Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• social work
• foot patrol, bike patrol
• a specialty unit or just for some officers
• a program that replaces traditional policing
efforts
• SOFT ON CRIME
ROOTS OF COMMUNITY
POLICING- SIR ROBERT PEEL
• Founded the London Metro. Police Dept.
• Early 1800’s
• patrol beats
• “Bobbys”
Peel’s Principles of
Policing
“…the police are the public and the public are
the police; the police are the only members
of the public who are paid to give full-time
attention to duties which are incumbent on
every citizen in the interest of community
welfare.”
Sir Robert Peel, 1829
Political Era (1870-1930)
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• Police effectiveness We
ou
r job
questioned
Community Era (1980-Present)
Authority: Community support, Law &
Professionalism
Organization: Decentralized
Perception or reality ?
PERCEPTION
Foot Patrols do not reduce
crime, but they make the citizens
feel safer.
Perception or reality?
REALITY
Random patrol does not directly
increase an officer’s chances of
arresting a criminal.
Perception or reality?
Reality
Public cooperation is more often
responsible for solving crime
than police activities are.
Perception or reality?
REALITY
BROKEN WINDOWS
• Abandoned building