Community Policing in My Community
To assist you in gaining a new or enhanced understanding of how community policing is defined in your community, you will need to complete a scholarly activity that examines four areas:
policing eras, citizen-police interactions, international policing, and best practices.Each area should be labeled as indicated below.
? Policing Eras: Discuss how community policing is defined in your community. This section should be at least 200words.
? Citizen-Police Interactions: Discuss how the understanding of the community policing definition in your community will be helpful in fostering and facilitating positive interactions between citizens and law enforcement agencies in your community. Also, examine the impact of excessive force by police in your community. If there is not any record of the use of excessive force by police in your community, discuss what measures have been taken to prevent it from happening. This section should be at least 200 words.
? International Policing: Discuss how well you think the community policing strategies serve and protect your community in comparison to other international community policing strategies. Explain how the United StatesConstitution makes law enforcement in the United States different from law enforcement in other countries. This section should be at least 200 words.
? Best Practices: Based on your research, discuss at least two community policing practices that you believe would allow your local law enforcement to better serve and protect. These practices could include current community policing strategies utilized in your community, additional strategies that you think could be incorporated into the existing community, and/or community policing strategies that have never been used in your community but have been utilized in other communities and/or countries or are inspired by similar community policing strategies.
This section should be at least 200 words.To complete this assignment, utilize not only textbook, but also two outside sources.
These could include your local newspaper, CSU Online Library, and/or an informational interview with a community stakeholder (e.g.,individuals in community organizations, law enforcement). The completed assignment should be at least two double-BCJ 4101, Police and Community Relations 3spaced pages. Additionally, this assignment should be in full APA format, hence citations and references should be included.