6.5 police and the community

benefits to developing working and meaningful partnerships in the community

impact of crime fear and perceptions of quality of life coordinate certain resources increase trust and understanding with community and police strengthen organization support

problem solving

find short term and long term solutions identifying the root causes to the problem inteifiying on the conditions of the problme and not the emotions

what is a community

geopraphical area and geopraphic interestes within those boundaries defined by thnicity and culture and special interest of those group of people and identify common ground common interests of those groups

what is a problem

identified and recognized within the community by repeated calls for service in the same areas of the community

help in developing a plan to implement the response after choosing the most appropriate response to the problem

identify resources for plan to work determine obstacles to overcome develop timetable implement a response

Scanning

identifying the problem >look for persistent problems in the beat

what does community policing mean to the community

improved quality of life increased citizen involvement resource development community specific problem sovling shared responsibilty between LE and community

community with common denominators

is the area rural will the center have a growth and or urban area and to identify these characteristics

community policing is not

just a fool partrol just a block watch a special unit soft on a crime any program to replace other policing

what kind of tool is problem solving

used by LE and community to address issues address fears and causes of crime which effect life

Analysis

verificaiton through data collection

paradigms

wide agreed upon patterns or assumptions that form the basis of our actions and decisions how we view the world

the ability or partner with the community

will impact the success in community oriented policing

community wheel

within a general wheel of resources are general areas where they can begin to examine the partnerships that we can creat to solve some issues we face in the nation or within a community

1995, the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZ POST) conducted a survey of Chiefs, FTO's and new graduates regarding: What are the skills - either they are not being offered, or they need to be accelerated in the academy. The results were:

writing skills communication skills problem solving skills

traditional policing

arrest is the primary tool numbers and insident driven us vs them sceneario when the shift is over it is someone elses issue we do it fo the community all police focus on is arrest and call responses

how to network with community policing

assistance guidance technical support for problme solving

Herman Goldstein reccomendations

begin evaluating outward in to imact crime fear and disorder model taht focuses on being effective try to impact crime instead of measuring numbers measure the effectiveness of the strategies analyze

characteristics for PROBLEMS

behavior of the area location of the area type of people and time that the calls happen within the area

analysis

essence of problem solving for a solution

communtiy partnerships

establish and maintain mutual trush with LE government official and members in police community

trigger points

events that can cause a community crisis

what is defined as the assessment stage

>was the problem eliminated >was there positive change

what are the questions to ask ouselves as LE

1. Are we easy to do business with? 2. Do we set standards of performance? 3. Do we meet the standards we set? 4. Are we responsive to the needs of our community (customers)? 5. Do we listen or do we tell? 6. Do we follow up? 7. Do we share victory, blame and information?

types of solutions to a problem

>eliminate the problem >reduce harm to the public >improve publics perception of LE with handling a problem >clarify the responsiblity for the problem

what are objectives for designing a response to community problems

>provide input at long lasting solution to the problem >provide a substantial improvement for residents of communities >reduce future harm and fear of harm >should be able to reduce LE workloads by eliminating problems

who is considered the father of problem solving in policing

Herman Goldstein

problem solving enables

LE agencies to be more effective in finding solutions

shared responsibility

LE is overwhelmed with addtional responsiblities more complicated and demanding

Community policing

Philosophy to govern communiry and le partnership

focusing on the conditions of the problem helps resolve the issues for the community

a. Reduces negative labeling. b. Encourages people to see themselves and others as resources. c. Creates an environment which values and uses different perspectives. d. Creates a situation in which people can become allies in working toward mutual goals. e. Provides for positive roles for those with the problem. f. Allows joint ownership and joint participation. g. Enables the development of clear goals and specific strategies for planned change. h. Helps identify the realities involved in a problem situation. i. Has the potential to benefit all that are affected by the conditions.

response

action taken

a philosophy of community policing

all internal and external police activities will be approached to reconsider all peoples perspectives and community resources

examples things officers are asked to respond to

burglaries teen drinking school thefts animals graffittie illegals panhandling DV Wildlift violations neighborhood disputes criminal damage false alarms gange activity traffic dui youth issues child neglect narcs truancy elder abuse

some trigger points can be small

but the reaction wil be harsh ((something seemingly innocent can cause an apparent over reaction to an issue))

1997 az post conducted community assesments statewide to determine public expectations of officer skills and qualities

communication skills compassion problem solving skills

community partnerships

community and LE working together and looking at all issues be aware fo the share responsibility

4 key community engagment principles

community contact meaningful communications must be sincere trust will occur when community members believe the officers are doing their jobs to make the community safer be meaninful in your information exchange

without problem solving

community policing is merely community relations

core components in community policing

crime prevention community partnerships problem solving

what is apart of community policing

customer oriented way of doing business philosophy for agency and community inclusive approach to decison making stategic active preventively

types of trigger points

death serious injury natual disaster community victimization events caused by deep seated distrust with no recollection fo the origin

SARA model

developed by LE during the beginning of community policing

3 essentials for community to have a crime

locaiton offender victim

how to buildt trust int he community

long term working relationships are developed through working relationships

assessment

measure effectiveness

what does the assessment stage

most important stage defines what extent a program achieved its goals

LE cannot do their job alone

need collaboration efforts partnerships and cooperation with effective ways to impact crime fear and quality of life they involve the community and developing partnerships

trigger events can be an indicator

of problems or manifestations underlying problems

what was the traditional LE service problems

reacting to individual event reporst by citizends gatehring informaiton from victims witnesses and offenders invoking the CJ system using aggregate crimes statistics to evaluate

what is a problem oriented approach

recognizing that much information needed to examine and understand problems is not in LE agencys files

partnership

relationship involving cost cooperation between parties having specific and joint rights and responsibilities

how doe problem solving become successful

requires cooperation and trust and committment

community policing

results oriented pro active problem solving LE- community partnerships we do it with the community serves as another tool realize the value of sharing information unite to form neighborhood groups focus on crime reduction and prevention

4 components of SARA model

scanning analysis response assessment

resources for community wheel

social services colleges recreational services medial medical services private industry businesses governemnts law enforcement spiritual advisors schools support community businesses service organizations elders and youth

4 categories when developing solutions to probelm in LE

solutions designed to eliminate a rpoblem or reduce a problem to improve police response solutions redefine a problem

Herman Goldstein

spen 40yrs studying and working with police

crime prevention

teach people not to be victims and be proactive

problem solving in policing recognizes

the epertise of experience line officers and allow to study problems and create solutions

if analysis is not properly accomplished

the solutions to the problem will not be resolved

how to identify problems

through citizen complaints data from the governemnt community issues through media coverage observation skills LE reports community surveys and assessments

solution for LE problem solving should not be limited

to arrests they dont always address incidents or circumstances that are viewed with problem by the community

what is a problem oriented appoach a problem solving in policing

to have a geater involvement of the community in LE work

purpose of analysis

to learn as much as possible about the problem and what is causing it