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Around the country, neighbors for three
decades have banded together to create Neighborhood Watch programs.
They understand that the active participation of neighborhood residents
is a critical element in community safety - not through vigilantism,
but simply through a willingness to look out for suspicious activity in
their neighborhood, and report that activity to law enforcement and to
each other. In doing so, residents take a major step toward reclaiming
high-crime neighborhoods, as well as making people throughout a
community feel more secure and less fearful. |
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What is Community Policing?
Three Essential Components of Community Policing
What Makes Community Policing Different?
Trust Is The Heart Of Community Policing
Long Term Commitment Needed
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| What is Community Policing? |
| A unifiction between the police and the community in an effort to gain better communication and a
more efficient crime
prevention program. |
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| Three Essential Components of Community Policing |
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Community Partnership: All elements of
society must pull together if we are to deal effectively with the
unacceptable level of crime claiming our neighborhood.
Problem Solving: Problem solving identifies
the specific concerns that the communtiy feel are most threatening to
their safety and well-being. These areas of concern become priorities
for joint police-community intervention.
Change Management: This involves a
recognition of the need for change, the communication of a clear vision
that will make change possible, steps needed to make the change,
understanding the benefits of change, and a community wide
collaboration to change.
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| What Makes Community Policing Different? |
- Law enfocement will seek communication and cooperation with the community it serves to solve local concerns.
- Officers will speak with neighborhood groups to understand their concerns and needs.
- Officers will conduct and take part in educational programs with school children.
- Officers will participate in business and civic events in order to be part of the community.
- Foot and bike patrols will establish a bridge between the police and the community.
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| Trust is the Heart of Community Policing |
| Establishing and maintaining mutual trust is the
central goal of this community partnership. Trust will allow the police
officers greater access to valuable information which can lead to the
prevention and quicker solution of crime. Trust will also provide
greater support for police activities and help develop relationships
between the oficers and the residents of the community. |
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| Long Term Commitment Needed |
| Community policing does not offer a quick fix for
all community problems, but by forming a lasting partnership and
setting long term goals we will help remove the underlying causes of
crime. This process will invlove time, effort, and patience from all of
us. |
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| How Can You Help? |
- Be involved
- Be informed
- Know your Neighbor
- Be aware
- Be supportive
- Attend Clean-up days
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