Traditional vs. Community Policing
Service Models
"Traditional" Police Service Model - ANS-- Reactive
- Incident- driven
- Use of criminal justice system
- Use of statistics
- Lack of community involvement
- Community expectations not met
- use of specialized Units
"Community Policing" Service Model - ANS-- Underlying conditions create problems
- Problems create or generate incidents that require police intervention
- Community policing is simply problem solving
"Community Policing" Defined - ANS-An organization-wide philosophy and management
approach that promotes community, government, and police partnerships; proactive
problem-solving; and community engagement to address the causes of crime, fear of crime, and
other community issues
Community Policing: 5 Ways to Solve a Problem - ANS-- Elimination (not all problems can be
eliminated)
- Reduction
- Reduced the seriousness of the problem
- Design measures to better handle the problem
- Remove it from police consideration
Community Policing: S.A.R.A Model - ANS-- Scanning
- Analysis
- Response
- Assessment
- Sustainability
Community Policing - ANS-- Goal: solve problems
- Regular contact between officer and citizens
- Department-wide philosophy
- Proactive and Reactive
- Success determined by the reduction in citizen fear, neighborhood disorder and crime
- Beat officer is catalyst in the field
- Encourages trust enhances flow of information
- Officer is regularly visible in neighborhood
Service Models
"Traditional" Police Service Model - ANS-- Reactive
- Incident- driven
- Use of criminal justice system
- Use of statistics
- Lack of community involvement
- Community expectations not met
- use of specialized Units
"Community Policing" Service Model - ANS-- Underlying conditions create problems
- Problems create or generate incidents that require police intervention
- Community policing is simply problem solving
"Community Policing" Defined - ANS-An organization-wide philosophy and management
approach that promotes community, government, and police partnerships; proactive
problem-solving; and community engagement to address the causes of crime, fear of crime, and
other community issues
Community Policing: 5 Ways to Solve a Problem - ANS-- Elimination (not all problems can be
eliminated)
- Reduction
- Reduced the seriousness of the problem
- Design measures to better handle the problem
- Remove it from police consideration
Community Policing: S.A.R.A Model - ANS-- Scanning
- Analysis
- Response
- Assessment
- Sustainability
Community Policing - ANS-- Goal: solve problems
- Regular contact between officer and citizens
- Department-wide philosophy
- Proactive and Reactive
- Success determined by the reduction in citizen fear, neighborhood disorder and crime
- Beat officer is catalyst in the field
- Encourages trust enhances flow of information
- Officer is regularly visible in neighborhood
