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Assignment:
Question:
1. What is the image of the police in your community? What factors are responsible for this image? Could the police image be made more positive?
2. What expectations do you have of law enforcement agencies?
3. Does police discretion frequently lead to abuse of alleged perpetrators?
4. Does the image of law enforcement affect officers' ability to get the job done?
5. How do you explain the development of the two contradictory models in policing: community-oriented policing (COP) and special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams? Can they coexist?
6. What should be a department's ideal balance between fighting crime and service to the community?
7. What challenges do you think exist in shifting the police from a warrior to a guardian mindset?
8.Have you witnessed police exercise their discretion? How did it impress you?
9. Do you think mission statements are valuable for an organization, or are they only window dressing? How do they affect the organization? Compare the Los Angeles Police Department's mission statement with what appears to be the reality. Does this work?
10. What decisions commonly made by police officers involve ethical considerations?
THE BOOK IS Community Policing - Partnerships for Problem Solving, 8th Edition
Linda S. Miller, Karen M. Hess, Christine Hess Orthmann