DYNAMICS OF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS-
1. The literature suggests that the general public tends to view the police positively. Discuss how race, age, gender and socio-economic status affect citizen perception of the police. Discuss other factors other than those cited above which you believe shape citizen perceptions of police. How can police work to improve citizen perceptions of their agencies?
2. List and briefly discuss 4 barriers to Police-Community Partnerships. Describe how police leadership, management or others can reduce police brutality and one other barrier.
3. Define and discuss " community' in the sense it is used in community policing and demographic characteristics typically used to describe communities. Discuss factors contributing to " assaults on community' How can police increase input and communication with formal and informal community organizations and help build a sense of community?
4. Explain what Burns and Stalker (1961) meant when they indicated that community policing organizations needed to be' organic" organizations as opposed to "mechanistic" organizations. How can leadership achieve transform organizations to achieve community policing?