(PCR)
Police Community Relations
Police Community Relations
When did many agencies begin to explore PCR?
1960s and 1970s
Team Policing is an extension of what movement?
The (PCR) or Police Community Relations movement.
True or False :
Strategic policing reduces the enforcement target of traditional crime fighting.
False.
Includes organizational strategies that support what?
The systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques.
What were the social problem examples given under problem solving policing?
Inequality and Lack of education.
At the height of PCR, city police departments had storefront centers where...
Where citizens could air complaints and interact with police representatives.
At what level were crimes investigated and solved at?
True or False :
Strategic policing falls under community policing.
True.
Proactively addresses the immediate conditions that lead to public-safety issues such as...
Crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.
Problem-Solving Policing assumes that many crimes are caused by what?
Existing social conditions within the community.
What area of police activity is PCR?
The area of police activity that recognizes the need for the police and the community to work together effectively.
How were officers applied to neighborhoods and what were they expected to do?
Officers were applied semipermanently to certain neighborhoods, they were expected to become more familiar with the inhabitants and their problems and concerns.
Makes use of what innovative enforcement techniques?
Intelligence operations, undercover stings, electronic surveillance, and sophisticated forensic methods.
What were the given examples of partnerships and problem-solving techniques?
Prevent crime by providing advice, talking to students, and encouraging neighborhood watch groups.
Problem Solving Policing does what with analyzed crime data?
Uses that information to design strategies and tactics.