Instructional Objectives for this activity: Compare and contrast various community policing models. The nature of law enforcement agencies is quite political. The sheriff is elected by popular vote; a...

Criminal Justice in the Community - 1 Week 11: Week Eleven - Individual Work NOTE You must not copy and paste information. Do not copy or paste information / Please ……. (In your own words, referencing) Your own words, referencing Only 100 words ONLY 100 WORDS Instructional Objectives for this activity: Compare and contrast various community policing models. The nature of law enforcement agencies is quite political. The sheriff is elected by popular vote; a police chief however is typically appointed by the city manager who is also an elected official. The county commissioners and city council oversee police operations. Both of these groups are elected positions comprised of members from the community. Please answer the following question: Why is policing inevitably political? Explain the political nature of police-community relations and community policing. Chapter 11, "Policing and the Political Environment," pages 441-497. Policing and other criminal justice processes in a democratic society are public and political functions. These processes span the three divisions of government. Legislative bodies create law. The executive branch, with the police as its major instrumentality, is responsible for the enforcement of the law. The judiciary, including the prosecutorial function, interprets the law, passes judgment on violators, and sentences those convicted to correctional treatment of some kind. (Carter, 2002, p. 441). All of this is subject to civilian oversight, with the community ultimately responsible for all the processes dealing with crime and criminals. Thus, what happens is public, and inevitably political. It has to do with the use of authority and power. What the police are, what they do, and what is expected of them, how well or how poorly they fulfill these expectations, what can be done to improve police services these are, in considerable measure, political questions. They are also in some sense sociological, social,...