Economic development, along with globalization and an improved transportation system made it a lot easier for people to be able to move from place to place. Commercial businesses began popping up everywhere and conflicts were bound to happen from time to time. When there are complaint(s) about noise violations police officers often use civil remedies to mediate what an ordinary citizen perceives to be a crime. It is important that these commercial businesses find ways to prohibit people from disturbing the peace and being a nuisance to other businesses in the surrounding area. Nuisance is defined as a condition that interferes with the neighbors’ use or enjoyment of their property, endangers life, health or safety, or is offensive to …show more content…
Most police officers when they visit an establishment for nuisance for the first time they will issue a warning to the offending business letting them know that there is a complaint(s) of public nusiance at their facility. Peak (2015) goes on to say that police officers have to analysis a situation at times to determine the best course of actions. Even though there have been numerous complaints against the businesses at 7500 Commercial Row an analysis is a key foundation for any sound intervention according to Parker (2004). In analysis, the police officers are able to determine the best course of action without acting hasty. The police will have to develop a process to determine what is appropriate to address specific crime and disorder problems at 7500 Commercial Row. One such remedy is that police officers can periodically patrol 7500 Commercial Row to see what they can visually observe to see what businesses are being public nuisances. Once police officers have observed that an establishment is a nuisance they can try the simplest solution, if necessary apply greater pressure to force the business to comply. Police departments can simply issue a letter stating the nature of the offense that has been observed and a request for a plan of action to address the problem. Police officers can continue to apply pressure until the nuisance has ceased. That way the business owners understand the cost of maintaining the nuisance will surpass the cost
“A public nuisance is an unreasonable interference with a right common to the public. Harmful conduct may be both a public and private nuisance simultaneously; the case law distinctions between the two are often blurred.” (McAdams, 2009)
9. Based on your studies of Unit 1, write a persuasive argument for or against the construction
The article then suggests five different kinds of views between the law enforcement officer and the resident. Police
Wilson and Kelling’s key idea is that disorder and the absence of controls leads to crime. Their solution is to crack down on any disorder using a twofold strategy. First an environmental improvement strategy that any broken window must be repaired immediately, otherwise more will follow and the neighbourhood will be on the slide. Secondly the police must adopt a zero tolerance policing strategy. Instead of merely reacting to crime, the must proactively tackle even the slightest sign of disorder, even if it is not criminal. This
A nuisance involves one person's unreasonable use of land, which interferes with the enjoyment and use of adjoining land by other persons or a community.
Cities seek to improve their position in all three of the systems of stratification – economic, social, and political (Kantor, 2013). Currently, the city is at a stand still in these three categories. With the recent media reaction to the crimes, the social aspect of the city is damaged in the south end of the city with fear of crime, Residents in this area are becoming more reluctant to go outside and congregate with others due to the recent headlines of big crimes. The economic aspect of the city is affected in the suburban areas of these crimes. Homes that are up for sale may now take even longer to sell due to recent headlines. Politically, the Chief of Police now has questions to answer as to his approach from here on out with patrol strategies in the south end of the city. Esther Hyatt stated in his article, “Crime has plummeted from synergistic improvements in public safety with input from law enforcement, community agencies, residents, elected officials, and media partners (Hyatt, 2011).” The chief may look to these strategies by taking advantage of the publicity for patrol
On occasion, the police go around investigating the area and they stop and harass people for no reason. For instance, police would tell homeless people to get off the streets or the sidewalks and go somewhere else, knowing they do not have a place to go. According to KK, who was also a member of Skid Row, police harass African American men wearing white shirts and shorts because they “think” they are selling drugs. Rather than doing a normal search to check for drugs, they yell and force people on the ground with guns pointing to their heads. That is not only prejudice, but it is also taking advantage of their power. As an alternative, the city should hire police officers that actually care such as Officer Dion Joseph who has been working on the force for a while and actually takes an interest in not only the community but also the residents living
When addressing public safety issues, one might assume that the most obvious approach encompasses an elementary and uncomplicated strategy involving strictly law enforcement practitioners. A seemingly straightforward approach however is in actuality nonexistent. While allocating additional resources (like personnel and physical security assets)
Effective tactics and Strategies of enforcement that focus on visible street crime or “quality of Life” crimes.
Nuisance is a common law tort. It means that which causes offence, annoyance, trouble or injury
-Techniques used to address unlawful public assemblies, including display of formidable numbers of police offenders, crowd containment, dispersal tactics and arrest procedures
Due to these apparent successes, the problem-focused approach has been used to address a diverse array of problems such as gangs, drugs, school crime and the management of police call for service in urban, suburban and even rural communities. The exploration of possible responses to a problem is handled by police officers. Once a problem is identified, officers are expected to work closely with the community members to develop a solution, which can include a wide range of alternatives to arrest. These may focus on the offender, the community, the environment, outside agencies, or the need for some kind of mediation. Problem-oriented policing grew out of twenty years of research into police practices, and differs from traditional policing strategies in many significant ways. For example, problem-oriented policing enables police agencies to be more effective. Currently, police agencies commit most of their time to responding to calls for service. Problem-oriented policing offers a more effective strategy by addressing the
The Broken Windows theory predicts that police can most effectively fight crime by focusing their efforts on targeting disorder, minor crimes and nuisance behaviors. The theory has had a positive impact, but has also raised some challenges. The police can play a key role in disrupting this process. If they focus in on disorder and less serious crime in neighborhoods that have not yet been overtaken by serious crime, they can help reduce fear and resident withdrawal.
Many citizens have become annoyed with the crime in their neighborhoods. They have organized block watches, citizen patrols, along with neighborhood cleanups, and started harassing slumlords that allow drug dealers to use their properties. (Brown Art. 122). Among many of the crime fighting tools, the involvement of
affects neighborhoods, communities or cites on a whole. This requires the police to make a