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.
Cynthia Russell Policing in America Everest University online 9/28/14 Describe in detail what the ideal traits are of a police officer and why? As police officers, our first sworn duty and allegiance are to the community and the police or sheriff's department's mission. We must maintain a high degree of loyalty to successfully serve our communities. As police officers, you will be called upon to meet many challenges, adversities, and every level of danger. This requires courage.
Describe the different types of teams that operate within a selected Uniformed Public Service Within the Police Force there are different types of teams that help them to operate in a controlled environment. These teams include, permanent, temporary, formal and informal. In this document I will be describing each type of team and how they work within the Police Force, describing the benefits of each type of team and describing the types of teamwork activities that can be used throughout the service. Permanent teams perform on a permanent basis and are not forgotten once the task is accomplished. Within the Police force the following teams, the human resources team, operation team and the administration team always function effectively throughout the year and therefore are permanent teams.
(More, 2012). When Does Group Cohesiveness Cease to be Positive and Become Pathological Group Cohesiveness is a bond between the officers as in a group meaning officers stick together. When groups are cohesive they have better communication. Having group cohesiveness amongst fellow officers is deter mental when on duty, it provides that safety and security net much needed by law enforcement personnel. Satisfaction plays a role in cohesive whereas the groups will stay together, and having that open communication with their peers.
Robert Barton, like most of his peers, started out slowly and was overawed by the total process, but with time he began to feel, think and act like a cop. He wanted to protect and serve the community from criminals but the reality with the streets and social status that he sought, within the group; he quickly accepted the norms and values of his peers and of his field training officers. After three years in the patrol division, he was reassigned to the Gang Task Force that consisted of 26 investigators, 1 supervisor form 6 jurisdictions that formed a tightly knit work group. This group consisted of a homogeneous and cohesive group of bilingual individuals that identified with each other by having the same values, attitudes, and beliefs in relation to their job. Due to this tight relationship, the task force was able to control gang activities.
Personality Traits of a Police Officer Policing today is very complex. Police officers are expected to be all things to all people and to make split second decisions under varying stress conditions. Police officers must be effective at what they do. The decisions made by a police officer could potentially affect the lives of many people. Being an officer of the law takes a certain quality of person and some personality types certainly do better in positions of authority than do others.
Constable Nadeau is part of the Yonge Street Mission who involves themselves with helping the community. The first principle discussed in my one on one discussion was “good appearance commands respect.” The physical appearance of an individual is the first perception given to those in the surroundings. This includes: height, weight, body tone, neatness of clothing, hygiene, etc. “We definitely use this as one of our mandatory principles to date,” said Constable Nadeau. “Not only to policing, but this principle can be applied to many other careers out there,” he adds, when asked about good appearance.
Also, Peel believed that having police officers around the community would deter crime because of their presence. The way policing styles are run and used today is a big credit to Peel for thinking up this new organized
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.
Police Ethics and Deviance CJS 210 People look at police officers everyday and usually associate them as “heroes” or “the good guys.” Usually police officers are exactly that; the good guys. But, that is not always the case. There is corruptness in the criminal justice system. It is something people have to look out for and know that it is out there. Many police officers have good ethics.