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New Directions for Police Psychology
Community policing entails a value system that permeates the police department where the primary goal is working with individual citizens, citizen groups as well as public and private organizations in a cooperative way in order to identify and resolve problems which affect lives in specific neighborhoods, or the entire city. This discourse will look at two articles; one that highlights a successful collaboration between the police and the community they serve whereby community oriented policing and principles are well exemplified while the other will highlight how the police procedures, policy or decisions of individual officers work against the community policing models.
The first article by U.S. Department of Justice (2011) is an example of a success story of community policing. The Macon, Georgia police department has increased its community policing efforts so as to ensure that there is public safety within the down town area of the city since it is a high pedestrian and high traffic area....
They decided to relocate the bike control office to the heart of the downtown as opposed to increase the police force which is often misunderstood and abused frequently by police management. Police agencies have initiated community policing. The bike patrol office has been adorned by a lot of local electric art tat has been donated by the Macon Arts Alliance which is a community-based organization. The generosity and friendship which have been extended the people who are at the helm of organizations that are partnering with the police department have made it possible for he Macon police Department to carry out law enforcement at a more advanced level through the creation of an inviting and community friendly place where it is possible for the community members and visitors to interact with law enforcers in a more traditional manner. The patrol office has local ambassadors that are trained in such a way that they are able to provide locals and visitors with timely information regarding where they can shop, eat and stay as well as what to…
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Kolodziej, M.(2013). Local Immigration Enforcement Harms Community Policing and Public Safety. Retrieved March 4, 2014 from http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/09/13/local-immigration-enforcement-harms-community-policing-and-public-safety/
US. Department of Justice. (2011). Community Policing Success Story: Macon, Georgia, Police Department. Retrieved March 4, 2014 from http://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/07-2011/macon.asp
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