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“Broken Windows, Damaged Gutters, and Police Supervision”

When reading the case study from Chapter eight in Criminal Justice Organization ' that dealt with policing reforms and how to implement those several questions were raised at the end of the chapter that I would like to address . The first was the obstacles to those putting these reforms into place . What were the issues and concerns of the officers when putting these new reforms into place ? Would these new supervisory reforms be accepted well with the officers and the department ? Would the fears of the community and officers be calmed by supervisors

and how would the supervisors do this ? These questions I hope to answer in this essay and allow the reader to see just how effective these reforms are for a healthy society , community and police force

Policing reform includes communities as well as police departments Policing and community involvement , to me is more of a democratic policing for society . Many departments have had issue with their officers and this reform . But with contemporary styles being introduced the picture is changing . In the article the officers at fires thought that , More contemporary approaches to policing such as community policing ideals and practices , were Bullshit ' and coddling criminals as far as he was concerned (p .207 . A new supervisor with the new reforms in mind came into his position with real motivation to change the face of the police department . Bratton had adopted an idea postulated by some Ivy League types that the erosion of quality of life in a community led towards urban decay and ultimately unchecked crime (207 . The new supervisor had discussed with police and politicians how working with the community and their concerns actually showed a decrease in crime . He also went on the say that this involvement with the community can be as simple as social programs that would meet individual 's basic needs to the cleaning of neighborhoods and cracking down on crime

Shifts in the structure of policing would need to happen . These changes would include more concentration on community policing principals (207 . Other things would be creating substations or mini-stations around the community to keep officers close to their respective communities . The ideal being the better you know you community the more effective and efficient the officers would be Creating watch groups and have weekly meeting with members of the community to pinpoint problems . What better policing than community policing . Also , also talking with landlords and business owners on effective efforts and ways they can help to prevent drugs and drug houses moving into the community . Enhancing direct services such as issues with community health in the article the new supervisor had even tried to implement a plan that would involve officers giving aid in transportation to health clinics and departments but liability issues prevented this from happening . I think this will be something that we could see happening in the policing functions in the near future

The officers in the story felt that these efforts and concepts of policing reforms were...

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