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Community policing is a philosophy that endorses organizational schemes which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques proactively addressing the abrupt circumstances that bring about issues of community protection which include crime, social ailment, and terror of misconduct.

Moreover, community monitoring consists of three constituents who includes the community partnership, organizational revolution and problem-solving. The public partnership entails the relation among the implementation agency, the persons and societies and who they serve together to create remedies to hitches and increasing the reliance in the police.

Organizational conversion is the configuration of administration, structure; personal and informational schemes are used to upkeep public partnerships and taking the initiative problem cracking (Boettke, Lemke, and Palagashvili, 2016). Problem-solving is the process of engaging a proactive and Symantec inspection of recognized problems thus developing and evaluating actual reactions.

Problem cracking and community controlling are tactical concepts that are used to redefine the trends and the means of regulating. Problem resolving focuses on the attention of the police behind the incidents rather than focusing on the incident alone. Community policing focuses on the creation of functioning corporations between the community and the law enforcement (police) with a common goal to reduce crime and develop security (Schanzer, Kurzman, Toliver, and Miller, 2016). The prevalent approach that emphasizes professional constabularies has failed in preventing and controlling crimes. They have failed in making policing a profession thus fostering and corrupt separation between the law enforcement agency and the public they are serving.

Community controlling can still be operative in a situation where the police must make arrests because it is one of the ways in which security can be accrued. It is one of the ways of resolving the conflict between and within the community. An arrest can maintain peace through stability. It can also be described as eliminating the potential threat that is the source of the problem. The police promote community policing basing the problem on a constructive approach seeks to approve responsiveness to the identified community needs.

If the community is willing to understand the role of police in community policing, they can understand their role in crime preventing. The police also have a role in enforcing unpopular laws. This is a role that is against the expectation of the community, but if the community is able to understand the laws and the purpose for them then community policing is still possible (Gill, Weisburd, Telep, Vitter, and Bennett, 2017). Some laws can be constitutionally valid and legal but still, remain to be unpopular. Such laws are still enforced by the police with no intention of being unfair but only doing so under the constitution.

Dispatches

There are about 3,500 to 4000 dispatches made per day. Some of these calls made are on accidents, crime with violence, suicide attempts, and petty crimes that occur within the community. 99% of the time the police show up because people are in crisis or made a call of distress to the department (Jenkins, 2016). For the police, every crisis is the responsibility of a police officer even when it is not their crisis. They are expected to do something concerning the situation no matter what because it is their responsibility and area of specialty. If the community understand this then they also understand that the police will have to use a desperate measure to get control of the situation. It will only be human to understand the action taken police to save the person's life of eliminating the distress.

Crime reduction in 1990

In the early 1990s, the crime rates in the US had increased since the Lyndon presidency. There was a high murder rate that lead to about 2,245 killings due to the crack-cocaine epidemic which took place in mid-1980 (Gill, 2016). It led to an increase in killings between 1985 and 1990. However, crimes decreased from 1990. Part of the drop was due to relatively modest improvements made in policing. The New York police department made three changes were of significance to the changes in crime rates.

The police department increased its workforce by 35% which was almost the same number of police departments in many nations during that time. It also engaged in aggressive policing which included making an arrest that was independently for making arrests and establishing misdemeanor arrest programs (Gill, Weisburd, Bennett, Telep, and Vitter, 2016). This clearly indicates that community policing could be made possible while the police were making an arrest to maintain the peace that is needed.

The arrest program was meant to take control of the drug cases and offenses as well as any other public-order offenses. The change in management style contributed to the dramatic changes of the crime drop. There were changes in techniques and objectivities that included increasing the number of officers out on patrol (Macomb, 2018). Using this as an example it is evidence enough that community policing can be a success in a system where the police are making an arrest. However, the arrests must be done through the right procedure without violation of individual's rights. Moreover, this kind of strategy needs to be transparency for the people to trust the system.

Community policing as a buzz word

In several manifestations throughout the country community policing has been a political buzz word. Community policing has been one of the law enforcement preferred strategies used in fighting crime and concentrated antipolice segments. Having a successful community policing depends on the ability to humanize both the law enforcement profession and the community being charged (Bove, and Gavrilova, 2017). The police are criticized by the same people they have sworn to protect. They risk their lives in their line of duty wearing badges not knowing if they will be with their families who expect to be with them at the end of the day. They are dehumanized and blocked from their hopes and dreams. However, at times the in some situation community policing has been termed as a strategy that LE has accepted.

References

Boettke, P. J., Lemke, J. S., & Palagashvili, L. (2016). Re-evaluating community policing in a polycentric system. Journal of Institutional Economics, 12(2), 305-325.

Bove, V., & Gavrilova, E. (2017). Police officer on the frontline or a soldier? the effect of police militarization on crime. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(3), 1-18.

Jenkins, M. J. (2016). Police support for community problem-solving and broken windows policing. American journal of criminal justice, 41(2), 220-235.

Gill, C. (2016). Community-oriented policing: Implications for officer well-being. In Stress in Policing (pp. 28-48). Routledge.

Gill, C., Weisburd, D., Telep, C., Vitter, Z., & Bennett, T. (2017). Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder, and fear and improve legitimacy and satisfaction with police: a systematic review.

Gill, C., Weisburd, D., Bennett, T., Telep, C., & Vitter, Z. (2016). COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING. Stress in Policing: Sources, consequences and interventions.

Macomb, C. (2018). Community Policing.

Schanzer, D. H., Kurzman, C., Toliver, J., & Miller, E. (2016). The challenge and promise of using community policing strategies to prevent violent extremism: A call for community partnerships with law enforcement to enhance public safety. Durham: Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.