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Three Eras of Policing
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The Three Eras of American Policing
The Political Era
The Community Era
Conclusion
- Relationships between community and police have changed
- Technology
- Tactics
- Goals
- Paid fairly well, $20 a week.
- Intimate relationship with community
- Bribery was common.
- Patrolled on foot.
- Strategic goal was to satisfy citizens and political bosses.
- Weaknesses: police corruption and brutality.
- Gets the name "Political Era" because politicians used positions of the police to reward their supporters after elections.
- Little to no training for the Police Officers in this time.
- The Political Era of Policing was known as hopelessly inefficient due to all of the corruption.
- The relationship between he community and police force returns to intimate.
- The police patrol on foot, solve problems and public disputes.
- Their overall goal is to improve the quality of life of citizens.
- Focuses more on fear reduction in the community era
- This era has the police breaking away from incident driven policing, and focusing more on proactive and creative problem solving for citizens.
- Designed to reduce crime, and fear of crime by keeping the same officers around for a long period of time.
1930-1980
Reform Era
2010
Community Era
Political Era
1840-1930
The Reform Era
- In this era many things were in desperate need of change and that's where it gets its name.
- Police brutality and corruption were in need of reform.
- Became more professional.
- Training became more intense to be a police officers. (physical and knowledge of law tests)
- New positions within the departments were created to be more organized.
- Technology advances: patrol cars, radio communications, public records systems, and finger printing.
- Positives on Reform Era: increased emphasis on professionalism, education, training, and performance.
- Negatives on Reform Era: the title of "Us vs. Them"
By, Karsyn Lambert
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