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.
Demonstrate how support is provided to citizens by statutory and non-statutory public services. Statutory – The police is a statutory service that has to look after the public, by trying to improve the communities, make sure of citizens safety and serving the public. The police have to be there for us in almost any emergency situation in order to maintain control and prevent any crime. Their purpose is to keep the crime rate as low as possible, help the public in emergency situations and reassure us. The police are there to help by phone, internet or in person.
You will be called upon to resolve conflicts of many types; this must be done through impartial enforcement of the law, not through imposition of judgment or punishment. Victims, witnesses, and all others deserve to be treated with dignity and compassion. Offer details as to why these traits are important and how they enhance law enforcement? Ideal traits are bravery and strong will. Responsibilities of a police officer are varied, and may differ greatly from within one political context to another.
The police force have ‘Police Discipline Regulations’ which ensure that officers have a duty to act in a way that will not put the reputation of the police service in a bad light, by this they must not discredit the service or any of the members on or off duty. Serving the Public- Each of the different uniformed public services’ aims and objectives is to serve and protect the public. An example of this would be the police and fire service whose aim is to protect life and property whilst the armed forces aim is to defend the UK from overseas terrorists. By joining the public services you have to undertake to serve the public by protecting them whilst looking after their
The police must also consider the individual rights of the accused in respect to many of the individual rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The due process model explains that the main focus should be on the protection of an individual's rights. All acts should be accounted for and make sure that rights are not being violated. Under the due process model an
Instead of staying in a darkened room, the commanders should be training their officers on how to combat this action and help actual reduce the crimes not cover them up. They need to make sure that officers know the importance of CompStat and how it benefits their department. CompStat can be a great tool, but it must be implemented and used correctly and information cannot be falsified to give data that is wanted. If the information is correct than it can help us ensure that our police department are working to actually reduce crime not just to make their department look good. This information can be used for many different reasons and if individuals knew that police departments were doing everything in their power to actually reduce crimes some areas would not be so scary to live in or
If an officer follows the code of ethics and lives by it then it will help increase the ability for the officer to effectively function. •As a Law Enforcement Officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice (Policecodes, 2012). •I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all; maintain courageous calm in the face of danger, scorn, or ridicule; develop self-restraint; and be constantly mindful of the welfare of others. Honest in thought and deed in both my personal and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the laws of the land and the regulations of my department. Whatever I see or hear of a confidential nature or that is confided to me in my official capacity will be kept ever secret unless revelation is necessary in the performance of my duty (Policecodes, 2012).
How do we hold ourselves accountable and change what is inhumane and is a disgrace in regards to our Constitution and Declaration of Independence. The police departments have taken the initiative in trying the issues of police brutality. Counseling can help officers by relieving stress that everyday life plus the strenuous hours on the job puts on them. The twelve steps in solving police brutality possessed some very strong suggestions for solving police brutality. The steps consisted of participation from the police and from the people.
However it is important to understand that not all teams evolve smoothly. Team cohesion within the police force is essential for a successful outcome because it is important for all members in different ranks to work together for example police constable, police sergeant, inspector, chief inspector all work together on a case to receive positive outcome because they each have different roles and responsibilities in which are important. This again leads to positive team cohesion because the team works together to complete the task
It is important that every law enforcement officer understand it is their obligation to investigate complaints from community members. It is even more important to know there should be consequences for complaints or misconduct allegations that are found to be true. Law enforcement officers have an obligation to prove to the community they can be trusted and this principle ensures that. In the City and County of San Francisco the Office of Citizen Complaints accepts and conducts investigations regarding these citizen complaints. In addition to these investigations it is important for law enforcement officers to report inappropriate conduct they witness to their supervisor as well.