CHAPTER 6
POLICING: ROLES, STYLES, AND
FUNCTIONS
Dominique Hodge
Josh Coleman
ROLE
The right and Responsibilities associated with a particular position in society
ROLE EXPECTATION
The behavior and actions of people that is expected
ROLE CONFLICT
Stress and frustration from trying to preform responsibilities.
OPERATIONAL STYLES
The different overall approaches to the police job.
PREVENTIVE PATROL
Patrolling streets with little directions
GIS CRIME MAPPING
Technique that involves charting of crime patterns
AGGRESSIVE PATROL
Making numerous traffic stops and field interrogations by officers
FIELD INTERROGATION
Office Stop and question peds and motorist that they find suspicious
CYBER CRIME
Using a PC to Commit a Crime
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATION CREW
Special unit assigned traffic accident investigations.
TERRIOSM
Acts of violence against governments for individuals to attain political
objective
DOMESTIC TERRORISM
domestic terrorism - terrorism practiced in your own country against your
own people;
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
. international terrorism - terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists
who are not native to that country
OBJECTIVE Q/A
Identify the
charteristic of
police work
QUESTION 1
• Quick decisions making
• “Dirty Work”
• Invisible Work
• Use to Danger
QUESTION 1
QUESTION 1
Typical duties relate to keeping the
peace, law enforcement, protection of
people and property, and the
investigation of crimes. Officers are
expected to respond to a variety of
situations that may arise while
QUESTION 2
Distinguish among
James Q Wilsons 3
operational styles in
policing
.
QUESTION 2
Legalist which want violence of the law use
arrest to resolve community disputes
QUESTION 2
Point 1: Legalist which
emphasize violations of the
law and the use of arrest to
resolve community disputes
QUESTION 2
Point 2: Watchmen
emphasizing informal means
of resolving disputes using
arrest as last resort
QUESTION 2
Point 3: Service
emphasizes help in the
community over enforcing
the law
QUESTION 3
List 4 major
functions of a
police department
QUESTION 3
Police Patrol
QUESTION 3
Investigation
QUESTION 3
Traffic Stops
QUESTION 3
Drug
Enforcement
QUESTION 3
Patrol Police–Driving around a certain area
Investigation-to search a scene
Traffic Stop- Patrol traffic
Drug Enforcement-Keep drugs off street
QUESTION 4
List the Drug
enforcement stragities
of local police
agencies
QUESTION 4
Street level
Street level is when a drug dealer
is on the street making sales for a
boss.
QUESTION4
MID LEVEL
midlevel highest ranking drug
traffickers that local police
agencies can apprehend.
QUESTION 4
Major
Major is apprehended by state
and federal law enforcement
agencies (example Pablo
Escobar)
QUESTION 4
Crop eradication
Tactic employed by state federal and
local law enforcement agencies used
to locate marijuana in the fields
QUESTION 4
Smuggling interdiction
Federal law enforcement
agencies have primary
responsibility for smuggling
and interdiction
QUESTION 4
Problem oriented and
community policing
strategies
focuses on underlying problems
that causes criminals rather than
focusing on criminal events
QUESTION 4
Drug demand reduction
Police agencies can play a role in
drug reduction strategies in 4 ways
QUESTION 4
Asset forfeiture
Huge incentive for local police
departments to participate in drug
enforcement activities
QUESTION 5
Explain the major
components of community
policing
QUESTION 5
Community partnerships
Trust between citizens in a
community
QUESTION 5
Problem solving
Solving problems in a
community with out violence
QUESTION 5
Change management
Forging community policing
partnerships and implementing
problem solving
QUESTION 5
Identify four steps in a
community policing approach
to problem solving
Steps to solving
community problem
are SARA
Scanning
Definition
Identify problems in
community
Analysis
Definition
Understanding the
underlined conditions in
a community
Response
Definition
Developing and
implementing solutions
in the community
Assessment