SOC209H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Community Policing, Police Legitimacy, Predictive Policing
13 Dec 2016
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Professional model of policing a model of police work that is reactive, incident driven and centred on random patrol. Before the 1930s police officers mostly patrolled communities on foot and were responsible for a variety of tasks. After the introduction of mobile patrol cars (1920-30), a professional model of policing emerged that was based on the three rs: random patrol, rapid response, and. The central premise of random patrol (watch system) is that the mere presence and visibility of patrol cars will make citizens feel safer and deter crime. In a shift the officers would respond to calls and randomly patrol waiting for next service. Any info gathered by the police is limited to specific situations and does not include an analysis of the problem that precipitate crime and disorder. Little attention is given to proactive interventions and to addressing underlying causes of crime in communities. (limited/no use of analytics to enforce police policy and operations.
