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Community Policing Dispatch Volume 1, Issue 5, May 2008

NCJ Number
226095
Editor(s)
Deborah Spence
Date Published
May 2008
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This issue offers advice on lowering fuel costs for law enforcement agencies, reports on a roundtable that focused on policing in a democratic society, announces ways the Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is extending its outreach, discusses the relevance of community policing to community governance, announces training opportunities related to basic immigration enforcement, and describes new COPS’ activities.
Abstract
Descriptions of ways that various law enforcement agencies have sought to reduce fuel costs focus on greater fuel efficiency without reducing police services or sacrificing effective strategies of crime prevention and law enforcement. The roundtable on policing in a democratic society identified some core principles that guide fair and democratic policing. These include engaging the community in creating and maintaining its trust; maintaining rights to privacy while addressing threats to security; and taking diversity into account when devising policing strategies. The article on the relationship between community policing and community governance notes that community governance is a philosophy related to improving the quality of life of citizens and their satisfaction with local government services. Community policing can guide units of local government in their search for ways to improve the overall quality of life for residents. The Basic Immigration Enforcement Training described consists of Web-based courses that involve interactive, self-paced, multimedia training that provides knowledge on immigration law pertinent to local, State, and tribal law enforcement. Topics addressed include false identification, identifying valid identification documents, consular notification, and diplomatic immunity. A new COPS effort announced is a quarterly newsletter, published in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice that informs police practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and others about applied geography and its relationship to crime and public safety.