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Becker, Donald C., and Mary Jeanette Hageman. "Police Community Relations." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-) 77, no. 4 (1986): 1191. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1143676.
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Bourke, Mark. "Turning Police/community relations around." Race Equality Teaching 21, no. 3 (September 1, 2002): 15–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18546/ret.21.3.05.
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Rwamuhizi, Devis, and Eugenia Nkechi Irechukwu. "Police-Community Partnerships and Community Relation Promotion in Rwanda National Police (RNP): The Case of Nyaruguru District." Journal of Public Policy & Governance 6, no. 1 (April 19, 2022): 74–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2057.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the role of Police-community partnerships in promoting community relations with a case of three sectors, which are Nyabimata, Ruheru, and Muganza that were selected from the list of 14 sectors in Nyaruguru district. The study objectives were; to determine the role of information sharing between RNP and Community in promoting community relations, to examine how the fight against gender-based violence by RNP has promoted community relations, and to explore the role of a fight against organized crimes by RNP in promoting community relations in the selected three sectors of Nyaruguru district. The study applied mixed methods, which consisted of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect and analyze data. Data was collected from a sample size of 384 community members, 6 local leaders, and 15 police officers using questionnaires and interviews respectively. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential were used that consisted of frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation, correlation, and regression for quantitative data, and content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data from interviews. Findings revealed that there was a negative significant correlation between police-community information sharing and community relations (r= -200** P= 0.05) and a positive significant correlation between Police fight against GBV and community relations (r= 0.136**P= 0.05). There was no significant correlation between Police fight against organized crimes and community relations (r= -010**P= 0.05). The value of adjusted R-square is 0.0336 meaning that all the independent variables included in the model explained 33.6% of the dependent variable, which is community relations indicating that the model adequately fits the data. The strength of the model is further reconfirmed by ANOVA which indicates that P-value of 0.000 at a 95% level of significance. Therefore, it is concluded that police-community partnerships significantly influence community relations in the Nyaruguru district. The study recommended based on regression findings that the police should continue engaging in various community partnerships aimed at promoting community relations. Keywords: Police-Community Partnerships, Community Relation Promotion, Rwanda National Police, Rwanda
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Brunson, Rod K. "Focused Deterrence and Improved Police-Community Relations." Criminology & Public Policy 14, no. 3 (July 28, 2015): 507–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12141.
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St. Louis, Ermus, Alana Saulnier, and Kevin Walby. "Police Use of Body-Worn Cameras: Challenges of Visibility, Procedural Justice, and Legitimacy." Surveillance & Society 17, no. 3/4 (September 7, 2019): 305–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ss.v17i3/4.8649.
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Recent controversies over police use of force in the United States of America have placed a spotlight on police in Western nations. Concerns that police conduct is racist and procedurally unjust have generated public sentiments that accountability must be externally imposed on police. One such accountability mechanism is body-worn cameras (BWCs). Optimistic accounts of BWCs suggest that the technology will contribute to the improvement of community–police relations. However, BWCs address consequences, not causes, of poor community–police relations. We argue that the evolving visibility of police associated with BWCs is double-edged, and suggest that the adoption of surveillance technologies such as BWCs in the quest to improve community–police relations will fail without a simultaneous commitment to inclusionary policing practices (such as community policing strategies, community and social development, and local democracy). We outline two initiatives that optimize BWCs by promoting these simultaneous commitments.
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Walker, Donald B., and Peter C. Kratcoski. "A Cross Cultural Perspective on Police Values and Police-Community Relations." Criminal Justice Review 10, no. 1 (May 1985): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/073401688501000103.
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Cohn, Ellen G. "The Citizen Police Academy: A recipe for improving police-community relations." Journal of Criminal Justice 24, no. 3 (January 1996): 265–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(96)00011-6.
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Heriyanti, Heriyanti, Ummanah Ummanah, and Resman Maharul Tambunan. "Peningkatan Kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia Melalui Pelatihan Peranan Humas bagi Anggota Polresta Tangerang." Indonesian Journal for Social Responsibility 3, no. 2 (2020): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.36782/ijsr.v3i02.84.
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The rapid technology development and information made public (community) being so critical to the policies was taken by the government. This requires police institution to maintain of security guards, public order, enforce the law, provides protection, aegis and service to the community. Public Relations (PR) is an agency which have a duty to understand and evaluate a variety of public opinion in order to help to create harmony between particular agencies with the public. In order to increase quality of human resources in Police Department are required personnel with the ability in resolving problems the happens in society. In resolving these problems, that needed cooperation between police department, college and the community. The contribution of college to police department and the community with conducting the devotion to the community in cooperation Polresta Tangerang. The method in use in devotion community is by providing training of the role of public relations to Polresta Tangerang members through zoom cloud meeting. The role of public relations training aimed at giving public knowledge include similarity in communication, public relations function, basic principles of public relations, the management of the community and management of media relations may be good quality police. The evaluation of the training be concluded that the training that performed capable of increase understanding participants on the role of public relations.
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Dlamini, Siyanda. "South African Police Services Officials` Perceptions of Community-Police Relations in Durban, South Africa." International Journal of Criminology and Sociology 10 (December 31, 2020): 224–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2021.10.27.
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Police officers’ views about police-citizen relationships are shaped not only by opportunities to interact with community residents during normal police work but also in part by efforts due to the larger police mission of encouraging and supporting such attitudes. In recent years, police in different countries has shifted from the traditional reactive form of policing towards community-oriented approaches. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to explore police officers’ views of citizen-police relationships and community policing in Durban, South Africa. A qualitative research approach was adopted, to explore such perceptions in the study area. The findings collected through semi-structured interviews with the South African Police Services personnel suggested that police officer were dissatisfied and at best ambiguous about citizens’ participation in crime prevention activities or support for the police in a township dwelling. However, in a suburban area, the perceptions marked an improvement in their attitudes on various dimensions. These include officers’ views about the overall police mission, increased emphasis on service-oriented policing in contrast to a law enforcement approach, support for community policing, perceived citizens’ willingness to cooperate with the police in crime prevention activities, and decreased cynicism about citizens. These findings suggest confidence in the utility of community policing ideas.
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Nurnisya, Frizki Yulianti, Suriati Binti Saad, and Mahyuddin Ahmad Rahman. "Police’s Public Relations to Enhance Mutual Understanding in Indonesia." Jurnal ASPIKOM 6, no. 1 (January 19, 2021): 136. http://dx.doi.org/10.24329/aspikom.v6i1.799.
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The study of police public relations is a new phenomenon that has been rising lately. Indeed, along with the growth of modernity, increasing disputes, the need for convergence, and the community environment, there have been increasing demands from the public for the police to make changes in their actions and attitude when dealing with the community. This research uses qualitative methodology as it explores activities carried out by police institutions. Hence, the a case study is a right research method because this research explores the government’s agency, especially within public policy. The research result shows that to complete this job correctly, the police need public support, and to maximize this support, the police need the functions of police’s public relations at all levels, from the National Police Headquarters to the District Police.
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Mars, Joan. "Ethnic Diversity and Police–Community Relations in Guyana." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 47, no. 4 (November 2009): 506–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14662040903381578.
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Weitzer, Ronald, Steven A. Tuch, and Wesley G. Skogan. "Police–Community Relations in a Majority-Black City." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 45, no. 4 (August 4, 2008): 398–428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427808322617.
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Jackson, Peter. "CONSTRUCTIONS OF CRIMINALITY: POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN TORONTO." Antipode 26, no. 3 (July 1994): 216–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.1994.tb00249.x.
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Schlosser, Michael D., Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Daniel M. Blumberg, and Konstantinos Papazoglou. "Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing." Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being 6, no. 4 (November 19, 2021): 162–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.219.
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This is a very challenging time for police–community relations, one characterized by a mutual lack of trust between police and citizens. But trust is an important tenet of effective community policing. Trust between police and communities can result in better problem solving, fewer legal violations by citizens, less frequent use of force by the police, less resistance by citizens during arrests, greater willingness to share information, less inclination to riot, and greater willingness of community members and police to cooperate. One key obstacle to fostering trust between the community and police is confirmation bias—the tendency for people to take in information and process it in a way that confirms their current preconceptions, attitudes, and beliefs. Recognizing and addressing confirmation bias, therefore, plays a critical role in fostering more productive engagement. If we are to improve police–community relations and co-create a way forward, learning to approach debates with open minds, an awareness of the lens of our own perspectives, commitment to considering the opposite, and the goal of listening with curiosity are essential.
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Boller-Piol, Annabel A., Cristina D. Gonzales, Karmela M. Malapit, Lourdelyn S. Olivar, Alex J. Vega, Elizabeth B. Villa, and Wilfredo D. Dalugdog. "Strengthening Community Mobilization Program: Its Implication on Building Police-Community Relations." International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research 5, no. 5 (May 23, 2024): 1662–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.11594/ijmaber.05.05.17.
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This study determined the implications of strengthening community mobilization programs for building police community relations in Batangas Province and utilized a descriptive-quantitative approach with the use of a self-constructed questionnaire based on the parameters of PRO 4A MC No. 2017-02. A total of 392 respondents (15 PCADU personnel and 377 residents from the 13 certified mobilized barangays of Bauan, Batangas) were chosen as the respondents of the study through stratified proportional sampling. The data was gathered two weeks before it was completed and treated with statistical tools such as percentage, weighted mean, and independent t-test. The study revealed that most of the police personnel are Police Corporal, under 5 years in PCADU, and have acquired PCAD Course, Online PCAD Executive Course, and Preparedness Search and Rescue and Relief Operation Seminar. Meanwhile, majority of the community members belong to the middle class, businessman, and live in a rural community. Moreover, the majority of PCADU personnel described CMPs in terms of community organization, community information and education, community empowerment and mobilization, and certification of mobilized barangays as always implemented, with weighted mean of 3.24, 3.23, 3.25, and 3.27, respectively, while the community members described them as often implemented, with weighted mean of 3.18, 3.17, 3.19, and 3.21, respectively. Majority of the respondents strongly agreed on the effects of strengthening CMPs, with weighted mean of 3.29 and 3.23, respectively. The output of the study is a proposed input to help improve the sustainability of CMPs in Batangas Province based on the least-rated items.
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Madaki, Maikano, and Mustapha Hashim Kurfi. "Toward Enhancing Police-Community Relations in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects." Journal of Sociological Research 4, no. 2 (July 9, 2013): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsr.v4i2.3972.
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<div><p>This paper examines the existing relationship between the police and members of the public in Nigeria, highlighting the various problems endemic in both parties (the police and the public). The paper provides the essential pragmatic means of further enhancing this relationship for a better and peaceful society through the principles of community policing. The authors take a multi-dimensional approach to the police public relationship (P-PR) in Nigeria positing thatprimarily, there are structural, organizational, and attitudinal factors that led to the deteriorating nature of the P-PR in Nigeria. The paper posits that co-operation between the police and the public is a prerequisite for the success of any law enforcement agency, notably the police as well as a better, peaceful, and harmonious society. The police alone cannot achieve this without support from the members of the public whom they serve. For that kind of good working condition to be created, the police need to be polite, friendly, approachable, honest, law abiding and demonstrate high sense of responsibility in dealing with members of the public and in discharging their duties. On the other hand, the public must understand that maintaining law and order is a collective responsibility between the parties and should do everything possible to assist the police in protecting lives and property. Good and objective partnership between the community and the police will help bring positive response to crimes and other social problems.This can be achieved by ensuring proper and genuine police reform in the country to overhaul the organization and by bringing to book corrupt officers and men as general and specific deterrence.</p></div>
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Giles, Howard, Edward R. Maguire, and Shawn L. Hill. "The police and those policed as intergroup par excellence: Current trends and future prospects." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 26, no. 4 (May 26, 2023): 781–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13684302221142317.
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In many communities, certain segments of the population do not have trust and confidence in the police. These issues are particularly intense in some impoverished minority communities in which people are more likely to fear the police than to trust them. Much can be learned about the patterned dynamics between police and communities from the study of intergroup relations generally, and intergroup communication more specifically. Unfortunately, these phenomena have not yet been well studied from an intergroup perspective. In this prologue to the special issue, “The Police and the Policed,” we introduce contemporary trends in police–community relations from an intergroup perspective, and we provide a brief overview of the articles appearing in the special issue. We close by highlighting key take-aways from this collection, articulating a vision for future research on police–community relations from an intergroup perspective.
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Stansfield, Richard. "Police–community relations, excessive force, and community stress: Evidence from a community survey." Psychology of Violence 12, no. 4 (July 2022): 201–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000404.
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Headley, Andrea M., and James E. Wright. "National Police Reform Commissions: Evidence-Based Practices or Unfulfilled Promises?" Review of Black Political Economy 46, no. 4 (September 4, 2019): 277–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0034644619873074.
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The Kerner Commission devoted significant attention to the issue of policing and its impact on communities of color in particular. In light of the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission, the focus of this article is twofold. First, this article provides a literature review on police commissions across time, both pre- and post-Kerner, to identify similarities. There are three key areas of focus that most of the police commissions have touched on: excessive police use of force, police–community relations, and personnel standards. Second, this article assesses the empirical evidence behind these three identified areas of concern and asks the following: What does the research show on the efficacy of police organizational reforms for reducing excessive police use of force, building police–community relations, and improving personnel standards? This article concludes by identifying areas for further research in each of these three subcategories. Specifically, this article highlights the need for further research to empirically delineate what strategies are effective for reducing police–community tensions.
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Breen, Michael E., and Brian R. Johnson. "Citizen Police Academies: An Analysis of Enhanced Police-Community Relations among Citizen Attendees." Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 80, no. 3 (September 2007): 246–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/pojo.2007.80.3.246.
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One current initiative used by many police agencies across the United States to foster better police-community relations is the Citizen's Police Academy (CPA). While CPAs lack a precise academic definition, they can be considered to be a planned programme created by law enforcement agencies to educate their citizens on police operations and management. Over the last 20 years, CPA programmes have rapidly expanded among police agencies in the United States, where it is estimated that approximately 15% of all police agencies have some type of these programmes. This article expands upon the limited research on CPAs by analysing their impact on attendees. Specifically, this article explores changes in the attitudes of 48 CPA attendees who completed a 12-week/36-hour CPA programme at a Sheriff's Department in the state of Michigan. Based on the analysis of pre- and post-test responses, this study found that this particular CPA had a positive impact on the attendees' attitudes towards the police, and their understanding of police operations, crime, and quality-of-life issues in their community.
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Oliver, Willard M. "Moving beyond “police-community relations” and “the police and society”: Community-oriented policing as an academic course." Journal of Criminal Justice Education 9, no. 2 (November 1998): 303–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511259800084351.
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Ernest, Dinne Chinedu, Benjamin Okorie Aja, and Okunola, Rasidi Akanji. "COMMUNITY POLICING AND EFFECTIVE POLICE-PUBLIC RELATIONS AS A PANACEA FOR KIDNAPPING AND HOSTAGE TAKING IN NIGERIA." JOURNAL OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR 2, no. 2 (2022): 177–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.47509/jccb.2022.v02i02.07.
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Kidnapping and hostage taking for ransom has become ubiquitous in various parts of the society and it is now more prevalent in developing societies and these has led to a security gap which the culprits are taking advantage of in perfecting their crime. This gap could be as result of inefficient and ineffective strategy been adopted by the security agents. This has resulted to a security challenge to the country and has caused the economy to dwindle. Community policing is a strategy of policing that focuses on police building ties and working closely with members of the communities. It is a policy that requires police to inherit a proactive approach to address public safety concerns. The study was anchored on functionalist theory. Community policing creates partnerships between law enforcement agency and other organizations like government agencies, community members, nonprofit service providers, private businesses and the media. The media represent a powerful pattern by which the police can communicate with the community and that enhances a cordial police-public relations. Community policing recognizes that police cannot solve every public safety problem alone, so interactive partnerships are created. The police use the public for developing problem-solving solutions and generating information. The overall assessment of community oriented policing is positive, as both officers and community members attest to its effectiveness in reducing crime and raising the sense of security in a community. Community policing calls for long-term commitment and partnership between the Police-public in curbing kidnapping and other criminal activities. The study therefore recommends that community policing skills should be integrated into the training curricula of the Nigerian police force. All personnel must become skilled in the techniques of problem solving, motivating, and team-building. Training should involve the entire agency and should include civilian personnel who can enlist participation in community meetings, help the police organization sharpen its marketing message, and incorporate sophisticated technology into the organization’s service-oriented operations.
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Pino, Nathan W., and Lee Michael Johnson. "Police deviance and community relations in Trinidad and Tobago." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 34, no. 3 (August 23, 2011): 454–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13639511111157519.
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Das, Philip K. "State-Mandated Training in Police Community Relations: An Evaluation." Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 60, no. 3 (July 1987): 232–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032258x8706000310.
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Rakubu, Kholofelo, Siyanda Dlamini, and Mmakwena Modipa. "Ramifications of the lockdown on community police relations during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 12, no. 1 (February 13, 2023): 233–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v12i1.2224.
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Societies` views concerning the Criminal Justice System institutions are shaped not only by opportunities to interact with such institutions during normal work but also in part by efforts due to the larger mission (of these institutions) of encouraging and supporting such attitudes. Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic, most countries have implemented a lockdown as an initiative to control the spread of the virus. South Africa is no exception as the country joined most countries and announced the national lockdown in March 2020. With the national lockdown, Criminal Justice agencies such as the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) were deployed across the country to ensure compliance with the lockdown regulations. The police are the most visible and powerful arm of the state, the nature of the state and the way it is perceived has a profound impact on police-community relations and vice versa. With South Africa’s pronouncement of the national lockdown and state of emergency due to the pandemic, more inquiries and investigations into police practice during the national lockdown will be made. It is precisely in this context that this study aims to reflect on police-community relations during the national lockdown. A criminological analysis on the ramifications of the dented police-community relations due to the national lockdown will be explored. With the national lockdown regulations, clearly gazetted, this study will also employ criminological theories to further interrogate the regulations that impacted on the dented police-community relations.
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Sabijon, April Daisy Grace, and Roberto Magbojos. "The Influence of Community Relation and Performance on Police Trust: A Prediction Model." http://journal.hmjournals.com/index.php/JLS/issue/view/356, no. 36 (October 7, 2023): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.55529/jls.36.1.17.
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This study aimed to determine the police trust in relation to police community relation and performance in District 1 of Davao del Norte, 384 residents from the district 1 of Davao del Norte participated the survey. The study used descriptive-predictive design with the utilization of mean, standard deviation, pearson-r and multiple linear regression. The findings revealed that police-community relation positively and significantly correlated with police trust (r=0.500, p<0.05), similarly, police performance positively and significantly correlated with police trust (r=0.862, p<0.05). However, the significant influence of police community relation and police performance to predict public trust, overall results indicate that indicators of police performance, such as attentiveness, reliability, fairness, manners, and responsiveness, have a stronger predictive relationship with police trust compared to indicators of police-community relations. The public relation program also shows a positive relationship with trust in both models. However, the civic action program, public information program, mass communication program, and competence do not significantly contribute to the prediction of police trust.
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Ramona Gusti, Wan Deni, Chairul Muriman Setyabudi, and Sutrisno Sutrisno. "Tanjung Priok Police Community Policing in the Security of Mbah Priok." AL-MANHAJ: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial Islam 5, no. 1 (January 27, 2023): 61–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.37680/almanhaj.v5i1.2117.
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Haul Mbah Priok's activities have the potential to cause disturbances in Kamtibmas, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Police are expected to play an active role in preventing various forms of social problems, including problems that may arise at Haul Mbah Priok. This study aims to determine the relationship between the National Police and the Community in Securing Haul Mbah Priok during the Covid-19 pandemic by the Tanjung Priok Port Police. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach. Sources of data in this study include the Head of Tanjung Priok Port Police, Head of Binmas, Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, Head of Intelligence and Security, Tomas and Toga, and the community. The methodology uses a qualitative approach. The results showed that the haul Mbah Priok vulnerability potential was very high. The results of this study are to equate perceptions of the technical plan for securing the Mbah Priok haul. Police-community relations in securing Haul Mbah Priok are no longer based on the legality of the Tanjung Priok Port Police's actions, but community recognition of the security measures carried out by the police which require "reasonable" security to be carried out in the interest of the community so they are not exposed to Covid-19. The strong relationship of mutual trust between the Tanjung Priok Port Police and the community is an important factor in police-community relations in securing Haul Mbah Priok in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic
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St. Jean, Peter K. B. "Explaining Strained Community-Police Relations in a Racially and Ethnically Homogeneous Community." Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice 5, no. 2-3 (July 2007): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j222v05n02_01.
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Jeong, Duke-Young. "A Study on the Utilization Community Policing to the Decentralized Police System." Korean Association of Criminal Psychology 19, no. 4 (December 31, 2023): 169–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.25277/kcpr.2023.19.4.169.
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The Korean Police System had changed from the National Police System to the Decentralized Police System. Unlike other countries, the affairs are divided into national police affairs, investigation affairs, and autonomous affairs, and the status of police officer has not the local official but the national public official. A precedent study in Korea and foreign cases analyzed that police activities in community relations had a positive effect on at least community public order satisfaction and public order status resolution, and suggested a direction when current police activities were combined with community policing. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to suggest an efficient activation strategy of community policing by based on cases of community policing activities conducted in foreign countries. As a result of this study, the direction of the current decentralized police activities is obscured, and the reflection of regional characteristic is insufficient. In addition, enforcement of outward decentralized police activities and promotion of decentralized police activities is insufficient.
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Ozkan, Murat. "Implementation Of New Public Service In Policing: The Role Of Citizen Police Academies." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 12, no. 11 (April 27, 2016): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n11p156.
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The New Public Service encourages involving citizens in decisionmaking process of governing. Community policing approach relies on active community relations and input. Citizen Police Academies (CPA’s) served both purposes. This study discusses the tenets of the New Public Service and evaluates CPA’s impact on citizen satisfaction and attitude toward police. It presents CPA’s and similar programs as an effective tool to increase police citizen interaction and to gain community support.
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Posick, Chad, and Heather Hatfield. "Putting H.E.A.R.T. into policing: a 21st century model for effective and fair policing." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 40, no. 1 (March 20, 2017): 128–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-07-2016-0113.
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Purpose Police-community relations are currently at a cross-road. Incidents over the past several years have severely damaged trust and faith in the police – particularly in minority communities. Society is faced with the choice of accepting an “us-vs-them” mentality with police on one side and citizens on the other or banding together to advance police-community coproduction in reducing violence. The purpose of this paper is to advance the latter by introducing a model for police to follow in police-citizen interactions in an effort to increase perceptions of fairness and legitimacy of police officers and police departments. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the National Police Research Platform’s Police-Community Interaction Survey, correlates of perceptions of fairness in police-community encounters as well as variation in agency-level fairness across 53 jurisdictions are examined. Findings Results show that application of the H.E.A.R.T. medical model is the most significant and substantial correlate of perceived fairness of police-community interactions and accounts for agency-level differences in perceived fairness. Originality/value The results highlight important ways that police can improve their image in the community and with minority communities in particular.
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Briones-Peñalver, Antonio-Juan, Ignacio del Olmo Fernandez, Francisco-José Fernández Cañavate, and José António C. Santos. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability through Institutional Legitimacy in Police Forces." Sustainability 16, no. 15 (July 23, 2024): 6300. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16156300.
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This paper analyses the effect of institutional legitimacy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in police forces through their methods and procedures (procedural justice) that determine citizens’ trust in the police, which theoretically influences organised coexistence in human communities (social effectiveness). CSR can increase collective well-being through legitimacy, sustained by police action. An anonymous citizen survey was carried out to verify the theoretical proposal to inquire about their opinions on the legitimacy, methods, and community relations between Spanish police forces and the community. The hypotheses were analysed with a structural equation system. The practical implications aspire to know the citizens’ opinions about the methods and procedures used by the Spanish police and their relations with Spanish civilians. Finally, citizens consider that police actions and procedures are institutionally and legally regulated competencies, and, therefore, citizens cannot influence them.
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Edwards, Kerry Lynne, Yvonne M. Eaton-Stull, and Sarah Kuehn. "Police Officer Stress and Coping in a Stress-Awareness Era." Police Quarterly 24, no. 3 (February 15, 2021): 325–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1098611120984162.
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This study was conducted as controversy and turmoil engulfed police worldwide. Police-community conflict was widespread and conceivably increased officers’ stress levels. Because stress affects officers’ health and job performance, it is important to understand the phenomenon. This study was designed to ascertain officers’ stress levels, coping mechanisms, and perspectives regarding police-community relations, their perceived stress-related needs, and their perceptions of departmental assistance. Participants (N = 128) were police officers across several jurisdictions of various sizes in the northeastern United States. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected; analytic methods included statistical correlations and regression, as well as qualitative, thematic analysis. Results indicated the following: Participants experienced stress across multiple areas; some coping mechanisms predicted higher expressions of stress, as did certain perspectives of police-community relations and years in law enforcement. Participants’ perspectives of their needs and their suggestions for action contributed to data-driven policy recommendations regarding both prevention and symptom reduction approaches.
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Schneider, Eric C., Christopher Agee, and Themis Chronopoulos. "Dirty Work: Police and Community Relations and the Limits of Liberalism in Postwar Philadelphia." Journal of Urban History 46, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 961–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0096144217705497.
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Police abuse of African Americans was an immediate trigger for the urban uprisings of the 1960s, and civilian review of police actions became a central tenet of civil rights liberalism. The failure of Philadelphia’s Police Advisory Board (PAB), the nation’s first independent civilian review board (1958), to meliorate police–community tensions suggests the limitations of civil rights liberalism: an inability to confront the role of police as “dirty workers,” who performed the unacknowledged but widely demanded function of maintaining racial hierarchy in the postwar city. Working-class African Americans, the most frequent victims of police brutality, came to see civilian review as a charade and rejected the limited vision of civil rights liberals. The PAB’s failure shows that police reform is impossible without a broader commitment to overturning racial hierarchy.
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Saunders, Jessica, Allsion Ober, Dionne Barnes-Proby, and Rod K. Brunson. "Police legitimacy and disrupting overt drug markets." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 39, no. 4 (November 21, 2016): 667–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-02-2016-0014.
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Purpose Overt drug markets are particularly difficult to address using traditional law enforcement tactics alone; disrupting these markets often requires substantial community cooperation. Enhancing police-community relations has been offered as a promising strategy for closing overt markets, demonstrating sustained success in several settings. The purpose of this paper is to examine theoretical mechanisms hypothesized to create immediate and sustained disruption in overt drug markets, focusing on the role of strengthened police/community relations, and greater police legitimacy. Design/methodology/approach The manuscript describes a series of focus groups with community residents across three sites over 15-months after a drug market intervention. A repeated cross-sectional design enabled in-depth analysis of study participants’ views regarding mechanisms of change over time. Findings Study participants remained ambivalent about police legitimacy; they expressed appreciation regarding local policing efforts to improve neighborhood conditions, but maintained many negative feelings about the overall policing profession. Further, residents worried that the increased police presence might lead to greater harassment. Regardless of their misgivings, however, the findings reveal increases in police cooperation and improvements in some previously identified components of police legitimacy. Practical implications There is partial support for several underlying mechanisms of change over time. Study participants perceived a more focused police response, resulting in disruptions of the market and sustained improvements in neighborhood conditions. Originality/value This reflects original work not published elsewhere. It contributes to a growing body of literature on the role of police legitimacy in problem-solving interventions.
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Ashari, Suci, and Annisa Wahyuni Arsyad. "IMPLEMENTASI CYBER PUBLIC RELATIONS DALAM PEMBENTUKAN CITRA KEPOLISIAN RESOR KOTA (POLRESTA) SAMARINDA." Jurnal Indonesia : Manajemen Informatika dan Komunikasi 4, no. 3 (September 10, 2023): 1770–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.35870/jimik.v4i3.411.
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The new era of rapid development of information technology today not only affects some aspects, but also activities carried out by PR (Public Relations) practitioners. This indirectly requires PR practitioners to face changes, namely the transition from the conventional era to the digital era. Conventional to digital PR activities are also known as Cyber Public Relations (CPR). One of the challenges of PR in the digital world is managing negative opinions from the public that can affect the positive image built by the organization. Currently, police agencies are one of the state institutions that are vulnerable to negative public opinion and are often threatened by their reputation in the eyes of the public. Therefore, this research aims to examine the implementation of Cyber Public Relations of Samarinda Police in shaping a positive image in the eyes of the community and what obstacles are experienced to form a positive image. In this research, the theory used is the Excellence of Public Relations theory. To reveal these issues thoroughly and in depth, this research uses a qualitative method with a descriptive approach to explain the situation and conditions of Cyber Public Relations activities of Samarinda Police. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of Cyber Public Relations by the Public Relations of Samarinda Police has not been carried out comprehensively. CPR activities of Samarinda Police only reach the level of press agentcy and public information, Public Relations also has not involved the community in CPR activities to improve their image. Some of the obstacles experienced by Samarinda Police Public Relations are related to the lack of human resources and interaction from the public in the media they manage.
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Oxholm, Perfecta Delgado, and Jack Glaser. "Goals and outcomes of police officer communication: Evidence from in-depth interviews." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 26, no. 4 (May 26, 2023): 875–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13684302221121585.
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Communication between police and community is an inevitable part of policing. Core narratives—subjective, internal, sense-making processes that can shape behavior—that police officers hold related to communication can influence police–community interactions. There is no known research on core narratives related to police officer communication. To begin to fill the gap, this paper reports the analysis of in-depth interviews conducted to investigate how police officers understand police–community relations and the nature of encounters with community members. Communication emerged as an important theme. Five communication core narrative themes were identified: communication as central, advocacy, cover, withholding, and connection. Four of the core narrative themes were abstracted into two dimensions along which the characteristics of the communication varied. Understanding the core narratives influencing officer intergroup communication can help researchers and practitioners see the larger implications of communication, an essential component of policing and police–community relationships, and its connection to officer behavior.
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Щербина, М. О. "ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER: ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF LEGISLATION." Juridical science 1, no. 4(106) (April 2, 2020): 192–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.32844/2222-5374-2020-106-4-1.23.
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In the article, the author examines the administrative and legal status of a community police officer. It is emphasized that the radical change of legal relations has led to the transformation of the legal status of their participants, in particular, the administrative and legal status of the National Police. It is determined that the main subjects in the field of providing police services for public safety and order should include a community police officer. It is claimed that the administrative and legal status individualizes the position of any unit of the National Police, in this case community police officers, as it determines not only their rights and responsibilities, but also tasks and functions, organizational structure, competence. It is noted that rights are the interests of a certain subject of administrative and legal relations, which consist in the use and free disposal of social goods and values, as well as allow the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms within the limits established by law. Accordingly, a duty is a set of obligations of one subject of administrative law in relation to others, which is a certain organic necessity that reconciles personal and public interests. Rights and responsibilities as complex elements of administrative and legal status distinguish its integral component, without any of the elements of which it cannot exist. It has been proven that a community police officer is a police officer who is focused on solving the security problems of his or her local community. It is proposed to define the administrative and legal status of a community police officer as a set of administrative and legal norms that establish tasks and functions, organizational structure, powers, forms of responsibility and competence. The characteristics of the administrative and legal status of a community police officer include: his position in the hierarchy of the National Police, the issue of subordination; purpose, tasks and functions; directions, forms, methods of activity.
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Muntingh, Lukas. "Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman." South African Crime Quarterly, no. 64 (June 29, 2018): 17–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2018/v0n64a4884.
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In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation of the WCCSA is the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, which became operational in 2015. This article reviews its history and context, as well as results from its first year. The Police Ombudsman, the only one in the country, must be seen as one of the results of efforts by the opposition-held province to carve out more powers in the narrowly defined constitutional space, and in so doing to exercise more effective oversight and monitoring of police performance, and improve police–community relations. The Ombudsman must also be seen against the backdrop of poor police–community relations in Cape Town and the subsequent establishment of a provincial commission of inquiry into the problem, a move that was opposed by the national government, contesting its constitutionality. Results from the Ombudsman’s first 18 months in operation are modest, but there are promising signs. Nonetheless, the office is small and it did not do itself any favours by not complying with its legally mandated reporting requirements.
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Muntingh, Lukas. "Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman." South African Crime Quarterly, no. 64 (June 29, 2018): 17–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2018/i64a4884.
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In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation of the WCCSA is the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, which became operational in 2015. This article reviews its history and context, as well as results from its first year. The Police Ombudsman, the only one in the country, must be seen as one of the results of efforts by the opposition-held province to carve out more powers in the narrowly defined constitutional space, and in so doing to exercise more effective oversight and monitoring of police performance, and improve police–community relations. The Ombudsman must also be seen against the backdrop of poor police–community relations in Cape Town and the subsequent establishment of a provincial commission of inquiry into the problem, a move that was opposed by the national government, contesting its constitutionality. Results from the Ombudsman’s first 18 months in operation are modest, but there are promising signs. Nonetheless, the office is small and it did not do itself any favours by not complying with its legally mandated reporting requirements.
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L. Beshears, Michael, Michelle L. Beshears, and Mark Bond. "Improving Police Social Media Use Practices." International Journal of Social Science Studies 7, no. 5 (August 13, 2019): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v7i5.4449.
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Phenomenological study findings identified police social media site use practices that law enforcement leadership may wish to consider incorporating. Findings showed that members of the public in their lived experiences desired two-way asynchronous and synchronous interpersonal communication capabilities when accessing social media platforms maintained by law enforcement agencies. Improved police social media use practices in these areas may be a gateway to building stronger community relations and using social media as an instrument to aid in crime solving. The themes identified included crime solving, building community-relations, asynchronous versus synchronous engagement, humanistic branding, and public image.
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Barikatul Hikmah, Winda Dwi Astuti Zebua, Syifa Astasia Utari, and Winda Dwi Astuti Zebua. "Peran Humas Kepolisian Resor Tangerang Selatan dalam Meningkatkan Citra Kepolisian." TUTURAN: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, Sosial dan Humaniora 1, no. 4 (November 9, 2023): 221–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.47861/tuturan.v1i4.572.
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With the various negative issues that have approached the Indonesian police, this can have a negative impact on the image of the police. Therefore, a maximum public relations role is needed in improving the image of the police. This research aims to find out about the role of public relations of the South Tangerang Resort Police in improving the image of the police. It is also done to find out the opinions of external parties, namely the community and journalists who partner with the South Tangerang Police regarding the role that has been carried out by public relations in improving the image of the police. The theory used is the Public Relations Role theory from Ruslan (2016), namely Communicator, Relationship, Back up Management, and Good Image Maker. The approach used in conducting this research is a qualitative approach, and uses descriptive methods using data collection techniques through interviews, documentation, and literature studies. There are four sources in this study, namely the head of the public relations section of the Tangsel Police, PS PIDM Sub Section, one of the people who live in South Tangerang and journalists who partner with the Tangsel Police. The results of this study indicate that the role of public relations of South Tangerang Police in improving the image is carried out in various ways, namely as a Communicator, Relationship, Back up Management, and Good Image Maker, the role of public relations has been carried out well, so that people can continue to believe in the police institution.
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Dong, Beidi, and Xiaoyun Wu. "Reaching and engaging people: Analyzing tweeting practices of large U.S. police departments pre- and post- the killing of George Floyd." PLOS ONE 17, no. 7 (July 14, 2022): e0269288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269288.
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Finding ways to improve police legitimacy and police-community relations has for long been an important social issue in the United States. It becomes particularly urgent following the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020. An emerging area that holds potential in remediating police-community relations pertains to the use of social media by police. Yet, this body of research stays highly exploratory (e.g., case studies based on a small sample of agencies) and different viewpoints exist regarding the objectives of police social media usage. The current study identified 115 large police departments in the U.S. and collected their tweets over a 4-month period between 4/1/2020 and 7/31/2020. We investigated how police agencies (both individually and as an aggregate) leveraged social media to respond to the nationwide protests directed at the police and community reactions to such responses. We found that police agencies tweeted more frequently in the immediate aftermath of the murder and posted an increased number of civil-unrest related tweets. The public showed a greater interest in engaging with law enforcement agencies (i.e., average favorite and retweet counts) following the murder. A great variability emerged across agencies in their responses on social media, suggesting that examining only a handful of agencies or a particular dimension of social media usage would limit our understanding of police behaviors and citizen interactions on social media. In conclusion, we suggested a few avenues for future research (and practices) on responsible and effective use of social media by police, while pointing out the challenges associated with such inquiries.
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Braga, Anthony A., Rod K. Brunson, and Kevin M. Drakulich. "Race, Place, and Effective Policing." Annual Review of Sociology 45, no. 1 (July 30, 2019): 535–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-073018-022541.
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The police need public support and cooperation to be effective in controlling crime and holding offenders accountable. In many disadvantaged communities of color, poor relationships between the police and residents undermine effective policing. Weak police–minority community relationships are rooted in a long history of discriminatory practices and contemporary proactive policing strategies that are overly aggressive and associated with racial disparities. There are no simple solutions to address the complex rift between the police and the minority communities that they serve. The available evidence suggests that there are policies and practices that could improve police–minority community relations and enhance police effectiveness. Police departments should conduct more sophisticated analysis of crime problems to ensure that crime-control programs are not indiscriminate and unfocused, engage residents in their crime reduction efforts by revitalizing community policing, ensure procedurally just police contacts with citizens, and implement problem-solving strategies to prevent crimes beyond surveillance and enforcement actions.
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Mustaan, Mustaan, Aris Sulistiawati, and Sofia Ningsih Rahayu P. "Pemanfaatan Twitter Sebagai Media Publikasi Humas Polresta Surakarta Dalam Menciptakan Citra Positif." Borobudur Communication Review 1, no. 1 (May 7, 2021): 21–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.31603/bcrev.4846.
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Twitter is one of the fastest growing social media at this time. The emergence of Twitter can be used as a liaison between its users with the latest information about things that interest the public. One of the agencies that chose Twitter as a means of publication is the Surakarta Police because Twitter has a wide reach and is easily accessible to the public. This study aims to determine the use of Twitter as a public relations media for the Surakarta Police in creating a positive image. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques using interview and documentation methods. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively by means of data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of this study were that the use of social media Twitter carried out by the Surakarta Police Public Relations has fulfilled 5 aspects in utilizing social media as a publication media, including: cognitive aspects, namely Public Relations of the Surakarta Police is trying to meet the information needs related to the Surakarta Police. The affective aspect, namely the public relations of the Surakarta Police, also utilizes the existing features on Twitter to make it easier for the public to get information. The aspect of personal integration, namely the public relations of the Surakarta Police, provides information about the achievements of the police personnel. The aspect of social integration, namely the public relations of the Surakarta Police, provides information about the social closeness between members of the police and the community. The aspect of releasing tension was carried out by the public relations of the Surakarta Police by providing information about events / competitions at the Surakarta Police. In creating a positive image, the Surakarta Police has fulfilled the components of image formation, among others (perception, cognition, motivation, and attitude).
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Malatji, Modjatji M., Khethiwe Madima, and Kholofelo A. Rakubu. "The effectiveness of community policing forum in crime prevention." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 12, no. 6 (September 14, 2023): 202–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v12i6.2309.
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The National Peace Accord, signed by all major political parties in 1991, created various structures through which police accountability could be sought. In 1993, the Interim Constitution of South Africa Act 200 of 1993 formalized the establishment of the Community Police Forum (CPF) at police stations. The SAPS Act 68 of 1995 made a formal provision for a partnership between the police and the community in fulfilling the needs of the community regarding policing. CPF aims to ensure police accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in the community, promoting cooperation between the service and the community in fulfilling the community's needs regarding policing and promoting communication between the police and the community. It was established to maintain a partnership between the police and the communities, to jointly identify priorities and solve problems related to crime, disorder, fear, poor police-community relations and service delivery. Therefore, the police's new vision of policing was introduced by setting up CPF at police stations throughout the country. The implementation of community policing through CPFs has brought to bear the complexity, dynamics, and of social and political relationships at both the provincial and local levels. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of CPF in crime prevention. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were employed, and data were collected from 40 community members through face-to-face survey interviews. The research revealed that CPF is ineffective in reducing crime due to the lack of resources to support its functioning. The study recommends proper and frequent communication between the police, CPF and the broader community.
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Rosenbaum, Dennis P., Jon Maskaly, Daniel S. Lawrence, Justin H. Escamilla, Georgina Enciso, Thomas E. Christoff, and Chad Posick. "The Police-Community Interaction Survey: measuring police performance in new ways." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 40, no. 1 (March 20, 2017): 112–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-07-2016-0119.
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Purpose There is widespread interest in moving beyond crime statistics to measure police performance in new ways, especially the quality of police-community interactions that influence police legitimacy and public trust. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Police-Community Interaction Survey (PCIS) developed by the National Police Research Platform. Design/methodology/approach The PCIS collected data from 53 police agencies around the USA in 2013-2014. The psychometric properties of the constructs measured are presented. This study also offers a preliminary test of the effects of an alternatively specified and expanded procedural justice model on willingness to cooperate with the police, mediated through perceptions of officer trustworthiness. Findings Scales were developed with good reliability and validity that measure various aspects of the police-community interactions. The authors find evidence that empathy is an important addition to the procedural justice model, and that the effects of procedural justice on willingness to cooperate with the police are partially mediated through perceptions of officer trustworthiness. Originality/value This is the first attempt to validate the measurement of police-community interactions on a large scale in the USA with policy implications at the local and national levels. The findings can help local police agencies incorporate new performance metrics at the individual, group, and agency levels. Nationally, the science of policing can be advanced by specifying the antecedents and consequences of respectful and empathic actions, including behavior that strengthens police-community relations.
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Falter, Michelle M., and Shea N. Kerkhoff. "Slowly shifting out of neutral." English Teaching: Practice & Critique 17, no. 3 (August 13, 2018): 257–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/etpc-05-2017-0057.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to explore how preservice teachers in a young adult literature course critically conceptualize discussions in school spaces about race and police/community relations; and to understand the constraints and affordances of using the young adult (YA) novel, All American Boys, as a critical literacy tool for discussing race and police/community relations. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative exploratory case study (Stake, 1995) investigated 24 pre-service teachers in two university YA literature courses as they read and discussed All American Boys. Thematic analysis consisted of open coding through the theoretical lenses of critical literacy and critical race theory. Findings Pre-service English language arts teachers largely thought that while race and police relations was important and the YA book was powerful, it was too political. Their fears about what might happen lead to privileging the role of neutrality as the desired goal for teachers when tackling difficult conversations about racial injustice in America. Although students made some shifts in terms of moving from neutral to more critical stances, three sub-themes of neutrality were predominant: a need for both sides of the story, the view that all beliefs are valid and the belief that we are all humans therefore all lives matter equally. Originality/value A search at the time of this study yielded few research tackling racial injustice and community/police relations through YA literature in the classroom. This study is important as stories of police brutality and racism are all too common and adolescents are too often the victims.
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Radić, Ivana. "Possibilities and Obstacles of Police Digital Communication with Citizens and the Community." Društvene i humanističke studije (Online) 8, no. 3(24) (December 31, 2023): 713–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.51558/2490-3647.2023.8.3.713.
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Communication via digital communication channels has been present in police work for a long time. In the period between 2010 and 2014, the European Commission financed a scientific research project to understand organizational changes in the police in different European countries, including changes related to the introduction of new information and communication technologies into police practice. That research showed that the police use social media to detect crimes and their perpetrators and establish quality relations with citizens and the community. As a follow-up to that study, this qualitative research aims to identify the possibilities and obstacles of police digital communication with citizens and the community to achieve a relationship of cooperation and trust between the police and the community. Four focus groups were conducted in two police administrations in eastern Croatia. The research was conducted on a sample of 40 participants, mostly officers of the regular police, including community policing officers, and the rest are criminal police officers dealing with general criminal matters. The obtained results show, just like the results of numerous foreign studies, that such an approach can be effective in providing transparency of police work and increasing trust between the police and citizens, but with adaptation of the selection of channels and content of communication to the target audience.
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Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera, and Edna Erez. "Integrating a Victim Voice in Community Policing: A Feminist Critique." International Review of Victimology 9, no. 2 (September 2002): 113–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026975800200900203.
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The article addresses the role of victim's voice in community policing of violence against women. Using Israel as a case study, with its minority Arab and majority Jewish communities, we show the paradoxes of adhering to community policing tenets in a highly collectivist community, and when divergence and conflict rather than congruence and consensus characterize the relations between the police, the minority community and its victims. The article juxtaposes and contrasts two databases relevant for understanding the role of victims in community policing in violence against women. Police officers' views about and perceptions of Arab female victims and their community are presented alongside the narratives of Arab female victims about their abuse, and their interaction with and perceptions of the police. The article concludes with discussing the risks and highlighting the advantages of community policing for violence against women victims in terms of victims' safety and empowerment, and the potential of community policing for improving the relation between minority communities and police.