Community Policing: The Debate
Continues (Chapter 12)
Strategic policing - Involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.
Community policing - Philosophy of empowering citizens and developing a partnership between
the police and the community to work together to solve problems.
Problem-solving policing - Analyzing crime issues to determine the underlying problems and
addressing those problems.
James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling - The authors of the seminal March 1982 Atlantic
Monthly article entitled "Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety," which came to
be called the broken windows model of policing.
Broken windows model - Theory that u repaired broken windows indicate to others that
members of the community do not care about the quality of life in the neighborhood and are
unlikely to get involved; consequently, disorder and crime will thrive.
Robert C. Trojanowicz - Founded the National Center for Community Policing in East Lansing,
Michigan.
Herman Goldstein - First mentioned the concept of "problem-oriented policing" in 1979.
Resident officer programs - Programs through which officers live in particular communities to
strengthen relations between the police and the community.
Officer Next Door (OND) program - A plan initiated in 1997 that allows police officers to receive
50 percent discounts and low-cost loans to purchase homes in "distressed" areas nationwide. It
is under the umbrella good Neighbor Next Door program, which also includes teachers,
firefighters, and emergency medical technicians.
Crime Bill of 1994 - The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, signed by President
Bill Clinton in 1994.
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) - Established to administer the grant
money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.
Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) - Part of the COPS program, the more that 30
RCPIs provide regional training and technical assistance to law enforcement around the country
regarding community policing.
Continues (Chapter 12)
Strategic policing - Involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.
Community policing - Philosophy of empowering citizens and developing a partnership between
the police and the community to work together to solve problems.
Problem-solving policing - Analyzing crime issues to determine the underlying problems and
addressing those problems.
James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling - The authors of the seminal March 1982 Atlantic
Monthly article entitled "Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety," which came to
be called the broken windows model of policing.
Broken windows model - Theory that u repaired broken windows indicate to others that
members of the community do not care about the quality of life in the neighborhood and are
unlikely to get involved; consequently, disorder and crime will thrive.
Robert C. Trojanowicz - Founded the National Center for Community Policing in East Lansing,
Michigan.
Herman Goldstein - First mentioned the concept of "problem-oriented policing" in 1979.
Resident officer programs - Programs through which officers live in particular communities to
strengthen relations between the police and the community.
Officer Next Door (OND) program - A plan initiated in 1997 that allows police officers to receive
50 percent discounts and low-cost loans to purchase homes in "distressed" areas nationwide. It
is under the umbrella good Neighbor Next Door program, which also includes teachers,
firefighters, and emergency medical technicians.
Crime Bill of 1994 - The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, signed by President
Bill Clinton in 1994.
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) - Established to administer the grant
money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.
Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) - Part of the COPS program, the more that 30
RCPIs provide regional training and technical assistance to law enforcement around the country
regarding community policing.
