Action Plan for Police: Improving Cultural Relationships Based on Peel’s Principles

Running head: ACTION PLAN FOR POLICE
Plan of Action for community friendly policing based on Peel’s Principles
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Plan of Action for Police department based on Sir Robert Peel’s nine
principles on policing.

1ACTION PLAN FOR POLICE
Target
Improving Relationship with following cultural populations (hereafter referred to as
‘target population’).
 African American
 Hispanic
 Asian
 Native Americans
 LGBTQ
 Muslims or any other religious groups
The following Plan of Action designed with Peel’s nine principles in mind helps
improve cultural relationships between the police and the public.
Initiatve 1: Prevention of Crime
Priority: High
Objective: Prevention of crime by not enforcing force based on prejudice against target
population
Activity: Multiple reports have shown how law enforcement agents tend to differentiate their
policies on crime prevention when it comes to dealing with the accused if they belong to
either of the communities mentioned above (Adegbile, 2016). Police are required to follow
the same apprehension procedures they follow with everyone else and not discriminate based
on cultural grounds (Williams, 2003).
Outcome: Improved trust on the police by individuals of the target population.
Initiative 2: Obtaining Public Approval

2ACTION PLAN FOR POLICE
Priority: High
Objective: To achieve approval of public and maintain public respect by dealing with target
population in a civilized manner.
Activity: Police are expected to perform duties and modulate their action and behavior in a
manner that does not specifically criminalize target population (Williams, 2003). They are
expected to understand that the demographic of their jurisdiction might be formed of different
ethnic groups in the public and they should work in favor of maintaining their respect and
approval (Loader, 2016).
Outcome: Development of public trust and respect for the police in the target population.
Intiative 3: Voluntary observance of law
Priority: Medium
Objective: To allow for voluntary observance of law in order to secure trust and respect in
public.
Activity: The police are expected to admit to the willing cooperation of the public in the
voluntary observance of law (Williams, 2003). This helps build trust in the minds of the
public and more specifically those of the target population as well.
Outcome: Secure trust and respect for the police department in the minds of target
population.
Initiative 4: Public cooperation
Priority: Medium
Objective: Allow for public cooperation to diminish use of violence and atrocity.