What are the goals of community policing?✔️✔️-Reducing/preventing crime
-reducing the fear of crime
-improving quality of life
-increasing community awareness, involvement, and responsibility
-increasing local gov't involvement in problem solving
community policing responsibility✔️✔️maintain order, enforce the law, educate/learn
from the community, prevent crime, deliver service, work w/ the community to solve
problems
Robert Peel✔️✔️founder of modern policing
proactive approach✔️✔️Anticipating problems and acting in advance to address local
concerns.
U.S. Constitution✔️✔️WRITTEN CONSTITUTION THAT EMBODIES THE BASIC
LAWS OF A NATION/STATE, IDENTIFIES THE POWERS/ DUTIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT
What are the 3 branches of government?✔️✔️Executive, Legislative, Judicial
arrest✔️✔️The taking of a person into custody in a case and in the manner authorized
by law.
Arraignment✔️✔️Legal procedure where the court informs of charges, eligibility of bail,
constitutional rights
bail✔️✔️reasonable bail/ensure the accused person will appear for trial
right to bail✔️✔️A defendant's constitutional right to reasonable bail
preliminary hearing✔️✔️An initial hearing in which a judge decides if there is probable
cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime with which he or she is
charged
indictment✔️✔️the act of accusing; a formal accusation
syn: charge, accusation
,Sentencing✔️✔️declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
grand jury✔️✔️A jury of 12 to 23 persons who, in private, hear evidence presented by
the government to determine whether persons shall be required to stand trial. If the jury
believes there is sufficient evidence that a crime was committed, it issues an indictment.
corrections✔️✔️confining prisoners, rehabilitation, supervising parolees/probationers,
victim rights
parole✔️✔️to grant a prisoner an early release from prison, with certain restrictions
probation✔️✔️the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good
behavior under supervision
Reactive approach✔️✔️Responding to criminal activity after it has taken place
community partnership/ what are the elements to build trust?✔️✔️Truth
Respect
Understanding
Support
Teamwork
communication✔️✔️sending and receiving messages (verbal/non-verbal) between two
or more people
Feed back - receivers response to the message
message communicated comprised by the following✔️✔️content (words)
voice character
nonverbal signals
officers represent✔️✔️the agency, government, public interests, authority and law
enforcement profession as a whole
voice characteristics✔️✔️-Tone
-Pace
-Pitch
-Modulation
nonverbal danger signals✔️✔️-backing or turning away from the officer
-poor eye contact
-extreme hand motion or concealment
, Facilitation✔️✔️A consensus-building process which brings together diverse priorities
and perspectives toward a desired outcome
community mobilization✔️✔️A continual process of identifying, bringing together, and
involving community members for the purpose of crime prevention and problem solving
community mobilization methods✔️✔️• the Internet
• flyers
• meetings
• email alerts
• events
• the media
Stakeholders✔️✔️residents, business owners, local government officials
Homeland Security✔️✔️A concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within
the United States and reduce the country's vulnerability to terrorism
Crime Triangle✔️✔️Victim, Offender, Location
what is the broken window theory✔️✔️developed by James Q. Wilson/George Kelling
problem solving based on the idea that one unchecked problem may lead to other
problems.
ex - graffiti, illegal dumping, drinking in public
What is SARA?✔️✔️Scanning
Analysis
Response
Assessment
crime prevention✔️✔️The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and
the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it.
What are the 3 origins of law✔️✔️constitutional law
statutory law
case law
Constitutional Law✔️✔️law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S.
Constitution and federal/state constitutions
amendments = bill of rights