Assignment
I. Watch this video of the Lakewood Ohio Community Policing Division. Next, search the police or sheriff's office, which serves your community, and determine if they utilize the Community Policing philosophy. If it is not on the website, you may have to call and ask them if and how they utilize community policing. Ask whomever you talk with a few questions about the program. I know this seems odd, but if your department does use the program correctly, it is something they want to communicate with the public. Describe your thoughts after reviewing this resource.
i. Describe the concept of community policing.
ii. Explain how community policing is different from 'traditional' policing?
iii. Which agency did you contact?
iv. Does the agency you contacted employ community policing? If yes, how and to what degree? If no, how do you know? Explain why and how.
v. What community policing efforts would you implement in a department you managed?
II. Read this article Problem-Solving Partnerships using the SARA Model. Describe your thoughts after reviewing using the following.
i. What are your thoughts after reading the statistics at the beginning of the article?
ii. Briefly describe the SARA Model
iii. Identify ways you as a police manager, or administrator could encourage your subordinates to utilize this model to reduce crime victimization or crime occurring at a specific place.
III. Visit neighborhoodscout com website and search the city that you live. To use the free side follow these directions (enter the city and state you want to search in the search box, hit enter and then click on Crime Rates; unfortunately you cannot compare individual neighborhoods without paying). Review the crime rates which occur in and around your city. Then look at another city and then search a town that you believe has a very high crime rate. Be sure you spend some time using this resource. Describe your thoughts after reviewing this resource.
i. Give some crime rate statistics for your neighborhood (city) compared to state, another city, or national rates.
ii. Were you surprised by the crime rate in your or your relatives' town? Why or why not?
iii. Were there areas, which had higher crime rates or more severe type of offenses?
a. Does this support the concept of 'Hotspot Policing'? Explain.
b. As an administrator, how would you address the issue of high crime areas?
IV. Conduct an internet search for videos of police brutality. Select one, which you would like to discuss this activity. (Hint: It may be useful/necessary to search for the incident and see any written or news reports, so you have a complete picture of what occurred on both sides.) Describe your thoughts after reviewing this resource.
i. Include the link to the video in your submission
ii. What type of violation is alleged to have occurred? (privacy violation, false arrest, assault, restriction of speech, etc.)
iii. Where there any other factors suspected to have been an issue? (racism, gender, etc.)
iv. Do you believe this incident will affect the police community relationship? Explain.
v. As an administrator, what would you do to the officer(s) who is in the video? How would you address the situation to the media and the community to recover from this incident (regardless of if the office was in the right or not)?