Basic principles
What does COP stand for?
Community oriented policing
What does DARE stand for?
Drug Abuse Resistance and Education
What is COP and POP mainly about?
Preventing crime
What is the first step of problem identification?
Identify the problem and look for patterns.
What is POP?
Problem-oriented policing
What is COP?
A long-term process that involves fundamental institutional change
When did this program launch?
1982
T/F? Crime prevention and community policing are close companions.
True
What is the problem?
A group 2 or more incidents
What can help police design a more effective way of responding to incidents?
Information about the problem
Community institution such as families, schools, neighborhoods and merchants assosiations are seen as key partners with the police in creating ____.
Safer, and more secure communities.
Students have been thought that drugs are _____ dangerouse.
equally
Crime prevention typically is...
An add-on program for the police agency.
What does scanning initiate?
The problem solving process
What does 'amelioration' mean?
The act of making something better.
In what year did the notion of community policing emerge?
In the early 1980s
How effective is DARE?
Over 50 percent
Why is crime prevention much more preferable?
It is less expensive.
What is the primary purpose of scanning?
To conduct a preliminary inquiry to determine if a problem exists.
What is POP responsible for?
Combining information and coming up with a clear picture of the problem.
What is a fundamental aspect of COP?
The public must be engaged in the fight against crime and disorder.
A new curriculum is being developed for use in some schools that will show ____ ___ after drug use to demostrate the harm.
brain scans
What does 'exhorting' mean?
To strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.
List at least 2 ways incidents may be similar.
Behavior, Locations, People, Time, Events
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Serve as mediators, as a dispense of information, and as community organizers.