Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Community Policing provides the officer with self-satisfaction from solving problems.
Instead of continually running from call to call and putting a temporary quick fix
on the problem, the officer can get job satisfaction from analyzing the problem
and soling it.
4. It gives the officer the opportunity to become familiar with more people.
People get to know the officer as a person and not just as a nameless and
faceless police officer whom they occasionally see drive or walk by. This will
result in better communications, better relations with the public and in the
delivery of quality service.
5. It gives the officer the opportunity to be valued for his worth and not just for his rank.
In a traditional police organization, an individual's worth is often judged by his
rank. Not all individuals have the opportunity for advancement and some
individuals may not want to become supervisors. Under community policing, the
organization recognizes that the most important individuals in the organization
are the ones who provide the service to the customer. Everyone else in the
organization exists to support that person..
6. It results in a positive change in how the community views both the individual officer
and the department.
Once we have established a good reputation with our community, we must
always work to keep their respect. By working in partnership with the community
we can improve upon both our reputation and how the community views us as an
organization and as individuals.
7. It provides for a better place to work.
By working to improve the quality of life in the community, we also improve our
work environment. Community policing stresses the necessity for establishing a
working environment which supports the efforts of the individual employee,
provides him/her with the equipment and training necessary to do her job, and
rewards her for her efforts.
To The Department:
3. It enables the department to increase the quality and quantity of criminal intelligence.
Most cases are solved by witnesses who decide to come forward and testify. By
developing a closer relationship between the police and the community, a
foundation of trust is built. As a result, more people are likely to give information
to us about crime related activity in their neighborhoods.
4. It improves communications, both within the community and within the police
department.
In any organization there are breakdowns in communication. In police agencies
the communication problems occur between patrol constables and the
investigators, between constables working different districts, and between
management and line. If we make the beat constable the center of the
community policing philosophy, we can improve our ability to communicate by
channeling our information through the individual beat constable.