are more focused on making things smooth, versus the warrior who simply wants to enforce laws. It is imperative that Law enforcement is transparent and accountability to build public trust and legitimacy. Law enforcement and the public will never be on the same team, unless trust has been established. A wonderful way to do this is, have community block parties. This is a great way to reach out to people in their communities and get to know who lives in the community. During this time, law enforcement would be able to track and analyze the level of trust communities have in law enforcement and be able to measure the changes in crime. Every agency should have a broad range of diversity, because it would improve law enforcements understanding and effectiveness in dealing with all communities. The more diverse, the better chances law enforcement has to be accepted into diverse communities. According to the Gallup poll, law enforcement has remained flat. One of the reasons is, because people of color remain at the top of the list of being incarcerated. This article says that Procedurally just behavior is based on four central principles: 1. Treating people with dignity and respect 2. Giving individuals “voice” during encounters 3. Being neutral and transparent in decision making 4. Conveying trustworthy motives. This is so true, because when someone encounters a police officers they should not feel as though they have to be defensive. Many times, people feel backed into a corner, with no way out. This is why officers must have the guardian mentality when trying to gain the trust of the community. Officers simply cannot have a bias, when it comes to gaining the trust of the community. When officers use these four principals in their everyday life, he or she has a better chance at gaining the trust of those in the community. In order to achieve legitimacy, mitigating implicit bias has to be part of law enforcement’s training. It is imperative that all law enforcement receives this training, because you never know who you will meet on the streets or at the station. It is important to increase awareness and ensure respectful encounters with local communities. Once trust has been gained, it will be easier to police in their communities, communities will be more will to talk to local law enforcement when a crime occurs, and the community members will even accept the police officers as their own in their communities. Illinigurl002
The 21st century policing Task Force report, was a very interesting read. It gave me all kinds of knowledge, that I didn't even knew existed, in the world of criminal justice. The executive summary started off immediately with stating that “Trust between law enforcement, and the community they serve is essential for a democracy. I completely agree with that. If we want to a successful nation, and run a successful government, we need to have trust. If we do not trust our police, and our police do not trust the citizens, then the democracy will ultimately fail. The executive summary shows that major political figures, are trying to do things to rebuild the relationship between police, and the communities. We can clearly see this with the executive order that President Obama passed in December of 2014. The goal of this executive order was too have a group of high ranking law enforcement officials identify the best practices, and the best policing recommendations, on how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while rebuilding the communities trust. The co-chair statement, you can see the urgency on this issue just by their use of wording. You can also clearly see that they care for local police, and communities to have a good strong relationship. It states in the co-chairs statement, that these issues are so urgent, the President Obama gave them 90 days to find initial issues with our local police, and community relationships. I that this task force created to help better our policing relationships, was taking a huge step in the right direction. It may take awhile for use to completely repair all the broken relationships, but it is definitely a huge step in the right direction. I like how the community policing and crime reduction section uses the philosophy “that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.” It also states that communities, and police need to have mutual trust and cooperation between the two. Which is completely true. For us to rebuild these broken relationships, we have to work together for these ideas, and strategies to actually work. It is vital for police, and communities to work together for safety of the citizens, and residents of the town. I also like how the article states that law enforcement agencies should adopt policies that basically are best for the communities needs. I think that is an very important characteristic in rebuilding these relationships. We all know that crime will alway happen, and police departments cannot ensure the the 100 percent safety of citizens, but they should try their best to make their citizens feel like they can go out and do things without getting robbed or hurt. The feeling of being safe in a town will go a long way. Feeling safe, and knowing that there is a police presence will go a long way. I-Like-Cereal002
Police legitimacy is “the extent to which members of the public view the police as legitimate, often measured in terms of the public's willingness to obey and cooperate with the police”. Behaviors that show citizens that police are legitimate are based off of four principles which are ; treating people with respect and dignity, police do this by respecting people’s rights, wishes or traditions. The next principle is giving individuals a voice in encounters, being neutral and transparent in decision making which is not letting bias choose how they react in a situation or let their biases make decisions for them. “All human beings have biases or prejudices as a result of their experiences, and these biases influence how they might react when dealing with unfamiliar people or situations”. The last principle is conveying trustworthy motives which is not abusing the power they do have or their authority. They don’t get to break the law just because they work for the law, they also can’t use excessive force, or act in an inappropriate manner. In the article it says that however officers define their role sets the tone for the community, what this means by this is instead of officers saying their job is to “enforce” the law they should say their role is to protect people's rights. Having this kind of attitude will show the community that the police officer is legitimate, as White says in class police have to be fair as well as appear to be fair. The community trusting the police plays such an important role in policing, it helps build a relationship between both parties and makes it easier for police to do their job which makes it easier for them to keep the community safe and it also helps the community speak up on problems in their area without the aspect of fear. “ Law enforcement cannot build community trust if it is seen as an occupying force coming in from outside to rule and control the community”. All officers should have the attitude that their role is to protect people’s rights and to protect the community whilst upholding the law. It also states in the article that law enforcement culture should adopt the guardian mindset instead of teaching the warrior mindset “The values and ethics of the agency will guide officers in their decision-making process; they cannot simply rely on rules and policy to act in encounters with the public”. This will help officers stay more connected to the principles that boost community trust, and makes it easier for people to see the good side of policing rather than the side that is the “enforcer”. In social media the police have been portrayed as bad or evil, if they are more like guardians this might help promote all the good that the police do, it will help show the police officers that go above and beyond to help in any way they can and the trust with the community will be easier to build. Ark002
Pillar four covered a vast concept of community policing and crime reduction. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. Over the course of pillar four they make recommendations for the vast amount of police departments. The first recommendation is that law enforcement agencies should develop and adopt policies and strategies that reinforce the importance of community engagement in managing public safety. Community policing is not just about the relationship between individual officers and individual neighborhood residents. It is also about the relationship between law enforcement leaders and leaders of key institutions in a community, such as churches, businesses, and schools, supporting the community’s own process to define prevention and reach goals. After the description or telling of the recommendation they are followed with several actions. Law enforcement agencies should consider adopting preferences for seeking “least harm” resolutions, such as diversion programs or warnings and citations in lieu of arrest for minor infractions. The second recommendation Community policing should be infused throughout the culture and organizational structure of law enforcement agencies. Community policing must be a way of doing business by an entire police force, not just a specialized unit of that force. The way I see things is that for the biggest thing to work out of all these recommendations is for the small community member and police departments to work together to achieve these goals. Communities should support a culture and practice of policing that reflects the values of protection and promotion of the dignity of all, especially the most vulnerable. The task force heard many different ways of describing a positive culture of policing. The recommendations shouldn’t be ignored these definitely resonate in the mind on how we can use these in our own communities and police departments to make our world a safer place at home and at work. The next recommendation that really caught my eye was 4.6 Communities should adopt policies and programs that address the needs of children and youth most at risk for crime or violence and reduce aggressive law enforcement tactics that stigmatize youth and marginalize their participation in schools and communities. Our children a major factor in how we can create better communities and ties with the local law enforcements. I did enjoy seeing that one of the big actions to take for this was making sure the children of the communities got the right education and tools needed to advance their educations. This topic had so many actions to make sure the children of the communities are taken care of. -Mr.Wadewilson002
On one side you have the blade and the other side you have the handle. Without having those two together you would just have a blade which you could potentially cut yourself or you would just have the handle and how could you use the handle it's basically useless without the blade.-KenzieLand002
There has to be trust between the people and the law enforcement agencies when it comes to democracy An executive order was put into place on December 18th, 2014 by Barack Obama. This executive order created the Task Force on the 21st Century Policing. This task force would help find good practices and recommendations for policing practices that can help reduce crime and build some trust with the public. There have been recent situations that might be harming the trust from the community with law enforcement. Ninety days were given by the president for the task force to figure out what policing practices would be the best and offer solutions on how to improve crime reduction and building trust at the same time. The task force has suggested that the president should support programs that deal with issues like poverty, health, education, and safety. When it comes to building trust and legitimacy, there is going to be a better relationship when the community has trust with the police. If the community does not trust the police of they're scared of them, it’s going to make things more difficult. If the community feels like the police don’t want to help, the community is not going to ask law enforcement to help Depending on the situation, the people might take care of it themselves and they might do it in an illegal way which will increase crime when we’re trying to figure out ways to reduce crimes. Having more of a guardian mentality can help build trust. It’s not one of the other. You can still have a little bit of a warrior mentality because you do have to have both, but try to stay mostly guardian. If all you have is a warrior mentality, that can cause the people to be afraid and that’s not going to help with building trust. Implementing procedural justice and culture of transparency could also be beneficial. Analyzing the trust level with communities can also be beneficial. It can show whether or not there has been any crime reduction and they can start brainstorming ideas on what can be done better if needed. It also suggest that having a more diverse police department could also be beneficial. A community is normally diverse so making the police departments more diverse could be beneficial. Law enforcement should also know what a community values. They should try and figure out what's going to work for this particular community. Technology is another way for police to build trust with the people. Community policing and crime reduction is about talking with the community and figuring out solutions for the problems that may be occuring. It’s very important that the tactics don't display stereotyping. It’s very important to be trained and educated. If properly trained and educated, there will be a higher chance of effectiveness and quality. If more training facilities are created, more people can be educated on this particular situation. It’s a lot more safer with multiple partners on the job. Being by yourself can be very dangerous. Shift lengths, deaths, and injuries should all be taken into consideration. -Soccer002
If I had to boil down the entirety of the report into one sentence, it would be the quote provided by Dolores Jones Brown: “Community policing provides an opportunity for police to do things with the community, rather than to or for the community.” I paraphrase, but it suffices. Community policing has begun to take center stage in the peace keeping arena, indeed it has been asserted by some that this era will be called the Community Policing Era. The more that I read about it, the more it seems that the police and the community are working somewhat at cross purposes. Not the officer on the street, mind you, but the administrative bureaucracy that runs the police forces of America. What the community seems to increasingly ask is for an enculturated peace officer – one drawn from or who conforms to community standards on the administration of justice. The administrations of police forces seem ever more interested in placing restrictions on the behaviors of police officers, in the interest of reducing liability and preventing catastrophes. Though the goal of both is admirable, I think that they will eventually need to be fused in order to accomplish the goals of both parties. Drawing all police officers from the communities they inhabit reaches scalability problems, and inevitably excludes officers drawn from outside of the community, especially if the outsiders are never given enough trust to prove themselves. The increasing strictures of the bureaucracy are aimed at reducing the high publicity incidents that reduce trust from the community, but they also deprive an officer of his discretion, which is quite possibly the most powerful tool on the utility belt, especially so if the strictures do not regard the local community’s needs in justice. The requests from both sides for increasingly individualized officers on the one hand, and increasingly standardized officers on the other hand are bound to clash, as they are working at cross purposes to one another. I can foresee only one of them triumphing if the conflict comes to a head, and it is my desire that localization trump standardization if it comes right down to that, but I think this is entirely preventable. The bureaucracies will have to acknowledge the differences in their communities, and horror of horrors, place some trust in their officers to conform to the standards of the community. It does not seem to be the fashion right now to place trust in the individual officer, and perhaps there’s something to that. With police departments being increasingly composed of returning veterans, the police do have the perception of becoming increasingly militarized. Whether that is strictly true is besides the point, as the standards of the community are what need to be taken into account. Perhaps military service members aren’t the finest communicators in the world, and in a police service that is increasingly focused on community and therefore on communication, perhaps other hiring decisions need to be made to the end of changing the perception of peace officers. ~Arsenal002
Community policing and crime reduction go hand and hand. I believe that these two help solve so many issues in the community by working together. It’s like a cause and effect. In order for police officers to understand what is going on with community policing police officers have to take some training which can help solve issues like racial profiling, excessive use of force, and other practices that disregard civil rights, causing negative reactions from people living in already challenged communities. Yet mutual trust and cooperation, two key elements of community policing, are vital to protecting residents of these communities from the crime that plagues them. Community policing not only improves public safety but also enhances social connectivity and economic strength, which increases community resilience to crime. Community policing needs to have active positive relationships and good communication with people of the community. his can be done through assigning officers to geographic areas on a consistent basis, so that through the continuity of assignment they have the opportunity to know the members of the community. This can also be done by creating programs, organizations, local meetings and public service activities that involve police officers and members of the community trying to get to know each other. The law enforcement’s obligation is not only to reduce crime but also to do so fairly while protecting the rights of citizens. Any prevention strategy that unintentionally violates civil rights, compromises police legitimacy, or undermines trust is counterproductive from both ethical and cost-benefit perspectives. As We talked about in our lecture you can not have police legitimacy without procedural justice nor can you have procedural justice without police legitimacy. Our teacher described it as having a knife. On one side you have the blade and the other side you have the handle. Without having those two together you would just have a blade which you could potentially cut yourself or you would just have the handle and how could you use the handle it's basically useless without the blade. Just like police legitimacy and procedural justice. They both have to be together in order to get things done. Community policing is not just about the relationship between individual officers and individual neighborhood residents. It is also about the relationship between law enforcement leaders and leaders of key institutions in a community, such as churches, businesses, and schools, supporting the community’s own process to define prevention and reach goals. Police officers can not promise the community that they will be safe at all times of the day but if the community stands together to help protect their neighborhood and prevent crime it could possibly help with crime reduction. Police officers can only do so much because the only time they can help is if the crime is reported. The community is the only ones who know what is happening in the area or what drugs are being sold and who just got killed on a certain street. Crime reduction will start to steadily go down if police officers and communities learn to work together. Batman002
ReplyDeleteThey started a task force on 21st century policing. The task force was created to strengthen community policing and trust among law enforcement and the communities they serve. They had many different officials there from the community, youth leaders, nongovernmental officials through a public process to be both enlightening and rewarding. The president gave the task force an initial 90 days to identify best policing practices and offer recommendations on how those practices can promote effective crime reduction. The task force conducted seven public listening sessions across the country and received feedback and recommendations from a wide range of community and faith leaders. The United States Department of Justice Department of Community Oriented Policing Services helped create this success. People are more likely to obey the law when they believe that those who are enforcing it have the legitimate authorization to tell them what to do. The public confers legitimacy only on those they believe are acting in procedurally ways. This means that if an officer has had issues in the past with only pulling over males and the media puts it out there, the offender might not corroborate with the officer because they know it’s only because they are a male. This does not help the public-police relationship. The citizens need to know that if they are dealing with police, the police are doing their jobs in any form. But if officers start to do stuff that isn’t their job and trying to get in peoples faces than the police-citizen relationship is going to start to fall. Building trust and nurturing legitimacy on both sides of the police-citizen divide is not only the first pillar of this task force report but also the foundational principle underlying this inquiry into the nature of relations between law enforcement and the communities they serve. In the past few years, the trust from communities to their police departments have dropped because of some questionable shootings. The citizens are also quick to judge the police on shooting. If the general public were put in the officers shoes, they would be very scared because they would have to deal with terrorist, people with mental illness, cereal killers, people who hate the police just because they wear the shield. The public also needs to understand that every cop isn’t perfect. Just because they are officers, doesn’t mean they can make every split second decision correctly. The decline is in addition to the fact that non whites have always had less confidence in law enforcement than Whites. Decades of research and practice support the premise that people are more than likely to obey the law. The public confers legitimacy only on those they believe are acting in procedurally just ways. Procedurally just behavior is based on four central principles. The first one of the four is: treating people with dignity. This means respecting others and their property. The next one is giving individuals voice during encounters. This meaning not talking during the entire time, letting them tell you what happened. The third thing is being neutral and transparent in decision making. This means not bringing heavy bias into the conversation. And the last thing is, conveying trustworthy motives. This means not telling other citizens about your issues and just pretty much respecting their problems they are having. These principles are the four main reasons why there is such untrust with the general public and departments world wide. If citizens were put in officers shoe, than maybe they would more understanding of why and how officers do their jobs. -chicubs002
ReplyDeleteBuilding trust and legitimacy is one of the biggest components for law enforcement. The public knowing that they are able to trust you and you’ll have their back is huge. Making relationships and being friendly is extremely important. Even though our technology, and equipment is increasing and rising, our relationship and confidence with the public is decreasing. The four central principles of procedural behavior is: 1. Treating people with dignity and respect 2. Giving individuals “voice” during encounters 3. Being neutral and transparent in decision making 4. Conveying trustworthy motives. These are simple steps in making sure the public is being taken care of. According to the article, “Research demonstrates that these principles lead to relationships in which the community trusts that officers are honest, unbiased, benevolent, and lawful. The community therefore feels obligated to follow the law and the dictates of legal authorities and is more willing to cooperate with and engage those authorities because it believes that it shares a common set of interests and values with the police.” Everyone has their own opinion about either law enforcement, or even law enforcement and their interaction with the public. People seem to think that when law enforcement has an interaction or relationship with the public that they are setting them up. Maybe they are trying to get information but unless they do not have anything to hide than they have nothing to worry about. Communication is the best way to find information about a wanted criminal or insight on a crime that had been committed. If the community feels comfortable around you to talk to you, than you are doing your job correctly. Nobody should be scared of the police unless you have done something bad. Officers are there to protect you and others, not to get anyone in trouble or hurt anyone. But they are trained to protect themselves and others in need too under certain circumstances. The more respect an officer receives, the more respect they are to likely give in return. According to the article, “All human beings have biases or prejudices as a result of their experiences, and these biases influence how they might react when dealing with unfamiliar people or situations.” This is very true in real life. Many people are raised and are brought up in a family that have prejudices and are bias. This is the number one issue that we have in today’s society. People are more likely to believe and think their family’s opinion is right because that is the only thing they know. We need to vere away from this idea and even teaching our kids this way. We need to let them think what they want too and believe what they want too. People are teaching their kids what they want them to know, not what they should be teaching them. In today’s society our world has a very negative attitude and connotation towards others and their atmosphere. Building a trust with the police officers in your community is a big priority and a good way to have people corporate. This can even decrease the crime rate because it allows the community to build relations with the officers, than the public don’t want to let down the officers by getting in trouble. People need to stop seeing officers as a threat, and see them as a reason to help. #notapulmber002
ReplyDeleteThis task force was created back in 2014 by President Obama. It was created because there was a need to strengthen community policing and for the community to build trust with their law enforcement officers. The task force was given 90 days to identify the best practices for community policing. Also, in those 90 days, to offer recommendations on how those practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. In this short period of time, the task force conducted several public listening sessions across the country. They received input from a wide range of community and faith leaders, and others in the community, to ensure its recommendations would be informed by a diverse range of voices. To quote the statement given by the task force, “The dedication of our fellow task force members and their commitment to the process of arriving at consensus around these recommendations is also worth acknowledging. The task force members brought diverse perspectives to the table and were able to come together to engage in meaningful dialogue on emotionally charged issues in a respectful and effective manner. We believe the type of constructive dialogue we have engaged in should serve as an example of the type of dialogue that must occur in communities throughout the nation”. In the end, the task force came up with six pillars of community policing. One of those pillars is the Fourth Pillar. The fourth pillar has to do with Community Policing and Crime Reduction. The focus of this pillar is on the importance on community policing as a guiding philosophy for all stakeholders, or community members. This pillar emphasis on working with the neighborhood residents to co-produce public safety. One recommendation that the task force suggested was to have police interventions with the community. These police interventions must be implemented with strong policies and training in place, thinking that this would root understanding of procedural justice. Without these interventions, policing interventions can devolve into police racial profiling, excessive use of force, and other practices that disregard civil rights of people in that neighborhood. This could result in negative reactions from people who are already living in challenging circumstances. Law enforcement’s oblation is not only to reduce crime, but to do so in a fair way, while protecting people’s civil rights. To quote the article, “Any prevention strategy that unintentionally violates civil rights, compromises police legitimacy, or undermines trust is counterproductive from both ethical and cost-benefit perspectives. Ignoring these considerations can have both financial costs and social costs”. Also, it must be stressed that the absence of crime is not the final goal of law enforcement in the community. To again quote the article, “Rather, it is the promotion and protection of public safety while respecting the dignity and rights of all. And public safety and well-being cannot be attained without the community’s belief that their well-being is at the heart of all law enforcement activities. It is critical to help community members see police as allies rather than as an occupying force and to work in concert with other community stakeholders to create more economically and socially stable neighborhoods”. I found this article a very interesting read. I already knew some of this from what I learned in class, but it was informative to get some more background information. –Adventureflight002
ReplyDeleteTrust between law enforcement agencies and the people they protect and serve is essential in a democracy and our everyday lives. On December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing the Task Force on 21st Century Policing. It is key to the stability of our communities, the integrity of our criminal justice system, and the safe and effective delivery of policing services. The President charged the task force with identifying best practices and offering recommendations on how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while building public trust. The task force are organized around six main topic areas or “pillars:” Building Trust and Legitimacy, Policy and Oversight, Technology and Social Media, Community Policing and Crime Reduction, Officer Training and Education, and Officer Safety and Wellness. Building trust and nurturing legitimacy on both sides of the police/citizen divide is the foundational principle underlying the nature of relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Years of research and practice support the fact that people are more likely to obey the law when they believe that those who are enforcing it have authority that is perceived as legitimate by those subject to the authority. The public believes in legitimacy only on those whom they believe are acting in just ways. Law enforcement agencies cannot build community trust if it is seen as an occupying force coming in from outside to impose control on the community. The first pillar seeks to provide focused recommendations on building this relationship. The reading goes on to saw that law enforcement as a culture should embrace a guardian rather than a warrior mindset to build trust and legitimacy. This needs to be done both within agencies and with the public in general. Law enforcement agencies should also proactively promote public trust by initiating positive nonenforcement activities to engage communities that usually have high rates of enforcement involvement with government agencies. Law enforcement agencies should also try and track and analyze the level of trust communities have in police just as they measure changes in crime. The reading of pillar one ends with talking about that law enforcement agencies should strive to create a workforce that encompasses a broad range of diversity including race, gender, language, life experience, and cultural background to improve understanding and effectiveness in dealing with all communities. I tie this back to what we learned in class about how we need to strive to be fair, but also appear to be fair. The public needs to know that the police is a agency that is there to help them rather than them being a overbearing force that is unfair or unjust towards them.
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This article is all about 21st century policing. In 2014 president Barrack Obama signed an executive order that officially established the task force focused on 21st century policing. The reason he did this was in hope to better the relationships between the public and the police. In the years before that there had been more and more cases of police brutality and police shootings that had taken our nation by storm. Things were very tense around police and that has to be looked into. A criminal justice system cannot operate properly without a good relationship between the public and the police. So with the Task Force, it will hopefully offer better practices and recommendations on how police and the community can close the gap and work together better. I think that this was a very good thing for president Obama to do because if he didn’t then the relationships between the public and the police would continue to decline. Pillar One is building trust and legitimacy. Building a trust relationship with the police and the public has to be one of the biggest priorities for any police department. According to figure one there is a lot more trust in the police coming from white communities than there is from non-white communities. One of the goals is to raise the trust in the minority groups by using community policing. If the police can focus more on the interactions that they have with the community, rather than focusing on how many tickets they give then this can happen. One suggestion given is to use the guardian mindset when community policing. The warrior mindset is useful in the field, but the guardian mindset is most effective when working with the community. We also need to look at our mistakes in the past and understand why they happened and work hard to prevent them from happening again. Also, working with the community’s culture can be an effective way to community police. The second pillar is about policy and oversight, which means that the police must follow the outlined policies and guidelines given to them. If the police don’t do their job correctly then none of this can happen. The third pillar is about technology and social media. Social media has definitely been harsh on police and has negatively impacted public relationships, but it can also be used to help the police. Police departments can send out alerts and can communicate with the public easier than ever before with social media, and should be used more. Pillar four talks about community policing and crime reduction. Community policing is one of the most important pillars and ensures that police and their community coproduce public safety. If the community and the police can work together efficiently to stop crime then the community can be the most safe. Pillar five is about training and education. As the communities expectations for a police officer continue to rise, so does the training for the officers. More schooling and training has been implemented for police academies and the officers are more closely monitored by their supervisors. Not only does this protect the public, but it protects the officer from being hurt as well. Celtics001
ReplyDeletePresident Barack Obama’s task force that was established in 2014 on 21st Century Policing, is needed now more than ever. There was a lot of good points that were touch on and discussed, but what is needed more than ever is action. We can establish task force after task force and meet and speak with community leaders , civic leaders, advocates etc., but we have to be change agents but putting the tools learned in these meetings to use. Getting out into the community and spending days in poverty stricken areas and helping rebuild the community is a start. One of the pillars that was touched on talked about law enforcement should establish a culture of transparency and accountability. I agree with this to a certain extent. Yes we as law enforcement should be transparent when it comes to our actions and those of our fellow officers when an incident occurs, but the public “community” has to understand that with this transparency we also have policy and procedures that we must follow. We can’t be transparent and go straight to the family or media a divulge information that can be used to prosecute offenders with out first making sure all facts and reports are investigated. I feel this is where we have issues now. Bits of information is given and instead of waiting until all of the facts are correct the police are made to look bad by the media by what they display on the news. This to me is a majority of the issues that the community and the police have, everything is social media this, news that. No facts. Also with everyone in the community that are quick to take out their phones and record instead of helping in situations where the police are called for example a domestic battery issue, and next thing you know the wife is recording the police arresting her husband because he has become combative. All the community see’s when this is posted is the police getting physical with a community member. They done have all of the facts. I am a big advocate for body cameras. This is one way there is accountability, legitimacy and transparency will be effective. Pillar five gave great recommendations for training and education for law enforcement but a lot of agencies don’t have the money for certain programs and grants are sometimes difficult to obtain. One suggestion could be requiring police officers to start in a correctional facility or jail before allowing them to work on the street. This would teach them verbal judo skills and they could work on having a more guardian mentality as suggested in pillar one. This would ensure officers learn how to use their words to deescalate a situation before using force. Jadist002
ReplyDeleteThe critical foundation to law enforcement is building trust with the community. People in the community are likely to obey laws when the officers who have authority use their authority correctly. Law enforcement is not able to build trust with the community if they are only seen as enforcers. Law enforcement must also have guardians, and not just warriors. Guardians are those who are able to build relationships fast and well with community members. That is because the community sees them as officers who want to make the community a better place. Guardians are more focused on making things smooth, versus the warrior who simply wants to enforce laws. It is imperative that Law enforcement is transparent and accountability to build public trust and legitimacy. Law enforcement and the public will never be on the same team, unless trust has been established. A wonderful way to do this is, have community block parties. This is a great way to reach out to people in their communities and get to know who lives in the community. During this time, law enforcement would be able to track and analyze the level of trust communities have in law enforcement and be able to measure the changes in crime. Every agency should have a broad range of diversity, because it would improve law enforcements understanding and effectiveness in dealing with all communities. The more diverse, the better chances law enforcement has to be accepted into diverse communities. According to the Gallup poll, law enforcement has remained flat. One of the reasons is, because people of color remain at the top of the list of being incarcerated. This article says that Procedurally just behavior is based on four central principles: 1. Treating people with dignity and respect 2. Giving individuals “voice” during encounters 3. Being neutral and transparent in decision making 4. Conveying trustworthy motives. This is so true, because when someone encounters a police officers they should not feel as though they have to be defensive. Many times, people feel backed into a corner, with no way out. This is why officers must have the guardian mentality when trying to gain the trust of the community. Officers simply cannot have a bias, when it comes to gaining the trust of the community. When officers use these four principals in their everyday life, he or she has a better chance at gaining the trust of those in the community. In order to achieve legitimacy, mitigating implicit bias has to be part of law enforcement’s training. It is imperative that all law enforcement receives this training, because you never know who you will meet on the streets or at the station. It is important to increase awareness and ensure respectful encounters with local communities. Once trust has been gained, it will be easier to police in their communities, communities will be more will to talk to local law enforcement when a crime occurs, and the community members will even accept the police officers as their own in their communities. Illinigurl002
ReplyDeleteThe 21st century policing Task Force report, was a very interesting read. It gave me all kinds of knowledge, that I didn't even knew existed, in the world of criminal justice. The executive summary started off immediately with stating that “Trust between law enforcement, and the community they serve is essential for a democracy. I completely agree with that. If we want to a successful nation, and run a successful government, we need to have trust. If we do not trust our police, and our police do not trust the citizens, then the democracy will ultimately fail. The executive summary shows that major political figures, are trying to do things to rebuild the relationship between police, and the communities. We can clearly see this with the executive order that President Obama passed in December of 2014. The goal of this executive order was too have a group of high ranking law enforcement officials identify the best practices, and the best policing recommendations, on how policing practices can promote effective crime reduction while rebuilding the communities trust. The co-chair statement, you can see the urgency on this issue just by their use of wording. You can also clearly see that they care for local police, and communities to have a good strong relationship. It states in the co-chairs statement, that these issues are so urgent, the President Obama gave them 90 days to find initial issues with our local police, and community relationships. I that this task force created to help better our policing relationships, was taking a huge step in the right direction. It may take awhile for use to completely repair all the broken relationships, but it is definitely a huge step in the right direction. I like how the community policing and crime reduction section uses the philosophy “that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.” It also states that communities, and police need to have mutual trust and cooperation between the two. Which is completely true. For us to rebuild these broken relationships, we have to work together for these ideas, and strategies to actually work. It is vital for police, and communities to work together for safety of the citizens, and residents of the town. I also like how the article states that law enforcement agencies should adopt policies that basically are best for the communities needs. I think that is an very important characteristic in rebuilding these relationships. We all know that crime will alway happen, and police departments cannot ensure the the 100 percent safety of citizens, but they should try their best to make their citizens feel like they can go out and do things without getting robbed or hurt. The feeling of being safe in a town will go a long way. Feeling safe, and knowing that there is a police presence will go a long way.
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Police legitimacy is “the extent to which members of the public view the police as legitimate, often measured in terms of the public's willingness to obey and cooperate with the police”. Behaviors that show citizens that police are legitimate are based off of four principles which are ; treating people with respect and dignity, police do this by respecting people’s rights, wishes or traditions. The next principle is giving individuals a voice in encounters, being neutral and transparent in decision making which is not letting bias choose how they react in a situation or let their biases make decisions for them. “All human beings have biases or prejudices as a result of their experiences, and these biases influence how they might react when dealing with unfamiliar people or situations”. The last principle is conveying trustworthy motives which is not abusing the power they do have or their authority. They don’t get to break the law just because they work for the law, they also can’t use excessive force, or act in an inappropriate manner. In the article it says that however officers define their role sets the tone for the community, what this means by this is instead of officers saying their job is to “enforce” the law they should say their role is to protect people's rights. Having this kind of attitude will show the community that the police officer is legitimate, as White says in class police have to be fair as well as appear to be fair. The community trusting the police plays such an important role in policing, it helps build a relationship between both parties and makes it easier for police to do their job which makes it easier for them to keep the community safe and it also helps the community speak up on problems in their area without the aspect of fear. “ Law enforcement cannot build community trust if it is seen as an occupying force coming in from outside to rule and control the community”. All officers should have the attitude that their role is to protect people’s rights and to protect the community whilst upholding the law. It also states in the article that law enforcement culture should adopt the guardian mindset instead of teaching the warrior mindset “The values and ethics of the agency will guide officers in their decision-making process; they cannot simply rely on rules and policy to act in encounters with the public”. This will help officers stay more connected to the principles that boost community trust, and makes it easier for people to see the good side of policing rather than the side that is the “enforcer”. In social media the police have been portrayed as bad or evil, if they are more like guardians this might help promote all the good that the police do, it will help show the police officers that go above and beyond to help in any way they can and the trust with the community will be easier to build. Ark002
ReplyDeletePillar four covered a vast concept of community policing and crime reduction. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. Over the course of pillar four they make recommendations for the vast amount of police departments. The first recommendation is that law enforcement agencies should develop and adopt policies and strategies that reinforce the importance of community engagement in managing public safety. Community policing is not just about the relationship between individual officers and individual neighborhood residents. It is also about the relationship between law enforcement leaders and leaders of key institutions in a community, such as churches, businesses, and schools, supporting the community’s own process to define prevention and reach goals. After the description or telling of the recommendation they are followed with several actions. Law enforcement agencies should consider adopting preferences for seeking “least harm” resolutions, such as diversion programs or warnings and citations in lieu of arrest for minor infractions. The second recommendation Community policing should be infused throughout the culture and organizational structure of law enforcement agencies. Community policing must be a way of doing business by an entire police force, not just a specialized unit of that force. The way I see things is that for the biggest thing to work out of all these recommendations is for the small community member and police departments to work together to achieve these goals. Communities should support a culture and practice of policing that reflects the values of protection and promotion of the dignity of all, especially the most vulnerable. The task force heard many different ways of describing a positive culture of policing. The recommendations shouldn’t be ignored these definitely resonate in the mind on how we can use these in our own communities and police departments to make our world a safer place at home and at work. The next recommendation that really caught my eye was 4.6 Communities should adopt policies and programs that address the needs of children and youth most at risk for crime or violence and reduce aggressive law enforcement tactics that stigmatize youth and marginalize their participation in schools and communities. Our children a major factor in how we can create better communities and ties with the local law enforcements. I did enjoy seeing that one of the big actions to take for this was making sure the children of the communities got the right education and tools needed to advance their educations. This topic had so many actions to make sure the children of the communities are taken care of. -Mr.Wadewilson002
ReplyDeleteOn one side you have the blade and the other side you have the handle. Without having those two together you would just have a blade which you could potentially cut yourself or you would just have the handle and how could you use the handle it's basically useless without the blade.-KenzieLand002
ReplyDeleteThere has to be trust between the people and the law enforcement agencies when it comes to democracy An executive order was put into place on December 18th, 2014 by Barack Obama. This executive order created the Task Force on the 21st Century Policing. This task force would help find good practices and recommendations for policing practices that can help reduce crime and build some trust with the public. There have been recent situations that might be harming the trust from the community with law enforcement. Ninety days were given by the president for the task force to figure out what policing practices would be the best and offer solutions on how to improve crime reduction and building trust at the same time. The task force has suggested that the president should support programs that deal with issues like poverty, health, education, and safety. When it comes to building trust and legitimacy, there is going to be a better relationship when the community has trust with the police. If the community does not trust the police of they're scared of them, it’s going to make things more difficult. If the community feels like the police don’t want to help, the community is not going to ask law enforcement to help Depending on the situation, the people might take care of it themselves and they might do it in an illegal way which will increase crime when we’re trying to figure out ways to reduce crimes. Having more of a guardian mentality can help build trust. It’s not one of the other. You can still have a little bit of a warrior mentality because you do have to have both, but try to stay mostly guardian. If all you have is a warrior mentality, that can cause the people to be afraid and that’s not going to help with building trust. Implementing procedural justice and culture of transparency could also be beneficial. Analyzing the trust level with communities can also be beneficial. It can show whether or not there has been any crime reduction and they can start brainstorming ideas on what can be done better if needed. It also suggest that having a more diverse police department could also be beneficial. A community is normally diverse so making the police departments more diverse could be beneficial. Law enforcement should also know what a community values. They should try and figure out what's going to work for this particular community. Technology is another way for police to build trust with the people. Community policing and crime reduction is about talking with the community and figuring out solutions for the problems that may be occuring. It’s very important that the tactics don't display stereotyping. It’s very important to be trained and educated. If properly trained and educated, there will be a higher chance of effectiveness and quality. If more training facilities are created, more people can be educated on this particular situation. It’s a lot more safer with multiple partners on the job. Being by yourself can be very dangerous. Shift lengths, deaths, and injuries should all be taken into consideration. -Soccer002
ReplyDeleteIf I had to boil down the entirety of the report into one sentence, it would be the quote provided by Dolores Jones Brown: “Community policing provides an opportunity for police to do things with the community, rather than to or for the community.” I paraphrase, but it suffices. Community policing has begun to take center stage in the peace keeping arena, indeed it has been asserted by some that this era will be called the Community Policing Era. The more that I read about it, the more it seems that the police and the community are working somewhat at cross purposes. Not the officer on the street, mind you, but the administrative bureaucracy that runs the police forces of America. What the community seems to increasingly ask is for an enculturated peace officer – one drawn from or who conforms to community standards on the administration of justice. The administrations of police forces seem ever more interested in placing restrictions on the behaviors of police officers, in the interest of reducing liability and preventing catastrophes. Though the goal of both is admirable, I think that they will eventually need to be fused in order to accomplish the goals of both parties. Drawing all police officers from the communities they inhabit reaches scalability problems, and inevitably excludes officers drawn from outside of the community, especially if the outsiders are never given enough trust to prove themselves. The increasing strictures of the bureaucracy are aimed at reducing the high publicity incidents that reduce trust from the community, but they also deprive an officer of his discretion, which is quite possibly the most powerful tool on the utility belt, especially so if the strictures do not regard the local community’s needs in justice. The requests from both sides for increasingly individualized officers on the one hand, and increasingly standardized officers on the other hand are bound to clash, as they are working at cross purposes to one another. I can foresee only one of them triumphing if the conflict comes to a head, and it is my desire that localization trump standardization if it comes right down to that, but I think this is entirely preventable. The bureaucracies will have to acknowledge the differences in their communities, and horror of horrors, place some trust in their officers to conform to the standards of the community. It does not seem to be the fashion right now to place trust in the individual officer, and perhaps there’s something to that. With police departments being increasingly composed of returning veterans, the police do have the perception of becoming increasingly militarized. Whether that is strictly true is besides the point, as the standards of the community are what need to be taken into account. Perhaps military service members aren’t the finest communicators in the world, and in a police service that is increasingly focused on community and therefore on communication, perhaps other hiring decisions need to be made to the end of changing the perception of peace officers.
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