Reactive Policing
- Created by: rachel
- Created on: 17-05-13 13:34
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- Reactive Policing
- Responding to 999 calls
- Most crime is reported by, and detected on the basis of information from, members of the public
- Police can respond operate openly and in response to real public demand and with the consent of the public
- Traditionally approached policing. Most police work is reactive
- Heavily dependant on public cooperation
- Patrolling, is very inefficient - the police rarely bump into criminals who are
on their way home from a burglary.
- Patrolling and reactive policing is felt to have limited impact against serious or professional crime which must be the target of proactive policing
- Critique 1. Downplays the role of the general public in police work. 2. Relation with general public suffers. 3. Stereotyping /racial profiling. 4. Focus on 'Hard' measures of police performance
- Patrol is the main method of reactive policing (and policing in general).
- Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment: Answering Calls. Maintaining a police presence to deter crime. Probing suspicious circumstances. Reassuring the public.
- Backbone of policing
- The dark figure of crime. The police came to know about 38% of all BCS crime
- Reporting linked to level of trust and confidence in the police
- Variations in crime reporting. Larger amounts of theft reported due to insurance. Less ABH etc reported as no one wanted police involvement.
- Police learn about crimes through;
- Police officer observations
- Police-initiated investigations
- Problem Oriented Policing
- Goldstein: Policing incident-driven. Need to tackle problems. Scan Analyse, respond, assess
- Cardiff - issues with glass injuries. Use plastic glasses.
- Popularised by Home Office
- Responding to 999 calls
- Patrol is the main method of reactive policing (and policing in general).
- Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment: Answering Calls. Maintaining a police presence to deter crime. Probing suspicious circumstances. Reassuring the public.
- Backbone of policing
- Citizen reports
- Police officer observations
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