Please answer the following question by day 2 of week 4 DQ #1 Is community policing a liberal or conservative approach? What is the current presidential administration’s stance on community policing?...

COMMUNITY POLICING 1
Running Head: COMMUNITY POLICING
Community Policing
COMMUNITY POLICING 2
Community Policing
Community policing is a policing strategy that is based on the idea that the interaction
and support of the community can help to control crime (Somerville, 2009). In simple words,
community policing is related to the efforts and support of people to police to control criminal
activities from society such as social disorder, illegal activities, etc. and ensure public safety.
This is also known as neighborhood policing (Brogden & Nijhar, 2013). Under this strategy, the
members of the community help to spot the suspects, arrest vandals and bring problems to the
attention of police. The police and police department are involved as the members of the
community (Vito, Maahs & Holmes, 2006).
The concept of community policing can be viewed as both conservative and liberal
approaches. Conservative approach of community policing facilitates police to follow significant
latitude during investigation and problem solving process, which is based on both legal and
social aspects (Brogden & Nijhar,...