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Community Oriented Policing
Community Oriented Policing is a strategic program that involves mechanisms of policing through cooperation and ties between the force and members of a community in select location. The philosophical strategy is built on a leveled and acquired trust and partnership between the public and authorities, in matters concerning policing and law enforcement throughout the process. The components of Community Oriented Policing are centered on the strategic philosophy through collaborating with the community from the basic entities to policing (Oliver 14). Secondly, the components constitute the problem solving approach technique with equally returned transformation of the policing agencies in support and empowerment of the officers involved. In most cases, the front-line service men are targeted in the latter component. The last of the components involved requires decentralization of respective command and subsequent encouragement of innovation to achieve solutions to the problems analyzed throughout.
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goals of community oriented policing are towards the increase of partnerships
through trust and eradication of crime and disorder. The goal of partnerships
is down to the cooperation by limiting the fear of authority among the members,
while eradication of crime and disorder is maintenance of civil authority among
all the community members with minimal resistance. There are common structures
used for determining the assessment of community oriented policing goals. The
determination of crime rate at the inception of the programs and resultant
cases with solutions offers a timely assessment of the policing. Oliver (16)
argues that additional re-evaluation of the goals and objectives on matters of
importance increase the assessment and relevance. In addition, the circumspect
evidence of levels on cooperation and failed mechanisms give relevance to any
assessment protocol of the program’s goals. Constant review also contributes to
the success.
Work Cited:
Oliver, Willard M. Community-oriented Policing: A Systemic Approach to Policing. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.