Community Policing

The topic I chose for my Senior Research is community policing The reason why I chose this topic is because I want to be a police officer. For example, in a study conducted, by Lambert it states that not only is the crime rate for citizens lowered, but the charges against police too. In addition,community policing is better for the police to get the community to trust them . Furthermore, the crime rate will improve and the neighborhoods will be more safe. And finally,it won't be a lot of deads and it won't be a lot of gangs in the streets killing people or people feeling unsafe .

The first reason why all major cities need to implement community policing is it reduces the crime rate.For example, in a study conduct, Lambert states

These relationships help to make better trust between community members and police organizations.QUOTE- “many law enforcement agencies are establishing collaborative partnerships within their communities. These relationships help to facilitate trust between community members and police organizations Partnerships may include police officers, business owners, community leaders, social service and healthcare providers and other community members. In the past, the community's involvement in law enforcement efforts has been limited. Many policing agencies are learning, however, that community members can be a valuable source of support and information. Citizens can provide the police with insight into the specific crime problems collaborations are beneficial to both the police and the community. occurring within their neighborhoods and can aid officers in their investigations.This means, the community will have more trust in the police organizations and will be able to work with the police to have safer neighborhoods.This is important because the law enforcement will have additional help from the neighbors who value their neighborhood.And this is another reason why community policing is important because it builds trust in the law enforcement to make neighborhoods

But in the past few decades, there has been a shift toward preventing crime by routinely sending officers into communities and identifying potential problem areas. Not all police departments are using these strategies, notes David Weisburd, chair of the expert panel and director of the center for evidence-based crime policy at George Mason University. But it is becoming relatively common and is a big departure from the standard model, in which police mostly respond to crimes that already occurred, Weisburd says.“For police chiefs who want to do something, increases in violent crime are often very localized and occur between specific people and on specific streets—and the evidence from the report is that when you focus on those, you can produce reductions in crime,” This means,that by looking for people in the neighborhoods and talking to them that's a way you can know the neighborhood better and know what's happening in there.This is important because