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Community policing in canada

   

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Running head: COMMUNITY POLICING IN CANADACOMMUNITY POLICING IN CANADAName of the StudentName of the universityAuthor’s note

1COMMUNITY POLICING IN CANADAIntroductionCommunity policing refers to the allocation of polices in to the community so that they become well acquainted with the inhabitants of the local inhabitants. A community police normally have partnerships with the agency that enforces law and other government agencies, non government organizations, community members, media as well as private businesses (Cordner, 2014). Main aim of community policing is to solve the problems of the public by putting on the shoes of the public and remaining inside the community.This paper aims to focus on a particular group of Canadian police, The Edmonton police. The paper will give a vivid description of the Canadian police, their method of working, their strategies taken up for the protection of the community and the sustainability of those strategies followed by a set of recommendations.Community policingCommunity policing may be defined as a strategy of policing that involves the working closely and building ties with the members of the community. In community policing the police needs to inherit a pro-active approach to address the concerns of the public safety. A community policy also provides the scope of the offender rehabilitation by making a sustainable society and understanding the underlying cause of the wickedness of the criminals (Gill et al., 2014). The duties and the attributes can give opportunity to the criminals to correction by evidence based correctional practice.

2COMMUNITY POLICING IN CANADAThere are several problems inside a community which cannot be recognized if one is not in the system and those problems will not be taken care of. It is the duty of a police to communicate with the members of the community (Cordner, 2014). Police acts a link between the public and law. Community policing helps the members of the community against anti-socialactivities by the implementation of crime prevention strategies and bringing the issues under the legal terms.Is community policing effective?There are some primary element of community policing which are community partnership, organizational transformation and problem solving skills. A community policing will be able to provide effective services to any organization or a community by collaborative partnership with the law enforcement agency (Cordner, 2014). Community policing is necessary as polices can engage in the systematic examination of the individual problems and evaluate them with appropriate responses (Bennett, 2014). It has to be remembered that community policing cannot solve a problem alone and generally requires the active participation of the stakeholders. The link of the police with different government and nongovernmental organizations provide also help the common people to get access to these services. There should be a shift to the long term assignment of the police officers to specific geographical area. It should be remembered that geographic deployment helps to provide better facilities to the public. It helps to enhance more contact with the people and maintain a strong relationship with the people.

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