Policy Community Relations
What major events in the 1960s led to clashes between police and anti-establishment groups?
Unrest from the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the definition of team policing?
Reorganization of conventional patrol strategies into “an integrated and versatile police team assigned to a fixed district.”
Effort between the police and the community that identifies problems of crime and disorder and involves all elements of the community in the search for solutions to the problems.
What is the main idea of strategic policing?
Strategic policing keeps traditional crime fighting goals but expands the focus to include larger and more complex criminal issues.
What is the main idea behind problem-solving policing?
Assuming crime can be reduced by identifying and addressing the underlying social problems that cause crime.
How did policing priorities shift in response to rising social disorder in the 1960s–70s?
Police moved from a legalistic model to a more service-oriented, community-focused approach.
When was team policing experimented?
In 1960 and 1970s.
What does PCR focus on?
Drug rehabilitation, domestic violence centers, and so on.
How does strategic policing differ from traditional policing?
Traditional policing focuses on crime while strategic policing adds attention to long term, sophisticated, or large scale criminal threats that require special tactics.
Why do many people believe some crimes occur?
They stem from existing social conditions within the community.
What was the primary goal of Police-Community Relations (PCR) programs?
To improve relations between police and the public by expanding their role beyond strict law enforcement.
what where the officers expected to do with the people in there assigned neighborhood?
Get close to them/ Get to know them.
What is the goal for PCR?
Make the public less hostile to police officers and view them in a positive light.
What types of criminal or crimes does strategic policing target?
Targets criminals such as serial offenders, gangs, drug networks, and etc.
How do police reduce crime using problem-solving policing?
They work to undercover and address underlying social issues such as poverty, lack of resources and unstable community conditions.
How did police use storefront centers during the PCR movement?
They served as places to interact with citizens and document public dissatisfaction.
What where patrol officers given considerable authority over?
Processing complaints.
What does PCR stand for?
Public-relation officers.
What does strategic policing rely on to be effective?
It relies on involve law enforcement strategies to handle complex and insulated threats.
How is the community Policing connected to problem solving policing?
Involves supports systems like counseling centers, welfare programs, job training centers.
Why do PCR programs commonly fail?
They often reach only already-satisfied citizens while neglecting disaffected groups, which can also alienate officers.
Where crimes solved at a local level and specialist only called when needed?
does Community policing mostly solve avast array of social service problems?
yes.
What are some techniques used in strategic policing?
Techniques include intelligence operations, undercover investigations and etc.
What is examples of community actions encouraged in problem-solving policing?
Cleaning neighborhoods, improving lighting, and using security devices