CHAPTER 8
POLICING ISSUES AND TRENDS
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ISSUES IN PATROLLING
Preventive Patrol?
Kansas City Study (1974)
Results:
No significant difference in rate of preventable type crimes (burglary, robbery, theft)
citizens did not notice the difference
citizen attitudes toward police showed no difference--fear of crime between areas were not different
Proactive Method:
Directed Patrol:
Involves patrolling in the hot spots: Minneapolis study
Involves increasing patrol in the hot times:
Involves making more arrests
Response time:
Reasons why there is a delay:
Ambiguity:
Coping delays:
Conflict delays:
communication problems:
CHANGING CONCEPTS OF POLICING
Professional Model
Emphasis was on internal control with a centralized authority. Most important was
Reason for changes
COMMUNITY POLICING:
Early efforts--Late 1960's improvement of public relations
education programs for public
neighborhood watch programs
crime prevention clinics
big brother programs
Broken Windows model (1970's)
Neighborhood disorder creates fear--gangs, street people, prostitutes a neighborhood gives out crime-promoting signals. Neighborhood that is deteriorated
houses falling apart, broken windows, disorderly behavior attracts criminal element
Police need citizen's cooperation. In order to reduce fear in these neighborhoods, police need citizens to get involved.
Resulted in
returning to the officer on the beat to build relationships with the community
Crime control takes back seat to prevention, public safety, maintaining order and community preservation
Community Policing Philosophy:
emphasizes results and not bureaucratic process.
envisions agencies being proactive rather than reactive.
Officer on the street must be given the authority to solve problems
Use problem oriented Policing in conjunction with CP.
Patrol officers must have crime prevention skills, problem solving skills, public relations skills
San Antonio's community policing effort is called SAFFE (San Antonio Fear Free Environment)