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Vila & Morris, 1999, p. xxx)
Improving policing being the greatest goal, has clearly occurred, and the continuous development of better systems and knowledge on the subjects of policing as well as on the dissemination of such knowledge to current and future officers has clearly proven the success of the ideas of such early reformers as Vollmer. As most would contend this is especially true of the body of knowledge that revolves around community and social aspects of policing, as officers are in a constant struggle to balance the community interaction that is necessary to conduct so many aspects of their jobs and the very human desire to alienate community based on a narrow negative view of social and community conscience, as a result of exposure to a relatively small percentage of individuals, most of whom are criminal or have criminal desires. Police officers have increasingly been made aware, through education and real life experience of the importance of professionalism as representatives of authority in their community and this has greatly improved policing. (Glenn et al., 2003, pp. 2, 31, 33, 64, 148) Having a commitment to improve policing is in and of itself and improvement over past policing as it signifies an important step in the development of professionalism in the police force and accountability for actions.
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There are many who would also argue that goals of improvement and actual improvement as a result of academic achievement also creates a bureaucratic obstacle for police work that can hinder police in their ability to arrest, and eventually be a part of convictions of criminals, yet without such a system of checks and balances, nationwide, there is a real limitation of the validity and trust that should be felt by those that officers protect and serve. Though policing is still much the same as it was 30 years ago in the sense that the stratification of responsibilities is quasi-military it seems to be effective in many ways, proof of this is in the research. (Sklansky, 2006, p. 1209)
References
Glenn, R.W., Panitch, B.R., Barnes-Proby, D., Williams, E., Christian, J., Lewis, M.W., et al. (2003). Training the 21st Century Police Officer: Redefining Police Professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department / . Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
Sklansky, D.A. (2006). Not Your Father's Police Department: Making Sense of the New Demographics of Law Enforcement. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 96(3), 1209.
Vila, B. & Morris, C. (Eds.). (1999). The Role of Police in American Society a Documentary History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
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