Flashcards on Local Policing and Public Order
Local Policing and Public Order: A Student's Guide
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Community Policing Practices
47 cards
Card 1
Question: What is community policing (also called community-oriented police service/COPS) in general terms as described here?
Answer: A multilateral package of police reforms since the 1990s emphasizing police–public partnership, consultation, and practices that link police closely t
Card 2
Question: Which three basic elements characterize community policing in its most distinctive form?
Answer: Problem solving, public involvement, and decentralization.
Card 3
Question: Name three reasons police managers and politicians began seeking new approaches to police–public relations since the 1970s.
Answer: Opposition to police brutality, allegations or evidence of discriminatory police practices, and deteriorating police–public relations in ethnically or
Card 4
Question: List four of the twelve typical community policing practices identified in the U.S. institutionalization of the concept in the late 1990s.
Answer: Strong/fixed connection of officers to a specific location; denser network of frontline police stations; specialization of officers for tasks in targe
Card 5
Question: What practice involves using members of the public without pay to support police efforts?
Answer: The use of unpaid civilian volunteers.
Card 6
Question: Which community policing practice mobilizes residents to observe and report suspicious activity?
Answer: Neighborhood watch programs.
Card 7
Question: How do community policing programs gather information on local priorities?
Answer: By conducting opinion polls to obtain information on local priorities.
Card 8
Question: What practice focuses police attention on commercial areas?
Answer: Patrol programs in business districts.
Card 9
Question: Which practice aims to support people harmed by crime through continued contact?
Answer: Contact programs for victims of crime.
Card 10
Question: What practice builds formal channels of communication between police and community members?
Answer: Work with community correspondents (building channels of communication with the public).