Styles or typologies of policing

This essay focuses on styles or typologies of policing. In other words, the socioeconomic make-up of a community, the size of the community, and the community’s government organization influence the methods adopted by police.

Interview a police officer(s), working or retired, from your local department(s) and determine the following. 1. To which role-crime fighting or order maintenance-do the officers seem to subscribe? 2. Which of the Siegel and Senna’s styles or typologies of policing do the officers seem to subscribe to? 3. Which of Broderick’s police operational styles do the officers seem to resemble? 4. Which of James Q. Wilson’s styles does the officers seem to resemble? 5. What factors influence the decisions the officers make regarding stopping, summoning, and arresting persons?

Write a 3 page report on your findings combining all the elements of the questions above. Departments that are in the area include: Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, Richmond County Board of Education, Augusta State University, Medical College of Georgia, Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Hepzibah Police Department, Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Grovetown or North Augusta Public Safety. Note: As far as the interview just pretend you did interview.

Police departments

They do things differently from one another. They have their own policing style. A policing style is a collection of the police department’s methods, routines, and processes. The department’s policing style serves as a reflection of the department’s culture and affects all aspects of police work in that community.

In 1968, social and political scientist James Q. Wilson conducted a study on police departmental styles. He studied police departments in eight different communities and found that there are three distinct styles of policing. The styles are:

Firstly, Watchman

Secondly, Legalistic

Lastly, Service

Wilson found that policing style is heavily linked to a community’s characteristics. In other words, the socioeconomic make-up of a community, the size of the community, and the community’s government organization influence the methods adopted by police.

Let’s take a closer look at each of the three policing styles.

Details;

Firstly, order

Secondly, discipline

Thirdly, environment

Finally, integrity

Further, truth

Further, inspection