Justice Collection

Question 1

The police and citizens often have different viewpoints about community policing. Community policing can be very labor intensive and the police of often have numerous different types of pressure on them from a variety of locations within the jurisdiction.

For this week’s assignment you are to evaluate how a police agency should deal with the multitude of different types of requests for service that they have and still be able to engage in a robust community-policing effort. Assess how a well-functioning community-oriented policing program can lessen the stress on law enforcement manpower. Determine how the police and citizen groups can effectively communicate with each other.

Write a 2 page APA style paper. Only the body of the paper will count toward the word requirement (title page and references are in addition to the 2 pages)

In your paper, cite at least 2-3 references using the APA style guide format for in-text citation.

Only one reference may be found on the internet. The other references must be found in the library (this includes EBSCO Host and the Gale Criminal Justice Collection).

Question 2

Write a 1,050-1,750-word paper in which you select a police department with a special unit dedicated to mental health issues and analyze the components of the unit.

Answer the following questions:

• When and why was the unit created?
• What is the unit’s impact on the community?
• What options do the police have for containment of a person they have contact with?
• What laws affect, positively or negatively, the unit’s work?
• At what point might a human services worker or team enter the process?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.