Community Policing

[jmcrawf1]

Any of you guys know any good books on the subject?

 

[topgunz1]

"How to hug thugs and hand out stickers" is a good one.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Joel, all of the books that I've seen were written by the Feds & are highly unreadable. Ask any of the LEOs here & I'm sure that you'll hear the same thing: "Touchy, feely enforcement of the law accomplishes very little". Sure the citizenry gets a warm, fuzzy feeling, but when it comes down to it they won't come forward as witnesses (which we must have under most circumstances).

Shannon

 

[charlie12]

Bust some heads. They might understand that.

 

[jmcrawf1]

Im not asking whether or not its a good theory. I just want to read up on it. I have two oral boards coming up in the next month or so.

 

[glimmerman]

Just do like they did here..........

1.) Parade a couple of patrolmen in front of the neighborhood watch meeting and promise the attendants a bunch of feel good B.S. that you think they would like to hear.................

2.) Then never show up again in their neighborhood..............

 

[4sooth]

Typical of the public--come solve our problems--then get lost until we need you again. And oh--by the way--don't write tickets to our kids or anyone in this neighborhood(actual statement I heard from homeowners association)! They were complaining about the running of stop signs and wanted something done--president of the homeowners got the first ticket!!! That prompted the previous remark.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Typical of the public--come solve our problems--then get lost until we need you again. And oh--by the way--don't write tickets to our kids or anyone in this neighborhood(actual statement I heard from homeowners association)! They were complaining about the running of stop signs and wanted something done--president of the homeowners got the first ticket!!! That prompted the previous remark.

We've seen situations like this happen time-and-time-again.

 

[Bayoupiper]

Community Policing CAN have a positive effect.

You damned near have to blanket the area with cops on foot to do so.

The whole idea, as has been said, is probably some liberal feel-good type of crap.

The notion is once air conditioning became standard in police cars, the windows went up and there was no longer any on-the-street communications with the community.

Problem with it is that those same officers you put out there on foot to blanket said community come to be resented by the very residents who begged you to put them there in the first place!



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[Knave]

 

[topgunz1]

the biggest effect I'm seen from Community Policing thus far is now all the neighborhood chilren' will practically lay down in the street in front of my unit to ask me if I have stickers, candy, bracelets, or keychains. It's like I'm the freaking ghetto ice cream man except he probably has more guns and better weed.

 

[Bearco]

the biggest effect I'm seen from Community Policing thus far is now all the neighborhood chilren' will practically lay down in the street in front of my unit to ask me if I have stickers, candy, bracelets, or keychains. It's like I'm the freaking ghetto ice cream man except he probably has more guns and better weed.

so you admin that you do have some weed

 

[david210]

This website has some good book and gives a short summary on the book .

http://www.police-writers.com/index.html

 

[Bayoupiper]

the biggest effect I'm seen from Community Policing thus far is now all the neighborhood chilren' will practically lay down in the street in front of my unit to ask me if I have stickers, candy, bracelets, or keychains. It's like I'm the freaking ghetto ice cream man except he probably has more guns and better weed.

Well now that I know you carry candy...........




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[LeftyDiego]

I lived in a city in Texas that implemented community policing. One aspect was bike patrol in residential neighborhoods. Great idea, right? Well the bike patrol also carried portable radar units and would write citations to all of the friendly residents of the neighborhoods they were supposed to get to know. I guess that was a way to introduce themselves to the citizens. I have to admit it was great cover. Who thinks a guy on bike is shooting radar?

 

[glimmerman]

I lived in a city in Texas that implemented community policing. One aspect was bike patrol in residential neighborhoods. Great idea, right? Well the bike patrol also carried portable radar units and would write citations to all of the friendly residents of the neighborhoods they were supposed to get to know. I guess that was a way to introduce themselves to the citizens. I have to admit it was great cover. Who thinks a guy on bike is shooting radar?

Did they stop any crime or catch any criminals or just collect revenue??

 

[rebelray84]

Hmm community policing................wasn't that what this Sgt. was trying to do when they set him up?

http://www.bayoushooter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40738

 

[504BigNasty]

I lived in a city in Texas that implemented community policing. One aspect was bike patrol in residential neighborhoods. Great idea, right? Well the bike patrol also carried portable radar units and would write citations to all of the friendly residents of the neighborhoods they were supposed to get to know. I guess that was a way to introduce themselves to the citizens. I have to admit it was great cover. Who thinks a guy on bike is shooting radar?

Sneaky bastards!!!

 

[LeftyDiego]

Sneaky Bastards, yes. People would wave back at them and then realize he was indicating for them to pull over. My friends wife however didnt realize, she waved back and went on home. A few minutes later a couple of very sweaty LEOs knocked on the door and wrote her for 25 in a 20 and said she had fled. I dont think she knew what that meant. BTW I am not LEO bashing. A childhood friend of mine was an officer in this city. He refused to do this. This was a low crime city with a good PD. Their initial community policing policy was misdirected and it did change.

 

[my-rifle]

25 in a 20 mph zone is BS. I'm amazed that a cop would do this, unless he was trying to alienate the neighborhood.