Crime Prevention

C.B.P. is working, we need to know; are we solving problems instead of

reacting to them? Are police officers encouraged to leave their patrol

cars and cooperate with the public? Do we have streets free of drug

dealers, rowdy teenagers, soliciting prostitutes, predatory criminals,

graffiti or drive by shootings? In conclusion C.B.P. is striving to

build stronger more self sufficient communities, in which, crime and

disorder do not thrive. Effective C.B.P. has a positive impact on

reducing neighborhood crime, helps reduce fear of crime, and enhances the

quality of life in the community; It accomplishes this by combining the

efforts and the resources of the police, local government, and community

members. Crime prevention takes on renewed importance in C.B.P. AND the

community becomes a partner to law enforcement in order to address

disorder and neglect or other problems that can breed serious crime. As

links between the police and the community are strengthened over time, the

partnership is better able to pinpoint and mitigate the underlying causes

of crime. Following all these principles we can at least attain a new

sense of community and at best we can make true the vision of Sir Robert

Peel "It should be understood at the outset that the object to be

attained is the prevention of crime. To this, great and every effort,

of the police is to be directed. The security of person and property and

the preservation of a police establishment will thus be better affected

than by the detection and punishment of the offender after he has

succeeded in committing the crime" . . . (Braiden 120)

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Chris. "Enriching traditional police roles" Police management: Issues and

perspectives. Washington, DC. Police executive research forum 1992,

Pg. 108,120 Eck, John E. and William Spelman," Problem solving: Problem

oriented policing" in Newport News. Washington, DC: Police executive

research forum, 1987 Pg xvi-xvii Kelling, George L. and Mark