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individuals or an individual and a group” (Utecht, 2019). Community policing plays a significant
role in building rapport with the community, as it is a strategy that police utilize to develop
relationships with the community in which they are serving. It can also help improve the
accuracy of witnesses and victims.
Building rapport is a societal trend that affects the public as members of the criminal
justice system are serving the public. “It begins with the goal to establish commonality, to
communicate likeness, and to minimize perceptions of dissimilarity” (Utecht, 2019). Society
today is very diverse, so the goal for police officers is to find similarities within themselves so
they can relate to the community they are serving. Building rapport easily affects both members
of law enforcement and the community and is an easy way to show empathy and create solutions
to problems that they are directly impacted by.
Reference:
Utecht, C. J. (2019). Current Issues in Policing. Cognella, Inc..
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