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UNIT 4 IP
Community Policing
Unit 4 IP
Kisha Weldon
5/5/2023
Community Policing Unit 4 IP
The transition to community policing has taken shape in recent years as both parties strive to identify the most effective measures to promote public safety. Community policing
is a law enforcement strategy that permits officers to operate in the same area for some time to create
a strong bond with the citizens living and working there (Skogan & Hartnett, 2019). The development of this bond is critical as it necessitates the prevention of crime because both law enforcement officers, and the residents work closely in bringing the culprits to the book. Community policy initiative entails a variety of philosophical and practical approaches that are still evolving even in the contemporary world (Skogan & Hartnett, 2019). However, the strategies of community policing have been established to vary based on the needs and responses
of the communities involved, together with the basic principles under consideration. This paper will enumerate a few aspects, such as why trust is an essential component of policing, and what is likely to happen if the community fails to trust the police and finalize by explaining a few examples of police programs that can be adopted to promote transparency.
Trust is an essential component of community policing because it necessitates the participation of citizens in security measures by allowing them to air their voices relating to these
issues. People often report higher satisfaction levels in their encounters with law enforcement officers if they can explain their situation and point of view (Pryce & Chenane, 2021). This has proven to be true even when people know that their participation will hardly influence the outcome that would be made. When citizens perceive that the legal authorities are fairly treating them, they are more likely to comply, cooperate, and engage with law enforcement figures in combating crime within the community setting. Most importantly, when policing agencies are compelled to emphasize process-based approaches in fostering community policing, they should
be careful not to choose between crime reduction and promoting trust (Pryce & Chenane, 2021). Additionally, trust is a critical component of policing because it makes law enforcement officers impartial in their decision-making process. When citizens have trust in police officers, they will be able to exercise consistency, transparency, and objectivity in their decision-making process.
Furthermore, trust is critical to the community policing procedure because it informs how
law enforcement officers treat citizens. People would exhibit more trust in police officers if they treated with dignity, politeness, and respect for their human rights (Malone & Dammert, 2021). This goes a long way in making the community policing initiatives flow smoothly and yield better outcomes in the end. The last significance of trust as far as community policing is concerned is that it compels law enforcement officers to undertake various training sets. For instance, agency personnel would be able to understand the significance of trust in their professional assignments if they are exposed to this form of training (Malone & Dammert, 2021).
On the other hand, the training would also be important for agency leaders as it would prepare them to lead the behavioral change process by implementing union rules and regulations (Malone & Dammert, 2021). Therefore, the presence of trust between the citizens and police officers would ensure the success of the security measures put in place.
Adverse consequences will befall a community if it does not trust the police. The lack of trust in police officers allows for perceived discrimination to be experienced in society. The police officers would dispense their duties in a manner that favors some individuals while infringing on the rights of others. Also, the exposure of society to perceived discrimination leads to heightened stress responses that compel citizens to engage in unethical behaviors instead of those that may be considered ethical (Pryce & Chenane, 2021). The lack of trust in police officers causes the community to develop a negative perspective about them, fostering negative
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individual experiences with law enforcement officers. This results in the incarceration of a large population of community members because of non-existent behaviors such as drug offences or owning deadly weapons.
One of the law enforcements programs that police can use to promote transparency is the law enforcement program. The formulation and implementation of federal and state laws have been realized to foster transparency because journalists and researchers have thus been allowed to inspect the workings of the government and inform the public accordingly (Piña & Avellaneda, 2019). The increased transparency brought about by the implementation of the law enforcement program has been identified to increase the public’s access to data and records hence permitting them to decide whether to keep, amend, or eliminate policies and bureaucratic structures as far as law enforcement measures are concerned (Piña & Avellaneda, 2019).
Additionally, the prosecution and court programs also foster transparency by bringing to book police officers who engage in misconduct or have failed in their duty of protecting Americans from violence. The prosecution and court program ensures that all law enforcement officers are accountable for their actions and abolishes policies that foster negative impacts on certain population subsets (Piña & Avellaneda, 2019). Lastly, prevention and education program ensure citizens know their rights while doing business or going about their lives in societal settings. A knowledgeable community would be less susceptible to police brutality and mistreatment.
Conclusively, community policing is an important aspect that guarantees maximum security to all the citizens residing within a particular community. This is because it fosters collaboration between the police officers and the public. This kind of rapport can only exist between these parties without trust. As an important catalyst that fosters the relationship between
these parties, trust is important because it allows the public to table their perspectives. Furthermore, trust is also essential because it makes police officers to be impartial in their decision-making process, enhances the proper treatment of citizens by police officers, and allows
law enforcement officers to undertake training in learning how to treat citizens. On the contrary, the lack of trust exposes society to perceived discrimination and necessitates the community's growth against law enforcement officers.
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