Strengths And Weaknesses Of Local 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 first con for community policing is some departments are using the term as an aggressive law enforcement tactic in certain areas. Cops could use for showing their presence among the people where there is no need for them. The community does not know what is going on and the cops are keeping the people in the dark that cerate distrust among everyone. Now you have resentment among both police and the local people. Might be seen as harassment by police when show aggressive.

“Community policing is, in essence, a collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems” (U.S. Department of Justice, 1994, p. vii). Throughout the years, community policing has become a more popular strategy to help law enforcement officials control and deter crime; however, some areas across the United States has had problems in the past with communities and law enforcement working together to ensure a secure and safe environment. Although it is an officer’s duty to maintain order, keep the peace, and solve problems within the area he or she

Historically, local police agencies have little or no communication with any agencies outside their own, the creation of Joint Terrorism Task Forces provides very little in the way of relaying or relieving intelligence. Also, "Police, especially local police officers, are used to exercising discretion" meaning, they will do very little to compromise their flexibility and/or professional judgements. This, along with the competition with state law enforcement for market shares, becomes an even more complex problem to handle. (Cordner, Scarborough 2010)

The increase of the municipal system, and having standards for such systems is why the police departments are like it is not. From centuries and centuries of having vague ideas about what the police officers do and why the police offers are doing what they do, the unification of the police department is just would change how we answer those questions. In the United States southern region, their use of the policing departments was similar to the north but had some dissimilar roots or causes for the change in the various cities policing departments. Reformation of the police department from very scattered policy of ideas to a nationwide acceptance of the various roots in the basic police department is revolution of the police

I chose this article because of my interest in police accountability, trust, and issues that stem from enforcing laws that we have discussed in class. I dislike a centralized approach to most things, especially policing. I find the recent marijuana legislation in Washington and Colorado interesting due to their stark contrast to other state and federal laws regarding marijuana regulation. The policing of laws that have proven to be ineffective and cause more problems than they solve has long been a concern of mine. These laws are often created by those in power whom are out of touch with reality and often do not reflect what the general public desires. Decentralizing police forces will reduce the attention required to enforcing certain laws and policies, therefore adding a more personal environment of policing to each district. Theoretically, a person running for the office of Police and Crime Commissioner would be voted in by constituents who care about the state of policing in their local communities and want to see a positive change.

Undoubtedly the thought of a National Police Force in the U.S. seems somewhat intimidating and not something American society would willingly accept, but, in reviewing countries such as England, France, Germany, and Israel, there appear to be some advantages to such a centralized force. While we appreciate the freedom of localized law enforcement whether police, sheriff or otherwise, the lack of a consistent standardized operating procedure for all agencies creates issues in the implementation/administering of the law as seen in recent months. While it would seem the cons of a national police force would outweigh that of the pros, it is worth taking into consideration when we look at those countries that have implemented such systems and have

Law enforcement agencies tend to tug of war over controlling the crime for the good of society. To maintain peace, order and a high quality of life with freedom attached. Then the other side of the rope is law enforcement tends to use the power delegated to control society as to how those in the high positions of power dictate. Public safety may take precedence over individuals’ rights at times. For example, a curfew being in effect can be a disadvantage because this is more of a mass punishment procedure. Obviously not everyone involved is guilty but that is the way public order works at times. With the ever-present need to

In society the police officers roles is to effectively enforce laws, police officers are accountable to arrest offenders when they committed crimes, stop all crime to the best of their ability, keeping the peace as much as possible, and also be able to provide services to neighborhoods citizens when needed. The police officers responsibilities can range from a small task to a much dangerous task, some of the people take the police officers for granted. Without polices officers this world would be no good at all crime would be happen from left to right. As the people of the world and community we need to get more involved with, we have to as whole help them as control the crime and maintain orders they can’t do it all by themselves. I truly feel and know that lessened community policing will

Different officers may have different ways to contribute to partnerships. For example, patrol officers have a unique position to help monitor and supervise supervisees (Parent and Snyder, 1999). Patrolling gives officers access to the supervisee and their social networks which can help provide knowledge of their activity (La Vigne, N. G., Solomon, A. L., Beckman, K. A., Dedel, K., & Center, J. P., 2006), this can be very valuable especially in cases which community corrections officers are mostly in their office and not in the field (Thornton et al. 2006). This can help with intervening before recidivism occurs due to being able to foresee issues that the supervisee may be having. This may help law enforcement officers prevent certain crime

On the local and state levels of policing, for they are similar in organization and management. The federal level of

In this paper I would be identifying, compare, and contrast the policing function at the local, state, and federal organizational levels. I would be Analyzing how the organizational, management, administration, and operational functions at these three organizational levels are similar or different and why. Also I would be identifying the leadership characteristics and responsibilities pertaining to each organizational level.

Policing in America underwent a major paradigm shift in the way that law enforcement was carried out – this shift was known as a shift from the Political Era to the Professional (Reform) Era (Roberg, Novak, Cordner, & Smith, 2015). This switch in eras happened in the United States during a period branded as the Progressive Era, when many “types of problems … began to be addressed not only in the public sector but also in private enterprise” (Roberg et al., 2015, p. 41). This movement affected the United States and the American life since it functioned on the ideas that there should be “(1) honest and efficiency in government, (2) more authority for public officials (and less for politicians), and (3) the use of experts to respond to specific

State police, county police, village police, sheriffs department, and private police can all share the same area of jurisdiction and all be spending money and resources on the same things. Instead of this, consolidation of some of these would reduce the amount of money spent on the same areas, and patrols could be redirected to hot spots or further areas that could not be reached before. This would also eliminate the problem of sharing information between departments, because it would all be gathered in on department and accessible to all officers. Consolidation of some of the departments would also eliminate the competition between departments for calls, resources and personnel. The next reform should be the use of all the new technology that is available today. Police agencies need to take full advantage of all the new technologies that could help them fight crime easier and become even more proactive. One great way is having laptop or hand held computers in police cars. They can show street and map response time grids, demographic characteristics and time of crime committed. They can even show the time, place, and nature of crimes by number and color for easy identification. Listings of the crimes as burglaries, robberies, traffic deaths, juvenile crimes, and other grids would be available at the touch of a button. Demographic characteristics of location like density, distribution and vital statistics of population could also be

Small town Holdrege, Nebraska is where I decided to look a little further into law enforcement on the State level. There are quite a few State Troopers in this area, or it seems to be that way anyways. I contacted Sargent John Wagner for an interview. I have to say these men/women in uniform are slightly intimidating. I’m not sure if it is the uniform, or the fact I grew up thinking these officers of the law are just that scary. I guess we shall see once we begin the interview.