Sir robert peels nine principles and their connection to modern day policing

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Introduction

If the work of the police was to be summarized according to Norman S Hull (2003 ) it would be primarily to protect life and property

changing police culture to bring it into line with the requirement of modern day policing is not impossible , but it does require a determined commitment on the part of government to eliminate discrimination by all possible means both within the police services and in the wider society ' Lees and Gregory (1999 p

A police officer can carry out his duties more well if he has been taken through all the principles and other ethics as a requirements before he can serve the police force

The following are the nine principles of Sir Robert Peels as found in the HYPERLINK "http /ibanda .blogs .com /panchromatical /2006 /12 /sir_robert_peel .html -35k- http /ibanda .blogs .com /panchromatical /2006 /12 /sir_robert_peel .html -35k-

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The basic mission for whom the police exist is to prevent crime and dis

The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions

Police must secure the wiling cooperation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public

The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force

Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial services to the law

Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore only when the exercise of persuasion advice and warning is found to be insufficient

police at all times should maintain relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police the police being only members of the public who are paid to give fulltime attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interest of community welfare and existence

Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary

The test of the police efficiency is the absence of crime and dis not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it

Connections of the principles to modern day policing

principle 1 emphasis on the objective of the police of preventing crime and dis , therefore the police in all cities and departments have tried to improve the means of combating crime , or instance the introduction of the compstat by commissioner William Bratton of the New York police department in 1994 has seen the reduction of criminal activities in the city and surrounding cities (Newburn 2005

The introduction of the compstat according to Newburn has also improved the quality of life in the neighbourhood of the New York , and has also received national publicity , including awards from Harvard University...