Community Policing: The Benefits Of Foot Patrol

Community policing as it is now known today has been evolving slowly since the civil rights movement in the 1960s and exposed the weakness of the traditional policing model (law. jrnk. org. n.d.). Unfortunately, it was not until the 1980s when it began to be called community policing because police departments and the community felt that police officers need to be better involved in the community by committing more foot patrol and problem solving in the community. Therefore, they felt that it would build a better relationship between the police and the community. Although, foot patrol is a key component in community policing a lot of cities that use this model as of today have gotten away from the foot patrol due to the way some people view

This is done in order to try to stop a crime before it can happen and not having to respond to a call for help after a crime has taken place. Furthermore, it gives the community or citizens more control over their community as well as their quality of life because the police are now a part of the community or neighborhood. Therefore, it gives the police officer in the neighborhood a better sense of what the people need as well as help the residents in that neighborhood develop a lot more trust in the police which in return benefits the officer and the community. Therefore, the community and the police work together in order to achieve a common goal of making the community safe and a better place to

The reason for this is because they will not realize that the community policing would play a very valuable role in the community because of two defining element which are police-community relations and problem-solving. Some would think that the police are in their community in order to lock people up but their real reason for being there is so that when they are needed they are only a short call away and can be there in no time. Therefore, they will have to change the perception of what people think about police and show them that the police are not the enemy but in fact the one who is trying to help them live a better life in a neighborhood they have built. Unfortunately, it will take some time in order for the police to broaden the perception of the community in order for them to see that they are there to serve and protect but once it is done any other obstacle that may appear will be easy to