Sir Robert Peel’s principals and Community Policing share the same concepts and goals in policing. A main similarity is that preventing crimes is a number one priority. Crime prevention is not just the police’s responsibility but the communities as well because they share ownership, responsibility, and accountability for preventing crimes. When police take time to work with a community they can end up forming a strong relationship when it comes to dealing with crimes. If police want to gain the respect of their community, they must respect all of the different cultures in the neighborhoods they are working in.
Police Influence on Society CJA 344 Police Influence on Society The influence police have on society come in many different ways. The ways police have influence on society can be either positive or negative. Law enforcement personnel in a whole are entrusted with the job of protecting and serving the community. Police are one of the three key components of justice in America. Law enforcements key purpose is to keep order and deter criminal activity in this country.
Justin Galarza JUS-104 Charlie Pyeatt October 2, 2014 Historical Development of Policing The history of policing dates many thousands years ago and Great Britain is believed to be where the concept of policing originated from (Deflem, 2002). Policing has undergone many developments and advancements to the way it is today. Originally, policing was handled by able bodied and strong men and the initial reasons why policing existed was to protect the property of their people and communities. Today, the roles played by police have greatly diversified (Deflem, 2002). Initially, policing was a voluntary activity and one would join it provided they had the interest of other people in their heart.
Relationship between Public and Private Police CJS/250 Robert Krause July 22, 2012 In the world of security, there exist two distinct branches that work toward the same goal of safety for the people in each community. These two branches are public police and private police. Public police are easily seen, they are governed by a set of rules that helps protect them as well as the population. Private police is a growing industry. In some communities they hold many of the same powers as the public police and are intended to uphold the same standards as their public counterparts.
Sir Robert Peel believed that crime prevention could be achieved without infringing on the lives of the public. A key concept that peel believed is the people are the police and the police are the people. Mr. Peel introduced twelve principals of his theory of policing, which are as important now as they were in the 1800s. Sir Robert Peel also changed the way the citizens viewed police by requiring them to wear uniforms, and badges with identification numbers on them to make the police easily to identify. Mr. Peel’s metropolitan police force was nick named the “bobbies” after him.
Immediately after Sir Peel’s conception and birth of the Metropolitan Police Department, he began to institute his own principles and views on the proper method of policing. The root of his guidelines centered around officers of the law developing healthy and beneficial relationships with the citizens they are meant to protect. Instead of intruding and the abuse of power that citizens had been receiving previously. His methods were so profound and revolutionary that the principles he created are still used today in law enforcement. When Sir Peel first began his policing ideology his principles of law enforcement practicing were separated into nine elements that were the foundation for how he believed law enforcement should be.
CAPS unite police, the community, and other city agencies together to identify and solve neighborhood crime problems, rather than simply react to their symptoms after the fact (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, 2010). CAPS use a variety of problem-solving strategies and new technology to help police and residents target and fight crime (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, 2010). Chicago Police Officers continue to enforce the law and respond rapidly to serious crimes and life-threatening emergencies. CAPS recognize that the police alone cannot solve the city's crime problems alone. CAPS recognizes it takes a combined effort of police, community, and city government working cohesively in identifying and solving neighborhood crime problems in the City of Chicago (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy,
The number one objective of public police agencies is to prevent crime and public safety. Studies suggest that public police officers see private security officers as unequal partners in the prevention of crime. Private police officers; however, see themselves as equal partners in the prevention of crime (Law Library, n.d.). Although the two have a different opinion of what the other can do, an agreement can be reached that in certain instances there does need to be a supportive effort
I will also discuss what and how citizens’ rights are taken advantage of by the police. Some measures necessary to protect ourselves from police taking advantage of their positions as law enforcement officers with greater permissive rights than private citizens. All citizens must take affirmative actions from physical brutality, rights violations, and information abuse. Police brutality is one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in Kenya and it occurs in every community. The job of a police officer is to maintain public order, prevent, and detect crime.
Police departments’ effectiveness depends on its organization. Local police are assigned to areas, also known as beats, with the responsibility of maintaining order, ensuring that the law is upheld, and providing needed assistance to citizens. If communities are going to be safe to live in, then the police department must be well organized. As we continue to experience an increase in crime, police organization becomes more and more important, as it determines the police department’s effectiveness. One of the advantages of patrolling is that it gives potential criminals the fear of being caught in the act and citizens the peace of knowing that they are being protected against crime.