Community relations through community policing Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Community policing - Answers A policing philosophy that promotes and supports organizational
strategies to address the causes of crime, to reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through
problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships.
8 P's of community policing - Answers a PHILOSOPHY of full service, PERSONALIZED POLICING, where the
same officer PATROLS and works in the same area on a PERMANENT basis, from a decentralized PLACE
working in PARTNERSHIP with citizens to identify and solve PROBLEMS.
Who is Sir Robert Peel? - Answers The father of law enforcement
9 principles of policing - Answers 1. The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and
disorder
2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions.
*3.*Police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be
able to secure and maintain the respect of the public/
4. The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionally to the
necessity of the use of force.
*5*. Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion but by constantly
demonstrating absolute impartial service of the law.
6. Police use physical force to extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only
when the expertise or persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be insufficient.
*7.* Police at all times should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic
tradition; the police are public and the public are the police. The police being only full-time individuals
charged with the duties that are incumbent on all the citizens.
8. Police should always direct their actions strictly towards their functions and never appear to usurp the
powers of the judiciary.
9. The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police
action in dealing with it.
80/10/10 rule - Answers 10%-hate police
80%- public can love us or hate us
10%- police can't dowrong
Six factors necessary to improve police community relations - Answers 1. Membership
2. Environment
Community policing - Answers A policing philosophy that promotes and supports organizational
strategies to address the causes of crime, to reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through
problem-solving tactics and community-police partnerships.
8 P's of community policing - Answers a PHILOSOPHY of full service, PERSONALIZED POLICING, where the
same officer PATROLS and works in the same area on a PERMANENT basis, from a decentralized PLACE
working in PARTNERSHIP with citizens to identify and solve PROBLEMS.
Who is Sir Robert Peel? - Answers The father of law enforcement
9 principles of policing - Answers 1. The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and
disorder
2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions.
*3.*Police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be
able to secure and maintain the respect of the public/
4. The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionally to the
necessity of the use of force.
*5*. Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion but by constantly
demonstrating absolute impartial service of the law.
6. Police use physical force to extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only
when the expertise or persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be insufficient.
*7.* Police at all times should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic
tradition; the police are public and the public are the police. The police being only full-time individuals
charged with the duties that are incumbent on all the citizens.
8. Police should always direct their actions strictly towards their functions and never appear to usurp the
powers of the judiciary.
9. The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police
action in dealing with it.
80/10/10 rule - Answers 10%-hate police
80%- public can love us or hate us
10%- police can't dowrong
Six factors necessary to improve police community relations - Answers 1. Membership
2. Environment
