Roles of the CommunityEssay Preview: Roles of the CommunityReport this essayThe community plays an important role under community oriented policing. The community cannot sit back, not playing an active role, leaving all the decisions and goal setting to the police. The community needs to be involved in community oriented policing to ensure an equal role with the police is created to ensure the most desired goals of the community are met. In the past, the community fell into a mindset of not wanting to get involved or it was not their problem. Crime fighting became the sole problem of police officers. In turn, police gave up their relationship with the community and resolved to handle crime on their own. Despite their best efforts, police cannot handle crime alone. They need the cooperation of the community. (Oliver 2006) The police need the community and the community needs the police. Through community oriented police, the police and the community have been able to re-establish a relationship to gain back order and crime maintenance.
The traditional roles of the community in relationship to the police can be categorized in four roles: the primary acting as the eyes and ears of the police; second is the “cheerleader” the supporters of the police, third are the financial supporters and last is the role of statement making and activities. Under community oriented policing the community has a bigger responsibility by sharing power with the police, along with decision making and being allowed to lead the police. The police, meeting with the community, can glean information from the community. Both the police and the community carry great responsibility in caring for the community. Without the commitment and cooperation of both the community would fall back into chaos. (Oliver 2006)
The Role of the Community in the Police: A New Perspective on the Police (Cambridge College Law Students University Press, 2014)
“The role of the community in the police is one of great strength, particularly in relation to the police being able to provide for a young population without having to rely on the resources of the police or the police being able to use certain methods of detection. It might sound obvious that there is a place for both the police and the police to share information about a criminal activity, but in fact that is what most of us experience when we walk the streets. But there are many who are not very smart as police officers. In such circumstances, these students see the police as our social enemies, rather than our friends, as they are unable to deal with many of the issues that the police have dealt with over the years. The question, then, is whether we are able to build on our community, a very young community, for better services, better security and support, and thus create, as the school suggests, a community which is more in touch with the needs of the community than other systems of authority.” (Powell 1998, p. 4) It was a clear point. We can now learn how to build a police community by educating ourselves about the importance of social networks, building a network which is integrated with other social networks, and building networks that, as we grow, are more integrated with police. (Powell 1998, p. 49)
Role of Community in the Police (Cambridge College Law Students University Press, 2014)
“The ‘community’ in police is like a house, a group of people with no boundaries. They share knowledge and they have a shared sense of where they belong in their home. There is one person – the police themselves – who has a role to play in our community so it’s fair to say that all the various ways that the city council has made the law a priority have been well received and are continuing to be implemented. The one thing that’s unfortunate is that they are doing so at the expense of others, including members of community groups like ourselves. However much it may be like the house in the police, it’s going to be a much stronger place for the community on a daily basis. It is our responsibility to make it better in every aspect. We should also take into account that communities are not meant to be left completely alone by any one person. They are in place by community and the police, being responsible for the citizens of their communities, can and must respond in an open manner to all types of threats. It doesn’t always happen that way, although it’s certainly not ideal for these types of threats to flourish. We need to make those types of threats even harder. The police needs to be part of an integrated and holistic approach to policing or they will not be able to deal fully with the problems that they confront.” (Oliver 2006, p. 7)
Role of Community in the Police: The Use of the Police (University of Rochester Press, 2008
The Role of the Community in the Police: A New Perspective on the Police (Cambridge College Law Students University Press, 2014)
“The role of the community in the police is one of great strength, particularly in relation to the police being able to provide for a young population without having to rely on the resources of the police or the police being able to use certain methods of detection. It might sound obvious that there is a place for both the police and the police to share information about a criminal activity, but in fact that is what most of us experience when we walk the streets. But there are many who are not very smart as police officers. In such circumstances, these students see the police as our social enemies, rather than our friends, as they are unable to deal with many of the issues that the police have dealt with over the years. The question, then, is whether we are able to build on our community, a very young community, for better services, better security and support, and thus create, as the school suggests, a community which is more in touch with the needs of the community than other systems of authority.” (Powell 1998, p. 4) It was a clear point. We can now learn how to build a police community by educating ourselves about the importance of social networks, building a network which is integrated with other social networks, and building networks that, as we grow, are more integrated with police. (Powell 1998, p. 49)
Role of Community in the Police (Cambridge College Law Students University Press, 2014)
“The ‘community’ in police is like a house, a group of people with no boundaries. They share knowledge and they have a shared sense of where they belong in their home. There is one person – the police themselves – who has a role to play in our community so it’s fair to say that all the various ways that the city council has made the law a priority have been well received and are continuing to be implemented. The one thing that’s unfortunate is that they are doing so at the expense of others, including members of community groups like ourselves. However much it may be like the house in the police, it’s going to be a much stronger place for the community on a daily basis. It is our responsibility to make it better in every aspect. We should also take into account that communities are not meant to be left completely alone by any one person. They are in place by community and the police, being responsible for the citizens of their communities, can and must respond in an open manner to all types of threats. It doesn’t always happen that way, although it’s certainly not ideal for these types of threats to flourish. We need to make those types of threats even harder. The police needs to be part of an integrated and holistic approach to policing or they will not be able to deal fully with the problems that they confront.” (Oliver 2006, p. 7)
Role of Community in the Police: The Use of the Police (University of Rochester Press, 2008
ReferencesOliver, W. (2006). Community Oriented Policing. NYC: Pearson.