Community Policing

Policing The first paid unified police force was established in 1844, in New York City. The police force was a combination of the day and night watches that were in place previously (Bohm & Haley, 2012). Throughout the years, the career of policing has been through many changes and has evolved for the better. The police officers have become better trained in perfecting their duties as law enforcement and also helping to make change in the communities.

In the 1800s, America became extremely industrialized. Due to all of the new upbringings there was a need for organized policing. Policing in America went through many different stages beginning with organized American law enforcement, to formal policing. Michael Moore and George Kelling inferred that there were three eras of policing; political era, professional era, and community era. The political era came first along, as that era began to go downhill, the professional era arose. As the professional era began to take drawbacks, the community era started up and is still going on in present day. There are many positives and some negatives in today’s society living in the community era.

Law enforcement has three major eras throughout history. The eras of policing that will be discussed in this paper are as follows; the political era which was from 1840 – 1930, the reform era which was from 1930 -1980, and last but not least the community problem solving era which is from 1980- 1995. Each one of these era’s had an impact on today’s policing and we are going to discuss each one and ultimately decide which one had the most effect on today’s policing.

Well first and foremost we have the Political Era, this era which was from 1840s to the 1930s. Strengths of this era are common to what we strive for in community policing today, for example in this era the police sought out a very close relationship with the community. Because of the tith act, which required every male to enroll for police duty in a group of families within a community, the police had a lot of man power which was a tremendous benefit for the “wards” (Miller, L., Hess, K., & Orthmann, C. 2005). With the tithing system this established the principals of collective responsibility for maintaining local law and order within their community or “ward” (Miller & all). One of the most important strengths but also a weakness was that the police officers lived within the community in which they

The Community Orientented Policing Services wrote about how the events after Ferguson affected the Community Policing aspect for officers on the job. Community Policing is a topic of discussion because people do not like the rules that officers have to follow in their jobs. The services believe that everyone is a leader not just police officers, but they have noticed that the Community thinks they are just followers who give information to the police. From the Wisconsin’s chiefs point of view he states “fully 80 percent of African-American respondents said “yes,” in contrast to 37 percent of White respondents. Three-quarters of African-American respondents said that they had “little or no confidence in the investigations” into the shooting;

Community policing is a philosophy. It uses organizational strategies that support the use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to address issues of public safety.Community-oriented policing is collaboration between the community, organizations within the community, and the police that identify and solve community problems. Police officers work with the community to help solve problems related to crime, fear of crime, social and physical disorder, and neighborhood conditions. They do this to enhance the safety and quality of neighborhoods. Officers spend time in these neighborhoods getting to know the residents and business owners by talking to them about the problems that the community is facing or individuals who are causing problems. They are responsible for reducing crime in their beats.

Historically, policing in America mimicked that of the English. American ideas expanded on the English way of policing, to start an era of ever evolving police agencies. In the beginning policing was considered the civic duty of members of a community. These “drafted” officers were not paid or trained. Appointed Sheriff’s were motivated by money, and lost focus on enforcing the law. Policing was considered reactive in nature. This began to change as did society, industrialism and urbanization, brought with it a rise in crime, causing police to shift towards a more proactive approach to law enforcement. In the 1800’s new technologies began another change

America could no longer survive without a police presence so larger cities began to simulate London’s Metropolitan Police force to patrol cities and get a grip on existing crime. The most populated cities began assembling police departments and more rural areas mimicked their efforts by acquainting sheriffs among the counties. It wasn’t until the Progressive Era of reform that policing in America became an authentic

The law enforcement agency has three main eras during the course of their history. The first one is the community-policing era. Second, is the professional era and the last one is the political era. Law enforcement officials had clearly dissimilar objectives, organization, and outcomes for the duration of each of these eras. Every one of the moves from one era to another was caused by a demand from people, the federal government, and minority groups. Police departments have advanced over this period, to be the organization that they are in the present

The roles, responsibilities, and styles of policing in the United States have changed dramatically since the first “era” of policing was established in 1840. Until recently, there were only three established eras of policing: The Political Era, Reform Era and Community Era. We are now in a fourth era- the New Era. All of these eras are reflections of evolution amongst law enforcement officers, as well as political figures of their times. The roles and styles of policing have been a never-ending topic of change, which has grown to fit the demands of the public. Each new era has been born out the desire to make the United States as safe as possible given an evolving climate of

At the same time, in many respects the relationship between police and communities, especially the communites with high crime rates and police brutality. New law enforcement orientation had a profound impact on police–community relations. As crime control professionals , police began to simply view citizens as a means to information that would allow them to process criminal cases and return to service as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, crimes are constantly happening within the communities, there are alot of resources to assist offenders in doing

I am embarrassed at times while participating in CP activities. I believe we have strayed from our main objective. We are getting to “Buddy-Buddy” with students. CP is also getting invited to participate in activities that should only be attended at watched from afar. Don’t get me wrong we have made great strides to promote a rapport with everyone on campus, but somethings are just to over the top. Let’s keep community policing professional and include all of the UPD officers available for events. CP should continue to be seen, promote safety, take cases, and avoid certain activities that takes away from normal UPD duties.

Sir Robert Peel is credited for helping create the first Metropolitan Police Force in 1829, prior to its creation law enforcement had been lacking organization a major concern for

Community policing is defined as a " philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which 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" according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (U. S. Department of Justice). In other words the main goal of community policing is the allocation of various police agencies/staff to particular areas around the community so they become familiar with its inhabitants and lifestyle. This style of policing attempts to modify the department through a system called de-bureaucratization and has four major goals to meet.

Over the past few decades community policing has become a new trend in law enforcement. A majority of contemporary police departments now claim to use community policing. Community policing builds on basic policing practices with an emphasis on crime prevention and lasting solutions to problems. Community policing was established in the 1970s, but did not become popular until the 1990s. The goal of community policing is to rebuild the bond between citizens and police officers, while at the same time reducing crime and fear. This then restores a sense of order within the community.