Exam 12: Community Policing

What happens during the response phase of problem-oriented policing?

A job training program is a good option as it focuses on both the financial aspects of drug dealing, providing the teenagers with an opportunity to replace it will legitimate income, and keeping them busy and off the streets. Your idea to start a youth job training program is starting to take shape. The community members and other organizations have rallied behind you in support and are excited to help you. -Which of the following is true of methods like community policing?

The provisions of which bill authorized the expenditure of nearly $8 billion over six years for grants to law enforcement agencies to reduce crime?

The city of Duluth, Minnesota, won an International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Community Policing Award for their response to __________.

What is problem-solving policing?

Officer Gloria Mansfield is part of a program in which she lives in subsidized housing in the city and works an eight-hour day, but she is also on call 24 hours a day for any residents that need assistance. This program is known as a __________.

Community policing differs from the police-community relations concept in that it __________.

Community policing and problem-oriented policing go hand in hand, but there are differences. What is the main difference?

The problem-oriented policing process necessitates improving various skill sets, including a formal sustained commitment to work together to accomplish a common mission, which is referred to as __________.

One of the problems with keeping community policing working well is that many of the resources that were previously devoted to it are now being used to __________.

In the book The Move to Community Policing: Making Change Happen, the authors describe the stages police organizations need to accomplish in order to move into community policing program. What would be the final stage for the police as they went through the process?

What generated an increased number of calls for service, which the San Marcos, Texas, Police Department addressed using problem-oriented policing?

Which city is often cited as having had the greatest success with community policing?

What is meant by corporate strategies for policing?

In Tempe, Arizona, the Assistance in Disaster (AID) program was created to mobilize a community response in the event of a(n) __________.

In what city did the police department establish the BLUE + YOU initiative after they had a negative incident that led to a drastic decrease in the community's trust of the police department?

Summary A The kids listen to what the former drug dealer has to say. They appear to make a better connection with him than with you. Although not all of them are interested, some of them tell you they want to participate in the program and you make appointments to sign them up. To learn more, see "Community Policing." Summary B The kids listen to the business leaders and appear to be interested in what they have to say. Not all of them sign up to participate but some of them make appointments to sign up for job training. To learn more, see "Community Policing." As you continue to work on the development of your youth sports program, you realize you have hit a road block. Several key community members have expressed doubts in your ability to produce an effective program that will actually get kids off the streets and invested in the community. -Which of the following is true of methods like community policing?

The problem-oriented policing strategy consists of four distinct parts, known by the acronym SARA. What does the "S" in SARA stand for?

What Would You Do? You are a police officer for the Dallas, Texas police department, and you have been assigned to their Community Policing team. You hold your first community meeting and the main concern from the citizens are a group of teenagers who have dropped out of high school and started selling drugs at the neighborhood parks and on street corners. Your police chief wants you to design a strategy to address this problem that focuses on the kids in your community. He stresses the importance of being effective and getting those kids off the streets. -Which strategy do you devise?

What was added to Detroit neighborhoods that led to increased police presence in the community, improved communication and cooperation between officers and residents, and expanded the department's commitment to community policing?