Community Policing Future

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I think the future of community policing falls into the hands of each police department and how they make new developments within their own community. This report will take a look at just a few different police departments and how they expect to operate in with their future plans. Florida: Overall, it can be said that Florida law enforcement agencies are making positive progress toward the implementation of community policing. In the area of training, community policing concepts are being integrated into the basic academy recruit curriculum. Field training is still significantly lacking a focus on community policing. Opportunities for advanced training in community policing are increasing. Florida enforcement agencies are creating large…show more content…
Such a change must be carefully planned and implemented; it must also have the active participation and support of its members. We are now in the process of developing the plan to implement Community Policing in Montgomery County. To do this, several committees have been created to help develop this plan. These committees are: These committees will work under the umbrella of the community policing Steering Committee, which will be responsible for program coordination and the planning agenda. Based upon the committee reports, the Steering Committee will develop and present to the Chief our implementation plan. Public meetings have been held to both educate the public on the concept, as well to provide them the opportunity to identify their goals and priorities for the department. This input, along with that of department members, has resulted in a new mission statement for the department, which stresses customer orientation and the importance of the employee. Our implementation plan will include funding needs and will eventually be submitted to both the County Executive and the Council, especially as it pertains to those areas which will require additional funds and are multiyear in impact. Any implementation of community policing will, in all probability, be multiyear and, while there may be some initial Community Policing prototypes in limited areas of the county, it will eventually be adopted department-wide. Community policing is not one project or set of words, but rather, a way of doing business on a daily basis and one which demands the support of all levels of the department. It must be the central philosophy of all departmental operations in order to succeed. Once this strategic plan is approved, yearly implementation strategies will be developed and published as unit goals and objectives. These will become the subject of evaluation at
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