CRIM 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Skill, Proactive Policing, Takers
21 Apr 2016
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Frontline policing: operational patrol and the view from the streets. Operational (general patrol) has a # of key attributes: normally largest division of uniform policing, entry level position for policing, most visible section of the police organization, respond to calls for serve/dispatch-able. Thus, most reactive unit: operate with a high degree of discretion. Lowest on the hierarchy but has the most day-to-day power: large amount of police performance measures based on the work of patrol officers. 5 common law duties: prevent crime (not react to crime, protect life and property, preserve peace, apprehend offenders, enforce laws. Police opportunities engage in these duties in varying degrees. Gather low level intelligence (information: vehicle stops, street checks. Work of patrol officers varies from jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction and from shift-to-shift. Smaller jurisdictions may require broader spectrum of duties. Larger jurisdictions may involve more call response or reactive policing and more operational support. Task environment (and calls for service) has significant impact on nature of patrol work.
