Essay About Police Officer And Traditional Model Of Law Enforcement

Intro to Policing
The traditional model of law enforcement the police officer would respond when a
call came in that a crime occurred. Once the officer responded to the crime, the officer
would then take a report and hand the investigation off to a detective. At this point, the
officer would go back to his patrol car and wait for another call to come in that a crime
had occurred. The officer has little interaction with the citizens within a community and
can end up responding to crimes at various points in the city. The officer does not
know hardly anyone in the areas where he is responding nor do the citizens really know
the officers. Also under this type of policing, there is nothing in place to try to prevent
crime from occurring. It is just a supply and demand sort of policing system.
Integrated patrol is that the police department all works together. The patrol
officer doesnt just respond to the call and then hand it off to the investigators they also
follow through on some of the investigation part of the job. The patrol officer has a lot
more responsibility but also helps take some of the pressure off the investigation unit to
solve all the crimes. Integrated patrol is just a better form of teamwork. Each part of the
police department coming together and helping do a little of each others job. The
combination of traditional law enforcement with a comprehensive community-based
orientation, law enforcement agencies can unleash officers full creative power to
combat crime.
Resistance will most likely occur in two areas. The first is Sam Skeptic, the
captain of the Investigators. He is very protective of the investigation department and
might be resistant to beat cops doing more of the investigation part of the job. The other
area there might be some resistance is with Peter Perhaps, the captain of the Patrol
and Traffic officers. Peter