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| backbone of the police force |
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| officers are expected to be prepared to respond to calls to service by the public |
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| 4 expectations of the Police |
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- deter crime
- identify crime
- maintain flow of traffic
- maintain a feeling of safety in the community
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| Beats, Districts, or Zone |
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| areas of specific geographic responsibilty. |
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| 2 Goals of beats districts and zones |
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- in order to provide equal protection to every area
- keeps the officer accountable when something happens
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| characterized by an emphasis community policing in order to meet community needs |
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| Problems with Random Beat assignments |
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- officers are unable to become familiar with the community
- unfamiliar with the area
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What Determines the Boundaries of Beats?
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- the population density of the area
- time of day ex. night or day
- number of service calls
- number of crime reports
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| Main Problem with Beat Assignments |
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| cities tend to grow outwards |
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| officers are patrolling their beat |
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| downtime- offeciers are out of service in respone to a call |
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| Goals of Establishing Beats |
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- spreat out work load
- even distribution of downtime
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| officers patol thier areas with visibility whenever they are dispatched to a call they procced immediatly, fix the problem, proceed back to patrol |
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1972-1973
Kansas City Preventive Patrol |
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| George Kelling and researchers from the police foundation designed a quazi experimnet took 15 patrol districts and divided them into 3 groups |
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1 experiment group
control |
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| made no changes at all. Officers conducted routine preventive patrol |
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2nd experimnetal group
reduced police presence |
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police only enter certain areas to answer a call
they go staight to the call then leave
know as reactive districts |
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3rd experiment group
increased police presence |
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proactive districts
more police presence in these beats |
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| Points of intrest for the Kansas City Experiment |
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- Crime Rate
- Fear of Crime
- Support for the Police
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| Profected Results for the Kansas City Experiment |
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- Control-everything stays the same
- Reactive-increase in crime rate, increase in fear, and decrease in support for police
- Proactive- decrease in crime rate, decrease in fear of crime, and increase in support of police
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No change across the board
Conclusion: reconsidered high visibility patrol w/ rapid response. |
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| Directed Patrol Strategies |
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| due to tight government resources police were placed in areas where the crime right had been high for a higher opportunity of apprehension of offenders |
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| to do list for officers, breaks the shift into thirty minute segments, each allocated to a particular task |
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| splits the patrol division into two different groups. One group is specifically devoted to traffic. allowing the second group to respond to calls and patrol the beats |
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Increasing police presence in a certain neighborhood or district
*doesnt extinguish the problem, just causes it to move locations |
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| aggresive style of policing: officers actively stop vehicles, investigate suspicious persons, complete FI (field interrigation) cards |
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| traffic stop based on minor offenses which then allows officers to conduct a broader investigation. |
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| Risks of increased interaction between Police and Public? |
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- higher risk of assault on officers
- higher risk of use of force by the officer
- more complaint calls to the police chief
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