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    Newton Police Department

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    facility needs, personnel issues with potential for organizational impact and other factors creating liability risk. The external information would include but not limited to major incidents/events, press releases of significance, program(s) status, crime data, and community interaction with potential to impact the organization. The list of internal and external information to provide City Administrator is broad and ever evolving depending the activities occurring within the organization. The information

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    My internship took place at the Burbank Police Department. It is located in Burbank, Illinois and conveniently not too far from where I live. Burbank itself has a population of about 28,095 citizens and was founded in 1970.This is a very small department and was started in the 1982. The Burbank Police Department has professionally trained, a 53-member force. Currently, all officers have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. Supervisors are required to attend advanced training from the Police Institute

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    just one method of police will not address all the issues. The broken windows method, focuses on measures meant to be preventive. By enforcing minor violations, they hope to deter the more serious crimes. I believe the idea behind this is does have merit, but I do not believe its a cure all for crime. I idea of cleaning up an area and having strict enforcement is not a new idea and can be impactful. Unfortunately, this is typically a short term remedy for a long term problem. To implement a broken

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    essay. Community policing is “a collaborative effort between the police and the community that identifies problems of crime and disorder and involves all elements of the community in the search for solutions to these problems” (Schmalleger, Frank). Basically, it says that that police and the community join together on solving crime and disorder it also informs the public about crime to get citizens to not fear it as much. Community policing came from George Kelling and Robert Tronjanowicz. They made

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    Broken windows, order-maintenance, quality-of-life policing are all ideas that are fast becoming conventional ways to control crime. Social scientists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling are convinced their idea of “broken windows” policing shows a connection between street disorder and serious crime. They believe by police cracking down on any behavior they consider to be disorderly shows the people in the community that law enforcement is watching them and deters criminal behavior from occurring

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    Policing Eras: According to Miller, Hess, and Orthmann (2008) community policing is defined as a law enforcement agency actively working with the residents of the community to reduce and prevent crime. Within the Fort Worth, Texas police department a citizen’s police academy is held for members of the local community to actively participate with sworn officers and serve as a link between officers and the community they protect. In addition to the citizen’s patrol, Burleson also hosts an Explorer

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    problems of crime and disorder and involves all elements of the community in the search for solutions to these problems" (Sykes). Community based policing is the role of the police not that of catching bad guys, but more that of helping the public. In order for community based policing to have an effect or benefit the role of the police officer has to have an active part in the community. Police departments have always looked to the community for help when it came to reporting a crime or help solving

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    The staffing of the administrative structure of COP, as well as the COP unit, are important elements of the pilot program in development. The experimental area of the program will be tested in 5 Brooklyn precincts, preferably in the 67th precinct, 71sr precinct, 73rd precinct, 75th precinct, and 81st precinct. Together each precinct will work together with the proper procedures and techniques necessary to make community policing a workable concept within the NYPD. The costs in creating this unit

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    Crime Victims

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    This essay will explain and evaluate how the study of victimology (the study of crime victims and victimization) has contributed massively to our understanding of crime in multiple different ways such as helping our knowledge of what the motives are behind crimes, who the main targets are, thus constructing theories about the best ways to prevent these people from becoming victimised and therefore reducing crime rates in general. This paper will also identify the success of victimology by looking

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    police to be more reactive when a crime has finally been discovered. With police departments designing precincts in a more efficient manner and utilizing Intelligence Led Policing, Predictive Policing or Compstat to properly allocate resources provides for preventative patrols to be accomplished while also being able to be reactive in nature.

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